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Advanced nursing practice in New Zealand through the lens of postgraduate nursing students: a focused ethnography study [PDF]

BMC Nursing
Background Advanced nursing practice involves an expanded nursing scope, characterised by autonomy, expert knowledge, and complex decision-making to address diverse healthcare needs. Although roles such as nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist
Reen Skaria, Jed Montayre
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Piloting of the virtual telecare technology ‘Addison Care’ to promote self-management in persons with chronic diseases in a community setting: protocol for a mixed-methods user experience, user engagement and usability pilot study

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Chronic diseases in older adults are one of the major epidemiological challenges of current times and leading cause of disability, poor quality of life, high healthcare costs and death.
Simon Krutter, Nadine Schuessler, Patrick Kutschar, Edin Šabić, Johanna Dellinger, Tabea Klausner, Nadja Nestler, Morgan Beasley, Bailey Henderson, Stefan Pitzer, Barbara Mitterlehner, Doris Langegger, Anna Winkler, Michael Kloesch, Roland Eßl-Maurer, Antje van der Zee-Neuen, Jürgen Osterbrink   +16 more
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Hygiene management for long-term ventilated persons in the home health care setting: a scoping review

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Evidence and recommendations for hygiene management in home mechanical ventilation (HMV) are rare. In Germany, few regionally limited studies show poor hygiene management or a lack of its implementation.
Isabel Hoeppchen, Carola Walter, Stefanie Berger, Anna Brandauer, Nicole Freywald, Patrick Kutschar, Katharina Maria Lex, Annemarie Strobl, Irmela Gnass   +8 more
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Safe prevention of Clostridium difficile using infectious disease guidelines at an urban hospital in North Carolina

BMJ Open Quality, 2022
Clostridium difficile causes nearly 500 000 annual infections in the USA. A total of 15 000–30 000 US deaths annually and greater than US$4.8 billion dollars are related to Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).
Eileen Davies, Diana Jolles
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A qualitative exploration of cultural safety in nursing from the perspectives of Advanced Practice Nurses: meaning, barriers, and prospects

BMC Nursing, 2022
Background Cultural safety requires healthcare professionals and organisations to improve healthcare, facilitate patient access to healthcare, and achieve equity within the workforce. Methods This ethnomethodological study, which consisted of two phases,
Jacqueline Pirhofer, Johannes Bükki, Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Manela Glarcher, Piret Paal   +4 more
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A core outcome set for clinical trials of first- and second-degree perineal tears prevention and treatment: a study protocol for a systematic review and a Delphi survey

Trials, 2021
Background Perineal tear is a common consequence of vaginal births affecting females globally. Even mild perineal tears could cause short- and long-term complications for females. Though many studies of interventions to prevent or treat perineal tears to
Lin Xiao, Lei Shi, Suting Liu, Yuanyuan Luo, Jinhui Tian, Lili Zhang   +5 more
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Evaluation of the mental health status of community frontline medical workers after the normalized management of COVID-19 in Sichuan, China

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
BackgroundDuring the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, community medical workers, as the primary enforcers of community control measures, undertook many tasks with high exposure risk, resulting in severe psychological pressure, anxiety ...
Xiaoru Xu, Jianshu Zhang, Ronghua Fang, Hong Liu, Weihua Zhou, Yi She, Feng Liu, Xia Hong, Xuexue Deng   +8 more
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Providing a teaching and learning open and innovative toolkit for evidence-based practice to nursing European curriculum (EBP e-Toolkit): Project rationale and design

Population Medicine, 2020
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an instrument of great utility in making clinical decisions in nursing care, improving the quality of nursing care and patients’ health outcomes.
Evridiki Patelarou, Konstantinos Vlasiadis, Mariusz Panczyk, Jakub Dolezel, Darja Jarosova, Joanna Gotlib, Brigita Skela-Savič, Daniela Mecugni, Stefano Finotto, Maria Ruzafa-Martinez, Antonio Jesús Ramos-Morcillo, Athina Patelarou   +11 more
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Evaluation of an intervention to improve the safety of medication therapy via HIT-supported interprofessional cooperation in long-term care – a mixed method study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background In order to ensure the provision of appropriate and safe medication therapy in long-term care, close interprofessional cooperation and high levels of expertise are required.
Maria Magdalena Schreier, Stefan Pitzer, Johanna Katharina Dellinger, Dagmar Schaffler-Schaden, Jürgen Osterbrink, Maria Flamm   +5 more
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Evaluation of the correlation between depression and physical activity among older persons with osteoporosis: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
BackgroundOsteoporosis is a common chronic disease in older persons. Physical activity can prevent chronic diseases as well as many diseases associated with aging. Older persons often suffer from depression and other psychological problems.
Linjun Shi, Xiaoping Zhou, Yueshan Gao, Xia Li, Ronghua Fang, Xuexue Deng   +5 more
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