This paper will describe the increasingly important role of the community psychiatric nurse (CPN) in the treatment and management of people with schizophrenia, and draw attention to new training programmes which have a focus on skills acquisition in evidence-based methods. However, before describing the way in which these programmes of training improve CPN skills, it is worth examining the hist...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a new program, Integrating Physician Services in the Home (IPSITH), to integrate family practice and home care for acutely ill patients. DESIGN Causal model, mixed-method, multi-measures design including comparison of IPSITH and non-IPSITH patients. Data were collected through chart reviews and through surveys of IPSITH and non-IPSITH patients, caregivers, family physici...

A study of interprofessional collaboration involving 148 general practitioner and district nurse pairs and 161 general practitioner and health visitor pairs was undertaken in 20 health districts throughout England in 1982-83. Data were collected using personal interviews and a prospective record of referrals and consultations. The ratings of collaboration recorded showed that only 27% of genera...

The use of central venous catheters (CVCs) has become fairly commonplace within both the hospital and community setting. The removal of these devices is often a task performed without much teaching and the procedure to follow is passed on from one nurse to another with little or no research on which to base actions. This article describes the potential complications associated with CVC removal ...

background and objectives: in this paper, a real life nurse scheduling model is described based on the conditions in iranian hospitals such as monthly shift rotation, consecutive morning and evening shifts and consecutive evening and night shift.   methods: the developed model considers both hospital constraints and nurses’ preferences. hospital constraints include assigning adequate qualified ...