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Integrating Correctional and Community Health Care: An Innovative Approach for Clinical Learning in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program. [PDF]

, 2016
PROBLEM: With an evolving focus on primary, community-based, and patient-centered care rather than acute, hospital-centric, disease-focused care, and recognition of the importance of coordinating care and managing transitions across providers and ...
Bouchaud, Mary T, Swan, Beth Ann
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Structure and processes of emergency observation units with a geriatric focus: a scoping review

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Combining observation principles and geriatric care concepts is considered a promising strategy for risk-stratification of older patients with emergency care needs.
Pieter Heeren, Annabelle Hendrikx, Janne Ceyssens, Els Devriendt, Mieke Deschodt, Didier Desruelles, Johan Flamaing, Marc Sabbe, Koen Milisen   +8 more
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The longitudinal association between the use of antihypertensive medications and 24-hour sleep in nursing homes: results from the randomized controlled COSMOS trial

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Antihypertensive medication use and sleep problems are highly prevalent in nursing home patients. While it is hypothesized that blood pressure and antihypertensive medication use can affect sleep, this has not been investigated in depth in ...
Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom, Tony Elvegaard, Christine Gulla, Bettina S Husebo   +3 more
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Predicting adverse outcomes in adults with a community-acquired lower respiratory tract infection: a protocol for the development and validation of two prediction models for (i) all-cause hospitalisation and mortality and (ii) cardiovascular outcomes

Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 2023
Background Community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are common in primary care and patients at particular risk of adverse outcomes, e.g., hospitalisation and mortality, are challenging to identify.
Merijn H. Rijk, Tamara N. Platteel, Geert-Jan Geersing, Monika Hollander, Bert L. G. P. Dalmolen, Paul Little, Frans H. Rutten, Maarten van Smeden, Roderick P. Venekamp   +8 more
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Prevalence and associated factors of skin cancer in aged nursing home residents: A multicenter prevalence study [PDF]

, 2019
Non-melanoma-skin cancer is an emerging clinical problem in the elderly, fair skinned population which predominantly affects patients aged older than 70 years.
Akdeniz, Merve, Blume-Peytavi, Ulrike, Hahnel, Elisabeth, Kottner, Jan, Ulrich, Claas   +4 more
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Effect of an interactive E-learning tool for delirium on patient and nursing outcomes in a geriatric hospital setting: findings of a before-after study

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Education of healthcare workers is a core element of multicomponent delirium strategies to improve delirium care and, consequently, patient outcomes. However, traditional educational strategies are notoriously difficult to implement.
Elke Detroyer, Fabienne Dobbels, Andrew Teodorczuk, Mieke Deschodt, Yves Depaifve, Etienne Joosten, Koen Milisen   +6 more
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An occupational therapy intervention for residents with stroke related disabilities in UK care homes (OTCH): cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of an established programme of occupational therapy in maintaining functional activity and reducing further health risks from inactivity in care home residents living with stroke sequelae.
Barton, Garry, Burton, C. R., Burton, Christopher R., Fletcher-Smith, J., Fletcher-Smith, Joanna, Irvine, L., Irvine, Lisa, Lett, K., Mant, J., Mant, Jonathan, Masterson-Algar, Patricia, Peryer, G., Peryer, Guy, Rashid, Farzana, Roalfe, A. K., Roalfe, Andrea K., Sackley, Catherine M., Sharp, L., Sharp, Leslie, Sheehan, B., Sheehan, Bart, Stant, K. E., Stant, Katie E., Steel, Kerry, Steele, K., Walker, M. F., Walker, Marion F., Watkins, C. L., Watkins, Caroline L., Wheatley, K., Wheatley, Keith, Wilde, K., Wilde, Kate, Williams, Jane   +33 more
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The effectiveness of trauma care systems at different stages of development in reducing mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2021
Background Traumatic injury remains the leading cause of death, with more than five million deaths every year. Little is known about the comparative effectiveness in reducing mortality of trauma care systems at different stages of development.
Rayan Jafnan Alharbi, Sumina Shrestha, Virginia Lewis, Charne Miller   +3 more
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Nurse telephone triage for same day appointments in general practice: multiple interrupted time series trial of effect on workload and costs [PDF]

, 2002
OBJECTIVE: To compare the workloads of general practitioners and nurses and costs of patient care for nurse telephone triage and standard management of requests for same day appointments in routine primary care.
Dutton, E., Godfrey, L., Meakins, J., Richards, D.A., Richardson, G., Russell, D., Tawfik, J.   +6 more
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Clinical reasoning in undergraduate paramedicine: utilisation of a script concordance test

BMC Medical Education, 2023
Introduction Clinical reasoning is a complex cognitive and metacognitive process paramount to patient care in paramedic practice. While universally recognised as an essential component of practice, clinical reasoning has been historically difficult to ...
Linda Ross, Eli Semaan, Cameron M. Gosling, Benjamin Fisk, Brendan Shannon   +4 more
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