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Advance Care Planning in Glioblastoma Patients [PDF]

Cancers, 2016
Despite multimodal treatment with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, glioblastoma is an incurable disease with a poor prognosis. During the disease course, glioblastoma patients may experience progressive neurological deficits, symptoms of increased intracranial pressure such as drowsiness and headache, incontinence, seizures and progressive ...
Fritz, L., Dirven, L., Reijneveld, J.C., Koekkoek, J.A.F., Stiggelbout, A.M., Pasman, H.R.W., Taphoorn, M.J.B.   +6 more
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The general results of the RN4CAST survey in Italy [PDF]

, 2016
The issue of health workforce shortage and in particular of nurses, has been debated globally for almost three decades (Aiken & Mullinix 1987, Aiken et al. 1996, 2001, 2010), and has been exacerbated by the recent global financial crisis.
Aleo, Giuseppe, Bagnasco, Annamaria, Catania, Gianluca, Icardi, Giancarlo, Santullo, Antonietta, Sasso, Loredana, Sermeus, Walter, Spandonaro, Federico, Watson, Roger, Zanini, Milko   +9 more
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Flexible nurse staffing based on hourly bed census predictions [PDF]

, 2012
Workload on nursing wards depends highly on patient arrivals and patient lengths of stay, which are both inherently variable. Predicting this workload and staffing nurses accordingly is essential for guaranteeing quality of care in a cost effective ...
Bakker, P.J.M., Boucherie, R.J., Braaksma, A., Burger, C.A.J., Kortbeek, N.   +4 more
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Quality of Medical Information Determine the Quality of Diagnosis Code [PDF]

, 2019
The accuracy of the diagnosis code has implications for future patient care planning, provision of health services and patient care costs. Therefore, this study has analyzed the influence of the quality of medical information on the quality of the ...
Ismayani, A. (Ani), Maryati, W. (Warsi), Rahayuningrum, I. O. (Indriyati)   +2 more
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The effect of continuous care program on the self-efficacy of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator: A randomized control trial

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2023
Background: The majority of cardiac disorders resulting from ventricular dysrhythmias are fatal. The Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) is one of the most common treatments of ventricular dysrhythmias.
Shirin Afshar Ghahreman Khani, Pegah Matourypour, Majid Haghjoo, Masoumeh Zakerimoghadam   +3 more
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Assessing patients’ experience of integrated care: a survey of patient views in the North West London Integrated Care Pilot

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2014
Introduction: Despite the importance of continuity of care and patient engagement, few studies have captured patients’ views on integrated care. This study assesses patient experience in the Integrated Care Pilot in North West London with the aim to help
Nikolaos Mastellos, Laura Gunn, Matthew Harris, Azeem Majeed, Josip Car, Yannis Pappas   +5 more
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Discharge Planning to Improve Readiness Transition Care in-Patient Cerebrovaskuler Accident: A Literature Review

Journal of Nursing Practice, 2023
Background: Effective and continuity discharge planning is vital in care continuity and integrated care. Continuity discharge planning can reduce avoidable hospital readmission, and fulfillment improves the quality of care.
Apriyani Puji Hastuti, Nursalam, Fitri Chandra Kuspita, Lina Ema Purwanti, Domingos Soares, Misutarno, Karyo, Ismuntania, Ratna Roesardhyati   +8 more
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Developing a service for patients with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) within resources [PDF]

, 2013
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common life-limiting illness with significant burden for patient and carer. Despite this, access to supportive and specialist palliative care is inconsistent and implementation of published good practice ...
Ainscough, Rachel, Boland, Jason, Mahdi, Hazim, Owen, Janet   +3 more
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An Integrated Model of Patient and Staff Satisfaction Using Queuing Theory [PDF]

, 2015
This paper investigates the connection between patient satisfaction, waiting time, staff satisfaction and service time. It uses a variety of models to enable improvement against experiential and operational health service goals.
Clarkson, J, Komashie, A, Mousavi, A, Young, T   +3 more
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Implementation fidelity of a strategy to integrate service delivery: learnings from a transitional care program for individuals with complex needs in Singapore

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background To cope with rising demand for healthcare services in Singapore, Regional Health Systems (RHS) comprising of health and social care providers across care settings were set up to integrate service delivery.
Milawaty Nurjono, Pami Shrestha, Ian Yi Han Ang, Farah Shiraz, Joanne Su-Yin Yoong, Sue-Anne Ee Shiow Toh, Hubertus Johannes Maria Vrijhoef   +6 more
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