IntroductionPromoting healthy lifestyles is important to protect against obesity and non-communicable diseases. However, there is a lack of understanding of the enablers and barriers to healthy lifestyles (dietary and physical activity) among pre-service
Phidelia Theresa Doegah, Evelyn Acquah
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Milk kinship and the maternal body in Shi’a Islam [PDF]
In Islamic law, kinship is defined by consanguineal and affinal relationships. Birth and Islamic marriage are important events that define religious responsibilities of family members towards each other. Some responsibilities are connected to Mahramiyat,
Rahbari, Ladan
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Improving Emergency Department ESI Acuity Assignment Using Machine Learning and Clinical Natural Language Processing [PDF]
Effective triage is critical to mitigating the effect of increased volume by accurately determining patient acuity, need for resources, and establishing effective acuity-based patient prioritization. The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine whether historical EHR data can be extracted and synthesized with clinical natural language ...
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The Relationship Between Spiritual Needs, Anxiety, and Depression Levels in Hemodialysis Patients [PDF]
Background and purpose: Anxiety and depression are prevalent problems associated with chronic diseases, such as hemodialysis. It is possible to reduce the psychological problems of hemodialysis patients by detecting the needs of these patients.
Sajjad Ranjbar Kouchaksaraei+3 more
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Suggestion for item allocation to 8 nursing activity categories of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination: a survey-based descriptive study [PDF]
Purpose This study aims to suggest the number of test items in each of 8 nursing activity categories of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination, which comprises 134 activity statements including 275 items.
Kyunghee Kim+8 more
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Forecasting Health and Wellbeing for Shift Workers Using Job-role Based Deep Neural Network [PDF]
Shift workers who are essential contributors to our society, face high risks of poor health and wellbeing. To help with their problems, we collected and analyzed physiological and behavioral wearable sensor data from shift working nurses and doctors, as well as their behavioral questionnaire data and their self-reported daily health and wellbeing ...
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An Estimation of Distribution Algorithm with Intelligent Local Search for Rule-based Nurse Rostering [PDF]
This paper proposes a new memetic evolutionary algorithm to achieve explicit learning in rule-based nurse rostering, which involves applying a set of heuristic rules for each nurse's assignment. The main framework of the algorithm is an estimation of distribution algorithm, in which an ant-miner methodology improves the individual solutions produced in
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A core curriculum for the continuing professional development of nurses: Developed by the Education Committee on behalf of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions of the ESC [PDF]
Background: The European Society of Cardiology and the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions share a vision; to decrease the burden of cardiovascular disease in Europe.
Astin, Felicity+7 more
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Statistical issues in Serial Killer Nurse cases [PDF]
We study statistical aspects of the case of the British nurse Ben Geen, convicted of 2 counts of murder and 15 of grievous bodily harm following events at Horton General Hospital (in the town of Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK) during December 2013-February 2014.
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Background and purpose: Complaints of low back pain and fatigue caused by prolonged lying on the back are complications of angioplasty. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acupressure on severity of low back pain and fatigue in patients ...
Fatemeh Rezvani+5 more
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