With increased emphasis on clinical research within the NHS, it is vital that training and educational opportunities are available to enable clinical research nurses to progress in their careers. This article describes the work of the clinical research nurse and examines the advantages and disadvantages of the role. It discusses the history of clinical research nursing and those aspects and gui...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to determine if a relationship exists between a history of falls and anemia in older adults and to compare the findings by place of residence. DESIGN The authors conducted a retrospective and observational study. PARTICIPANTS One hundred forty-five adults (60-97 years of age) from nursing homes and the community hospitalized for hip fracture over...

OBJECTIVES To describe the characteristics of nursing home residents diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) and eligible for oral anticoagulants who did not receive these drugs and to detail the conditions that physicians who decide not to prescribe anticoagulants take into account. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Nursing home. PARTICIPANTS Nursing home residents with a history of AF (N ...

BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) is expected to be highly prevalent in nursing home residents, but precise figures are scarce. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HF in nursing home residents and to get insight in the clinical characteristics of residents with HF. METHODS The study followed a multi-centre cross-sectional design. Nursing home residents (n = 501) in the southe...

"demographic time-bomb", and Project 2000, the authors provocatively conclude that even in the next century the handywomen/supportworker will still provide care,-"No elitist programme of nursing has yet been allowed to succeed. Would an alternative based on open entry and continuing opportunity have more prospects of serving both the occupation and its public?" Currently this must be the best s...

Nursing has interfaces with numerous other areas in the production of knowledge, involving Biological and Health Sciences (Medicine, Biology, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, and others), the Humanities (Psychology, Education, History) and Applied Social Sciences (Organizations, Work , Education, Communication, Information Technology and Economics). Many of these interfaces/interactions are already...

The Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Development is an independent, international, non-profit organization, with 44 Collaborating Centres. Among its members there are internationally recognized nursing and midwifery leaders, what emphasizes the unique meaning of this group. Based on its history, this article describes how the work as a network can transform ...

"demographic time-bomb", and Project 2000, the authors provocatively conclude that even in the next century the handywomen/supportworker will still provide care,-"No elitist programme of nursing has yet been allowed to succeed. Would an alternative based on open entry and continuing opportunity have more prospects of serving both the occupation and its public?" Currently this must be the best s...

In this editorial, when we refer to the 40th anniversary of the Nursing Graduate Program (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem-PPGE), we will do so with this double meaning. Furthermore: according to the plea of the carnival song written by Aldacir Marins and Macedo (1955), in these brief words we will remember and live through unique moments of one of the oldest – and most history-filled – ...

n engl j med 364;3 nejm.org january 20, 2011 196 From the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Phila­ delphia ( J.A.F.); the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nurs­ ing, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC (J.A.F., J.W.R., S.H., D.E.S.); the Depart­ ment of Health Policy and Management, Mailman Sch...