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Social and Psychological Factors Associated with Health Care Transition for Young Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Introduction: Due to advances in disease management, mortality rates in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) have decreased. However, mortality rates for young adults (YA) increased, and understanding of social and psychological factors is critical ...
Clayton-Jones, Dora L.   +9 more
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A Nurse Staffing and Scheduling Problem with Bounded Flexibility and Demand Uncertainty [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
Nurse staffing and scheduling are persistent challenges in healthcare due to demand fluctuations and individual nurse preferences. This study introduces the concept of bounded flexibility, balancing nurse satisfaction with strict rostering rules, particularly a real-world time regularity policy from a major hospital in Singapore.
arxiv  

Never forget, whom was my ancestors: A cross-cultural analysis from Yonsei (fourth-generation Nikkei) in four societies using Data Mining [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2014
This research explains the importance of transculturality in social networking in a wide variety of activities of our daily life. We focus our analysis to online activities that use social richness, analyzing societies in Yakutia (A Russian Republic), Macau in China, Uberl\^andia in Brazil and Juarez City in Mexico, all with people descending from ...
arxiv  

Does Culture Influence the Needs of Critical Care Families? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Purpose: This study explores ICU patient\u27s family member needs, particularly Vietnamese and Latino families. Design: Convenience sampling at 24 bed ICU in acute care community hospital serving ethnically diverse population.
Alston, Naomi
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Being in Another World: Transcultural Student Experiences Using Service Learning With Families Who Are Homeless [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Developing skills in cultural competence is a recognized theoretical strategy in schools of nursing. Nursing faculty know that students need to be sensitized to the concept of diversity; however, many are struggling with the best way to teach cultural ...
Hunt, Roberta J., Swiggum, Paula
core   +1 more source

[Nursing assistance to a Leprosy-infected patient: transcultural approach]. [PDF]

open access: gold, 2008
Fernando José Guedes da Silva Júnior   +4 more
openalex   +1 more source

Nurse Rostering with Genetic Algorithms [PDF]

open access: yesYoung Operational Research Conference 12, 1998, 2010
In recent years genetic algorithms have emerged as a useful tool for the heuristic solution of complex discrete optimisation problems. In particular there has been considerable interest in their use in tackling problems arising in the areas of scheduling and timetabling.
arxiv  

Perceived Social Support among Chinese American Hemodialysis Patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Social support is linked to improved health outcomes both in Western and Asian societies and is a vital factor in a patient\u27s adjustment to end-stage renal disease and its treatment regimen.
Wong, Kaklam
core   +1 more source

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