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Paramedics\u27 perceptions and educational needs with respect to palliative care [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: In recent years the scope of palliative care has been redefined to include patients earlier in the course of their illness, and those suffering from life-limiting conditions.
Finn, Judith C, Monterosso, Leanne, Rogers, Ian R, Rogers, Jeremy R, Ross-Adjie, Gail, Shearer, Freya M   +5 more
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Stroke Prevention and Management in Rural Georgia: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Community Paramedicine Program

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
Context: Stroke remains a major public health concern in the state of Georgia with high mortality, disproportionately affecting rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities.
Brandon Calvert, Rana Bayakly, Teri Newsome   +2 more
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Stroke Coordinators' Perspectives on Sustaining Use of Fever, Sugar (Hyperglycaemia) and Swallow (FeSS) Protocols. Process Evaluation Using a Sustainability Framework

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To: (i) examine Stroke Coordinators' perspectives of factors influencing sustained adherence to evidence‐based protocols to manage Fever, Sugar (hyperglycaemia) and Swallow (FeSS) and (ii) compare findings between hospitals with consistently high FeSS Protocol adherence versus those with consistently low or variable adherence.
Kelly Coughlan, Oyebola Fasugba, Simeon Dale, Kelvin Hill, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Elizabeth McInnes, Sandy Middleton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of serum levels of hepcidin and pro-hepcidin in hemodialysis patients and healthy subjects [PDF]

, 2015
Hepcidin prevents absorption of iron from the intestine and inhibits release of iron from macrophages and hepatocytes. For this reason, it seems that high levels of hepcidin are a predisposing factor for anemia in chronic inflammatory conditions such as ...
Hadad, M., Mirkarimi, H., Mojerloo, M., Nejad, R.K., Taheri, N.   +4 more
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A Descriptive Qualitative Study of Patient and Carer Perspectives on the Acceptability of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To provide a structured analysis of the acceptability of transcatheter aortic valve implantation to support clinical conversations, decision making and recovery for older adults with aortic stenosis and their carers. Background While transcatheter aortic valve implantation is an effective treatment for heart valve disease, its ...
Nicola Straiton, Robyn Gallagher, Janice Gullick   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitude to Physiology in Undergraduate Nursing, Midwifery, and Paramedicine Students [PDF]

, 2016
Studying introductory human physiology is an essential part of the nursing, midwifery, and paramedicine university curriculum. Academic success is important, although attitude also contributes to an undergraduate’s experience. We measured attitude to
Bowmar, A, Brown, SJ, Power, N, White, S
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Regarding “Development of a postgraduate interventional cardiac nursing curriculum” by Currey et al. [PDF]

, 2016
publisher: Elsevier articletitle: Regarding “Development of a postgraduate interventional cardiac nursing curriculum” by Currey et al. journaltitle: Australian Critical Care articlelink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2015.12.038 content_type: simple ...
Gill, F, Grech, C, Latour, JM, Leslie, GD   +3 more
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An Integrative Review of Registered Nurses' Understandings of Organisational Culture and Cultures of Care in the Aged Care Sector

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this integrative review was to explore registered nurses' understandings of organisational culture and cultures of care in aged care. Design Integrative literature review. Methods A literature search was conducted of Medline (OVID), CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Scopus, Proquest Nursing and Allied Health, and Informit databases in
Deborah Magee, Karen Francis, Holly Randell‐Moon, Samantha Jakimowicz, Marguerite Bramble   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a national research strategy for paramedicine in Ireland: Findings from a focus group study

HRB Open Research
Background Paramedicine research and education has progressed significantly over the past two decades in Ireland. The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council recently commissioned a research team to develop a new National Research Strategy for Irish ...
Niamh M. Cummins, Christine Fitzgerald, Una M. Cronin, Alan M. Batt, Ann-Marie Bright, Brian Doyle, Michelle O'Toole, Julia Williams, K. Bowles   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the MISSCARE Survey–Patient—Danish Version

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To translate, cross‐culturally adapt, validate and psychometrically test the MISSCARE Survey–Patient for assessing patients' perspectives on missed nursing care (MNC) in a Danish hospital setting. Design A two‐phase cross‐cultural adaptation and psychometric validation study. Methods The study was conducted in two phases.
Maja Thomsen Albrechtsen, Lone Jørgensen, Ingrid Poulsen, Fathimath Shifaza, Niels Henrik Bruun, Hanne Mainz, Britt Laugesen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source