BACKGROUND Nursing students, like other healthcare students, are at high risk of occupational exposure to blood and bodily fluids. Studies have shown that use of the Universal Precautions (UPs) lowers this risk, but do students know and practise these precautions? OBJECTIVES This study investigated the knowledge and practice of undergraduate nursing students regarding the UPs, and whether the...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effects of lavender olfactory stimulation intervention on fall incidence in elderly nursing home residents. DESIGN Randomized placebo-controlled trial. SETTING Three randomly selected nursing homes in northern Japan. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and forty-five nursing home residents aged 65 and older. INTERVENTION Participants were randomly assigned to the lave...

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OBJECTIVE The study objective was to assess the effects of an interorganisational educational intervention called the 'Meeting Point' on patient safety culture among staff in hospital and nursing home wards. DESIGN The study employs a quasi-experimental, non-randomised design with a hospital and nursing home intervention group and a hospital and nursing home control group. The study uses one ...

PURPOSE The implementation of three different insulin protocols in intensive care unit (ICU) settings in two community hospitals and one academic hospital is described. SUMMARY Each institution possessed a commitment to improve the existing insulin protocols in order to achieve tighter glycemic control for ICU patients. Studies have shown that the maintenance of tight glycemic control provide...

background: the aim of present study was to determine the quality of nursing documents in medical-surgical wards and factors affected this quality. methods: in this descriptive study the quality of nurses' documents in medical-surgical wards of teaching hospitals related to tabriz university of medical sciences was assessed. for data gathering, four checklists assessed four parts of nursing doc...

The nurse triage process in an accident and emergency (A&E) department was audited as part of the nursing quality assurance programme. It was found that in most cases documentation was adequate and guidelines had been adhered to. Triage decisions were accurate in most cases using the discharge diagnosis as a bench-mark. Waiting time improvements were also seen. Triage audit was a useful tool in...

The authors have developed a system for volumetric control of continuous haemodialysis. The article describes this system and reports its successful use in providing renal support in the intensive care unit to 10 patients with multiorgan failure. In addition to providing effective treatment of uraemia, it permits the precise control of fluid balance in a prospective manner ("dial-up" fluid bala...

Care of the patient with MI who receives thrombolytic therapy is an exciting challenge for the emergency nurse. By interrupting the process of cellular ischemia and necrosis, thrombolysis can salvage jeopardized myocardial tissue and lead to better patient outcome. Nursing interventions can help prevent possible complications of thrombolytic therapy, such as bleeding, dysrhythmias, and reocclus...

Introduction Intravascular continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in critically ill patients represents a major advance to improve the quality of care and to decrease the nursing workload dedicated to glycemic control. However, the presence of several physical or chemical interferences can limit the accuracy of the blood glucose readings (BG) measured by the CGM, implying the need for a thorough v...