1 Medical-Surgical Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Science, Jahrom, Iran 2 Medical-Surgical Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran 3 BSc of Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran 4 Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty Member of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran 5 Community Health Nursing, Faculty Member of Jahrom University of Med...

1. Tehran Psychiatric Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Dept. of Community Health, Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Dept. of Medical-Surgical Nursing Abhar School of Nursing, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Abhar, Iran 4. Dept. of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Abhar School of Nursing, Zanjan University of Medical Scie...

Family physician (FP) is a suggested model for controlling Iran health system challenges such as non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mental illnesses, and HIV-AIDS besides urbanization, and elderly issues. Although FP is a legal commitment, it faces several obstacles such as lack of infrastructure, diversity of insurances, and unwillingness of senior health policy makers about it. (SUMS) is a pil...

[Insert Running title of <72 characters] Status and influencing factors of health behavioral knowledge among the elderly in China Zhiqin Yin, Guiling Geng, Xuefen Lan, Liming Zhang, Surong Wang ,Yuantong Zang ,Meidi Peng Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325035, China. Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China. W...

Linda Olson Keller, MS, BSN, APRN, BC Linda Olson Keller is a Senior Research Scientist in Public Health Nursing Policy and Partnerships at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. For the past 25 years she has focused on population-based community assessment, program planning, and evaluation. Linda’s public health nursing practice includes consultation and research with state and local h...

Batool Poorchangizi, Jamileh Farokhzadian, Fariba Borhani, Abbas Abbaszadeh, Moghaddameh Mirzaee. MSc student of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery and surgical ward nurse in Shahid Bahonar Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department o...

OBJECTIVE Even though more than 25% of Americans die in nursing homes, end-of-life care has consistently been found to be less than adequate in this setting. Even for those residents on hospice, end-of-life care has been found to be problematic. This study had 2 research questions; (1) How do family members of hospice nursing home residents differ in their anxiety, depression, quality of life, ...

UNLABELLED The lack of professional agreement upon chosen terminology in nursing detracts from the role of Clinical Information Systems (CIS) as central repositories of patient health records. The purposes of this paper are: (1) Identification of common terminology for clinical nursing information in CHS according to the following stages: patient history of health and illnesses; nursing assessm...

Community health practice in vari­ ous forms has been recorded for over 5 000 years (Anderson, 1969). The ancient Egyptians developed a community system for water supply and sewage disposal. The Hebrews focused on the promotion of health through the Mosaic code which regulated personal hygiene, food, sanitation, maternal health, and more. The Greeks (500-100 BC) emphasised values of personal hy...

voorgeskryf. “ Die geneesheer is toerekenbaar vir die delegering van diagnostiese of terapeutiese optrede terwyl die verpleegster toerekenbaar is vir die wyse waarop sy die voorskrifte uitvoer” (2, p. 153). Beide die onafhanklike en afhanklike funksies van die verpleegkundige word steeds binne spanverband verrig. Die verpleegkundige se posisie in die span stel haar/hom egter in ’n besondere gun...