1994 saw the publication of the report of the Mental Health Nursing Review Team (Department of Health, 1994). This report signified the end of a three year process where mental health nursing was examined from the perspectives of practice, education, research and management. The last review of mental health nursing took place in 1968, but since that time there have been enormous changes in our ...

In their day to day practice nurses interact with 'family' as a whole in a variety of community locations. Public health, Practice, District, Well child health and Rural nurses participated in a qualitative study in which four focus groups were used to explore the ways in which each nurse integrated 'family' into their practice. Thematic analysis of the data revealed four related themes: the la...

T story is written by a 90-year-old World War II veteran who is revered by both his family and his community, including his nurse and other health professionals who supervise his care. His wife passed away several years ago, but because of the devotion of his family and his engagement with the community, a 24-hour network of care has been arranged, and he is able to remain in his home. For exam...

1 Professor & Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA. 2 Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts & Public Health Consultant, Boston, MA. 3 Associate Professor & Vice President for Community Collaborations, The New England College of Optometry/ / New England Eye Institute, Boston, MA. 4 Ophthalmology Resident, PGY2, University of Texas Medical Br...

The dramatic changes in health care delivery present challenges to nurses in practice and to the educators who must prepare professional nurses for the uncertain world of tomorrow's managed care environment. In light of the increased emphasis on health promotion occurring with current changes in health care, the article proposes numerous creative strategies that nurse educators can use to prepa...

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...

The necessity to help baccalaureate nursing students transition to clinical practice in a health care environment governed by change has compelled nurse educators to investigate alternative clinical instruction models that nurture academic-practice partnerships and facilitate student clinical learning. This article describes an academic-practice partnership in a community hospital using the Cli...

introduction. universities of medical sciences & health services were established with the aim of training and development of efficient health manpower for improving the community health. the people of the community have common health problems and needs, so universities of medical sciences and health services can affect diagnosing the problems, providing the health needs and developing health c...

background: increasing of chronic patients who need permanent support andstaff who are daily exposed to psychological stress need to hospitals that note to health promotion programs. healthpromoting hospitals (hph)was expressed by the world health organization in the 1990s. so a large numberof hospitals in the world have implemented health promotion programs. but hospitalsin iran not implement ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe how nurse case managers care for older women with breast cancer. DESIGN A randomized, prospective trial. SETTING Thirteen community hospitals and two public hospitals in southeastern Texas. SAMPLE 335 older women aged 60-89 years newly diagnosed with breast cancer and being cared for by 60 surgeons. Most participants were Caucasian. A total of 166 women were...