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Initial validation of the powered mobility device autonomy residential screen (PoMoDARS)

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Background The Powered Mobility Device Autonomy Residential Screen (PoMoDARS) is a new tool to enable clinicians to screen resident capacity and performance skills for powered mobility device (PMD) use in residential aged care settings.
Natalie C. Dickson, Apeksha R. Gohil, Carolyn A. Unsworth   +2 more
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Reusability of EMR Data for Applying Cubbin and Jackson Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Scale in Critical Care Patients [PDF]

Healthcare Informatics Research, 2013
ObjectivesThe purposes of this study were to examine the predictive validity of the Cubbin and Jackson pressure ulcer risk assessment scale for the development of pressure ulcers in intensive care unit (ICU) patients retrospectively and to evaluate the ...
Eunkyung Kim, Mona Choi, JuHee Lee, Young Ah Kim   +3 more
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Validity and Reliability of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale in Pediatric Intensive Care Patients: A Multicenter Study

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Background: There is limited data about the psychometric properties of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) in children. This study aims to analyze the validity and reliability of the RASS in assessing sedation and agitation in critically ill ...
Rocío Tapia, Rocío Tapia, Jesús López-Herce, Jesús López-Herce, Jesús López-Herce, Ángel Arias, Jimena del Castillo, Jimena del Castillo, Santiago Mencía, Santiago Mencía, Santiago Mencía   +10 more
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Delirium in elderly postoperative patients: A prospective cohort study

Nursing Open, 2022
Aim To describe the incidence, time in days and risk factors for postoperative delirium in elderly patients. Design Prospective cohort study. Methods Patients over 65 years were daily screened with the 4A's Test and the Delirium Observation Screening ...
Chiara Muzzana, Franco Mantovan, Markus Karl Huber, Katia Trevisani, Sarah Niederbacher, Alexander Kugler, Dietmar Ausserhofer   +6 more
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Fatal Choices and Flawed Decisions at the End of Life: Lessons from Israel [PDF]

, 2011
This article presents a recent disconcerting event that took place at a rehabilitative nursing home in Tel Aviv in light of Israel's Dying Patient Law, which came into effect in 2005.
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael
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The use of Repty Functional Index and Oswestry Disability Questionnaire for the Functional Evaluation of the Patients Treated Surgically Because of Intervertebral Disc Damage

Pielęgniarstwo Neurologiczne i Neurochirurgiczne, 2014
Introduction. Complex image of the patients with spine discopathy makes it difficult to evaluate objectively and unequivocally the treatment effects. An analysis of functional condition, frequently used as an objective method of therapeutic proceedings ...
Renata Jabłońska, Agnieszka Królikowska, Robert Ślusarz   +2 more
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Why are Spiritual Aspects of Care so hard to Address in Nursing Education?’ A Literature Review (1993-2015) [PDF]

, 2015
Difficulties persist in conceptualising spiritual needs and understanding their relationship to religious needs and relevance to wellbeing. This review was undertaken to clarify some of these issues.
Ali, Gulnar, Snowden, Michael, Wattis, John   +2 more
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Development and Validation of a Computerized Assessment Form to Support Nursing Diagnosis [PDF]

, 2014
PURPOSE: Describe the development and validation of the Nursing Assessment Form (NAF), within a clinical nursing information system, to support nurses in the identification of nursing diagnoses.
Alvaro, R, Bowles, KH, De Marinis, MG, D’Agostino, F, Rocco, G, Vellone, E, Zega, M   +6 more
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The self-assessment of clinical competence and the need for further training: A cross-sectional survey of advanced practice nursing students.

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2019
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aims of the present study were i) to describe and analyse advanced practice nursing students' self-assessment of their clinical competence and need for further training and ii) to analyse the possible predictive variables in their
I. Taylor, P. Bing-Jonsson, S. Wangensteen, E. Finnbakk, L. Sandvik, B. McCormack, L. Fagerström   +6 more
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El índice tobillo-brazo como predictor de mortalidad vascular Ankle brachial index as indicator for vascular mortality

Gerokomos, 2012
El índice tobillo-brazo (ITB) es un parámetro que muestra la relación entre la tensión arterial sistólica de la extremidad superior y la extremidad inferior.
Juan José Arévalo Manso, Belén Juárez Martín, Encarnación Gala Chacón, Carmen Rodríguez Martínez   +3 more
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