This case study describes changes in Physician Orders for Life Saving Treatment (POLST) status among long-stay residents of a US nursing home who had a certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP) adopt the practice of participating in nursing home staff care plan meetings. The CRNP attended a nonrandomized sample of 60 care plan meetings, each featuring a review of POLST preferences with res...

A descriptive correlation study was conducted to describe the differences between patient expectations and satisfaction with nursing care, and to determine the relationships among patient's satisfaction with nursing care and selected sociodemographic variables. A convenience sample of 250 patients with different medical, surgical and gynaecologic diagnoses was recruited to participate in the st...

Nursing Adm inistration is one of the subjects taught to nurses study­ ing for post-registration courses, namely the D iplom a in Nursing A d­ m inistration and B Cur (I e t A) at M edunsa. Like o ther subjects in nursing, it is com posed of theoretical and prac­ tical aspects. For subjects in clinical nursing or patien t care and in nurs­ ing education, students have been able to apply theory ...

With a soaring trend of the incorporation of complementary therapies into the mainstream of health care, animal-facilitated therapy has become a popular interest for the health care team to integrate into a patient’s plan of care. This systematic literature summarizes the current research on the use of animal therapy in several patient populations and provides nursing implications for practice.

BACKGROUND In 2008 the Nursing Secretariat of Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care formed a Nursing Workload Steering Committee to oversee the implementation of three demonstration projects with the objectives: to assess the feasibility of Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (HOBIC) data as a measure of nursing workload, determine the indicators that best support nurse le...

A randomized controlled trial (RCT) is the most powerful tool for determining the cause-effect relationship between an intervention and an outcome. RCTs typically include random allocation to intervention and control groups, a blinding plan for trialists, assessors and/or participants, identical treatment groups except for the experimental ingredients, and an intent-to-treat analysis. RCTs are ...

conclusions with regards to students not being accepted in health care environments, it is recommended to plan special programs for empowering students to acquire better social state and acceptance by the health care team. results after data analysis, three main categories were achieved: organizational factors, humanistic factors and socio-cultural factors. the main and latent theme that affect...

background: nurse educators have an important role in clinical learning that can reduce nursing students' stress. however,   a few studies have been conducted on the relationship between nursing students’ tension and clinical educators 'role in such situations, in iran. the aim of this study is to determine the relationship between nursing students’ stress and perception of nurse educ...

BACKGROUND A well-educated, sufficient nursing workforce improves population health and standards of nursing care. Analysing workforce policies assists nurses to learn from the past and develop better future policies. AIM Describe policy-making processes in the first Thai government plan to increase nursing capacity and improve nursing education quality. DESIGN A qualitative study employing...

"Longlife insurance" combines nursing home, home health, and deferred annuity benefits. It costs less than life care, allows the elderly to remain in their own homes, and protects assets. Adverse selection is limited because the plan is attractive to both frail and healthy elders. An analysis of 18,600 respondents in the Social Security Administration's New Beneficiary Survey indicates that 67 ...