Background Although stress reaction is high among nursing staff and nursing students in the Middle East and its effect on life is known, there are scant studies reporting on these clinical and social features. In addition, there are no studies reporting on factors that influence career choice among this group. Aim This study aimed to investigate factors that influence career choice among nurs...

Kathleen M. Davidson, MN, BSN Edited by Deborah Perry Schoenfelder, PhD, RN The death of a family member is a moment that matters. Family members of nursing home residents have reported difficulty recognizing the dying trajectory and being unprepared when death occurred (Forbes, Bern-Klug, & Gessert, 2000). Length of time as a family caregiver did not predict preparedness for the death. Researc...

The purpose of this training program was to prepare nursing staff in family-centered geriatric care that emphasizes providing culturally competent care to hospitalized elders at two major tertiary hospitals in New York. This research report corresponds to the first phase of a 3-year project. In this research project, a descriptive exploratory design was used to identify the levels of cultural a...

A longitudinal quasi-experimental study with two comparison groups was conducted to test the effects of a Green House (GH) nursing home program on residents' family members. The GHs are individual residences, each serving 10 elders, where certified nursing assistant (CNA)-level resident assistants form primary relationships with residents and family, family is encouraged to visits, and professi...

the effect of family- centered care on anxiety of hospitalized child’s parents with urinery tract infection in pediatric ward of shahid motahary medical training center in urmia in 2012.     khalilzadeh h [1] *,khorsandi f [2] ,feizi a [3] ,khalkhali hr [4]     received: 21 nov , 2012 accepted: 17 feb , 2013     abstract   background & aims : child's hospitalization is considered as one of...

OBJECTIVES This study describes a comparison of the values and beliefs foundational to community nursing practice in Norway with the Cornerstones of Public Health Nursing based on public health nursing practice in the United States. DESIGN AND SAMPLE Methods included a review of the literature and focus groups to determine primary beliefs and values foundational to nursing practice in family,...

Abstract Background: In addition to child, families can be influenced traumatically by the leukemia and hospitalization. Adopting the philosophy of a family-centered care approach can maximize the well being of pediatric patients and their family. The philosophy is based on the collaboration of the family, nurses and hospital staff to plan, provide and evaluate care to establish the bes...

PURPOSE This study explored factors that are related to the level of contact (number of visits and calls) between newly admitted nursing home residents and their family and friends. In addition to reexamining factors studied previously, several new factors were explored: contact level prior to nursing home placement, dementia status, and resident race. DESIGN AND METHODS Interviews were condu...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors that can influence nursing mothers to interrupt exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life of the infant. METHOD Descriptive, exploratory, qualitative research. Information was collected through semi-structured interviews with 14 nursing mothers who had received prenatal care in the Family Basic Health Units in the city of Campina Grande - PB, fr...