background several lines of evidence suggest that early sensory stimulation and regular family visiting programs are potential nursing interventions to improve the outcomes of head injured comatose patients. however, little is known about the impacts of family involvement in providing sensory stimulation. objectives to determine the effects of a sensory stimulation program conducted by nurses a...

OBJECTIVE To identify barriers and personnel attitudes towards realization of palliative care principles in neonatological units. STUDY DESIGN An anonymous questionnaire was posted to all heads of departments and head nurses of all the 27 neonatological units in the Lodz area. RESULTS We received 46 (85%) questionnaires. Final analysis comprised 42 properly filled-in questionnaires (by 22 d...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To estimate the level of burnout among nurses working on oncology wards and to identify the risk factors of burnout and the strategies used to prevent and deal with stress. DESIGN Descriptive study. SETTING Oncology wards in public hospitals in a northeastern Italian region. SAMPLE 100 nurses working on oncology wards. METHODS Head nurses of the oncology wards were pe...

Background Chronic diseases such as cancer would lead to various health needs in patients and their families. To meet needs, developing new educational nursing courses is necessary. Therefore this study was conducted to empower nurses through designing and conducting short-term educational courses for training palliative care nurses. Materials and Methods This study was a community-based acti...

The nurse scheduling problem (NSP) has received a great amount of attention in recent years. In the NSP, the goal is to assign shifts to the nurses in order to satisfy the hospital’s demand during the planning horizon by considering different objective functions. In this research, we focus on maximizing the nurses’ preferences for working shifts and weekends off by considering several important...

Health care professionals responsible for patients with complex wounds need a particular level of expertise and education to ensure optimum wound care. However, uniform education for those working as wound care nurses is lacking. We aimed to reach consensus among experts from six European countries as to the competencies for specialised wound care nurses that meet international professional exp...

Ask a group of nurses if they’ve ever heard of alarm fatigue and you’ll receive a few puzzled looks. Ask the same group of nurses if they’ve ever heard IV pump beeps and bed alarms in their sleep and everyone starts nodding their head. “We've all had the alarms invade our sleep!,” said Nicole Jaskot, RN, a SE Michigan float nurse. “What nurse hasn't vividly dreamt about work all night only to w...

background: inherent toxicity of cytotoxic drugs is the basis for their potential adverse risks from occupational exposure to the nursing staff. in iran, chemotherapy regimens are prescribed and administered according to the world updated protocols. but little is done regarding the protective standards in this field. methods: an observational cross-sectional survey was conducted among nurses wh...