The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of a nurse practitioner in geriatrics, working in the emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital, to assess high-risk elderly patients comprehensively. A secondary aim was to explore patient characteristics associated with referral to community aged care services. Of 469 patients assessed by the nurse, 327 (70%) were admitted t...

The Henry Street Consortium, a collaboration of nurse educators from universities and colleges and public health nurses (PHNs) from government, school, and community agencies, developed 11 population-based competencies for educating nursing students and the novice PHN. Although many organizations have developed competency lists for experts, the Consortium developed a set of competencies that cl...

Preparing new nurses to practice independently and provide safe and effective care has always been a priority for nurse leaders in academe and service but is becoming more of a challenge as patient acuity intensifies and care systems become more complex. Recent reports by the Carnegie Foundation and by the Institute of Medicine and RWJF call for nurse leaders to improve how nurses are prepared ...

Introduction and Background The Cumberlege Report (1986) identified that community nurses were using a lot of time waiting for prescriptions to be written by General Practitioners once they had already identified their patients’ needs (Courtney 2007). It was suggested that limited prescribing should be allowed for district nurses and health visitors, especially around long term conditions (Hump...

background: implementing community-based psychiatric services is one of the priorities of the who/emro mental health programs. this study presents an aftercare service, as a community based-service, for patients with severe mental illness (smis).   methods : in this randomized controlled clinical trial design, 176 patients, who attended selective hospitals with smi, were allocated into three gr...

BACKGROUND Knowledge of how work demands vary between different practice areas could give us a better understanding of the factors that influence the working conditions in the health services, and could help identify specific work-related challenges and problems in the different practice areas. In turn, this may help politicians, and healthcare administrators and managers to develop healthy wor...

BACKGROUND: Hygiene and skin care are effective and important interventions in the management of lymphoedema secondary to lymphatic filariasis. We analyzed the impact on the quality of life that education and introduction of a designated nurse had on lymphoedema patients in a community that was endemic for lymphatic filariasis. METHODS: Patients' life quality was assessed using a Dermatology Li...

Increasing reliance on family care of elderly people at home calls for a critical analysis of the relationship between formal and informal caregivers. Although much has been written about how health professionals and family caregivers should relate to one another, we know very little about the relationships that develop between them. Using data from a qualitative study, this article illustrates...

http://ccn.aacnjournals.org Kimberly Scherr is the nurse practitioner in internal medicine at Misericordia Community Hospital and Health Centre, Edmonton, Alberta. At the time this article was written, she was the nurse practitioner for the cardiovascular intensive care unit at University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. Gayle Urquhart is the professional practice leader in nursing at Universit...

In the summer of 2020, during height civil unrest across our nation, American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) launched Diversity and Belonging Committee. The committee’s vision is to unleash potential a diverse united nurse leader community. Through research, education, advocacy, team aims create nursing community culture where all nurses health care workers can thrive.