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Elder abuse in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional exploratory study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Elder abuse is a global public health and human rights problem that is predicted to increase as many countries experience a rapid growth in their population of older adults. Elder abuse undermines an older person’s well-being and is associated
Anja Botngård, Arne Henning Eide, Laura Mosqueda, Wenche Malmedal   +3 more
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Ways that nursing home nursing staff build resilience: a phenomenographic approach

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Resilience has been studied as an effective concept in nursing that acts as a protective factor which aids in overcoming difficult situations and related mental problems.
Sung Ok Chang, Eun Young Kim
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Enhancing the evaluation of pathogen transmission risk in a hospital by merging hand-hygiene compliance and contact data: a proof-of-concept study [PDF]

BMC Research Notes 8:426 (2015), 2016
Hand-hygiene compliance and contacts of health-care workers largely determine the potential paths of pathogen transmission in hospital wards. We explored how the combination of data collected by two automated infrastructures based on wearable sensors and recording (i) use of hydro-alcoholic solution and (ii) contacts of health-care workers provide an ...
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Methods for working with problem residents in medical physics residency education

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Medical physics residency training programs may occasionally encounter residents requiring additional intervention beyond normal training efforts. In the literature, these residents are referred to as “problem” residents. While the physician literature on the subject is valuable, this paper specifically focuses on dealing with a problem ...
Christopher J. Watchman, Dandan Zheng
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Shielding resources for four common radiopharmaceuticals utilized for imaging and therapy: Tc‐99m, F‐18, I‐131, and Lu‐177

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction The use of radioactive materials in the United States has been tightly regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other entities for many decades. In 2015, however, the Joint Commission began to require hospital‐based nuclear medicine departments to conduct shielding designs and evaluations for radioactive material areas ...
Michael Oumano, Richard Wendt, James Botti, Nathan Busse, David Hintenlang, Stephanie Leon, Kevin Little, Melissa Martin, Richard Massoth, Kenneth Matthews, Rameshwar Prasad, Sharon White, Jessica Clements   +12 more
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PDCA cycle theory based avoidance of nursing staff intravenous drug bacterial infection using degree quantitative evaluation model

Results in Physics, 2021
The purpose is to explore the positive role of PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) cycle theory in the hospital information management system to avoid intravenous drug bacterial infection of nursing staff based 360-degree quantitative evaluation model.
Lina Jiang, Xiaofeng Sun, Cuicui Ji, Stefane Mostefa Kabene, Mohammed Yousuf Abo Keir   +4 more
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Leadership styles in nursing management: implications for staff outcomes

Journal of Health Sciences, 2016
Introduction: Nursing is a people-centred profession and therefore the issue of leadership is crucial for success. Nurse managers’ leadership styles are believed to be important determinant of nurses’ job satisfaction and retention.
James Avoka Asamani, Florence Naab, Adelaide Maria Ansah Ofei   +2 more
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After COVID-19 vaccinations: what does living and working in nursing homes look like?

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background Nursing homes were disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccination was considered critical for the normalization of daily live of nursing home residents.
Judith H. J. Urlings, Ramona Backhaus, Hilde Verbeek, Bram de Boer, Raymond T.C.M. Koopmans, Debby L. Gerritsen, Jan P.H. Hamers   +6 more
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Resident-to-resident aggression in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional exploratory study

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Resident-to-resident aggression in nursing homes is a public health problem of growing concern, impacting the safety, health and well-being of all residents involved.
Anja Botngård, Arne Henning Eide, Laura Mosqueda, Wenche Malmedal   +3 more
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Staff dimensioning in homecare services with uncertain demands [PDF]

International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis, 2015, 53 (24), pp.7396 - 7410, 2018
The problem addressed in this paper is how to calculate the amount of personnel required to ensure the activity of a home health care (HHC) center on a tactical horizon. Design of quantitative approaches for this question is challenging. The number of caregivers has to be determined for each profession in order to balance the coverage of patients in a ...
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