PURPOSE The purpose of this integrative review is to 1) describe intervention attributes, 2) describe the role of nurses in community PA promotion, and 3) describe the efficacy of the interventions in terms of PA behavior change. METHODS Computerized database and ancestry search strategies located distinct intervention trials between 1990 and 2015. RESULTS Thirteen national and internationa...

Commissioning is the process by which PCTs identify the health needs of their population and make prioritized decisions to secure care to meet those needs within available resources. It includes longer term strategic planning, medium term planning (three year Local delivery Plans) and the shorter term agreement and performance management of service level agreements. The process should involve t...

This article explores how the education and training of community nurses and the part they play in the provision of primary health care equips them to undertake home or health centre-based myocardial infarction rehabilitation programmes.

Harsh environmental conditions in arid ecosystems limit seedling recruitment to microhabitats under nurse structures, such as shrubs or rocks. These structures, however, do not necessarily afford the same benefits to plants because nurse rocks provide only physical nurse effects, whereas nurse plants can provide both physical and biological nurse effects. Nevertheless, if the nurse plant is a c...

BACKGROUND Recruiting, retaining and meeting increasing demand for experienced, qualified nurses is an issue of concern for all health care systems. The UK has been creating clinical career structures for nurses that include innovative posts known as nurse consultants. While the numbers overall appear to have grown over the last eleven years, there is evidence that in some specialities and regi...

BACKGROUND HIV testing, diagnosis and treatment programs have expanded globally, particularly in resource-limited settings. Diagnosis must be followed by determination of treatment eligibility and referral to care prior to initiation of antiretroviral treatment (ART). However, barriers and delays along these early steps in the treatment cascade may impede successful ART initiation. New strategi...

This study aimed to examine what specialist nursing contributes to HIV service delivery across England and how it could be optimised. A three part multi-method qualitative study was undertaken, involving (1) interviews with 19 stakeholders representing professional or service user groups; (2) interviews with nurse/physician pairs from 21 HIV services; and (3) case studies involving site visits ...

The Northampton Community Healthcare NHS Trust is not unique in facing a challenging agenda of organisational development. Naturally, this is dominated by appropriate staff development and accurate workforce planning. Like many other NHS trusts, it needs to attract and retain qualified nurses to deliver quality healthcare services to patients. However, nationally, there is a shortage of this st...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally adapted, primary care-based nurse-community health worker (CHW) team intervention to support diabetes self-management on diabetes control and other biologic measures. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Two hundred sixty-eight Samoan participants with type 2 diabetes were recruited from a community health center in American Samoa and were random...