This article addresses the synchrony between a Western middle-range theory of care for persons with dementia and traditional Korean nursing care. The Western theory is called a need-driven, dementia-compromised behavior model and is heavily influenced by the assessment categories outlined in Nightingale's work. This model is presented as congruent with Nightingale's work and then viewed from th...

This is the seventh article in a nine-part series describing the Principles of Nursing Practice developed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in collaboration with patient and service organisations, the Department of Health, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, nurses and other healthcare professionals. The article discusses Principle F, the application of skills and knowledge to person-centred...

OBJECTIVE This work sought to understand the meaning of humanized nursing care in the experience of participants, nurses, patients, and their relatives. METHODOLOGY This was an interpretive phenomenological study based on in-depth interviews, which included 16 adult participants and was conducted in Medellín, Colombia, between December 2012 and March 2013. RESULTS The patient’s situation, t...

Follow up what we will offer in this article about aacn standards for nursing care of the critically ill. You know really that this book is coming as the best seller book today. So, when you are really a good reader or you're fans of the author, it does will be funny if you don't have this book. It means that you have to get this book. For you who are starting to learn about something new and f...

Nurses play an essential role in preparing patients for surgical procedures, whether the operation is planned or an emergency. Part of this preparation may include administration of premedication. Government initiatives such as The NHS Plan (Department of Health, 2000) and Essence of Care (DoH, 2001) emphasise the need to get the fundamental aspects of nursing care right, and nurses have a prof...

AIM The RCN Clinical Leadership Development Programme was set up in 1995 and sought to identify how clinical nurses in recognised leadership positions could improve the quality of patient care. METHOD The programme was tested on four senior nurses and 24 ward sisters in four acute hospital trusts in England over an 18-month period. The primary research question was whether the intervention im...

A programmed audiovisual introduction to a large obstetric-gynecologic clinic was developed for and evaluated b y nursing students w h o spent one or two weeks in the facility. This orientation is geared toward active learning and progress at each individual’s rate. Data show that this orientation is an effective and efficient substitute for faculty presentation of repetitive information. In si...

As a nurse it is difficult for me to read this paper without feeling somewhat 'prickly' but at the same time I welcome May's attempt to address an unfashionable topic, which needs some debate. Why the defensiveness? It follows from certain statements May makes, for example his assertion that full colleague status for nurses with doctors, is connected with nurses taking on 'certain responsibilit...

BACKGROUND HIV continues to be a global public health concern with Malawi being among the worst affected countries. The prevalence of HIV among pregnant women is also very high, thereby raising concerns of mother-to-child transmission of the virus. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV is therefore a priority in the efforts to curb the HIV pandemic. Keeping in mind that the ...

conducted to explore whether serving food affects participation in medical grand rounds. The case study format is a presentation style that is regaining favor in both medical grand rounds and NGRs. Presenting a case study of a particular patient enables nurses to systematically examine a specific patient’s episode of care, review the pathophysiology, evaluate the nursing care provided, and rela...