RECEIVED: 12, SEP., 2013; REVISED: 10, NOV., 2013; ACCEPTED: 16, NOV., 2013; PUBLISHED: 15, DEC., 2013. ISSN: 2345-234X Abstract: This paper aims to construct a nursing self-training system of bed-making in which nurses must perform some skills for handling equipment (a bed, a bed pad, and a sheet) and for avoiding bodily injury. Eight evaluation points of the bed-making task, related to traine...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to review evaluation studies of nursing management information systems (NMISs) and their outcome measures to examine system effectiveness. METHODS For the systematic review, a literature search of the PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases was conducted to retrieve original articles published between 1970 and 2014. Medical Subject Headi...

BACKGROUND Since the emergence of electronic health records, nursing information is increasingly being recorded and stored digitally. Several studies have shown that a wide range of nursing information is not interoperable and cannot be re-used in different health contexts. Difficulties arise when nurses share information with others involved in the delivery of nursing care. The aim of this stu...

This study investigates use of the internet by nursing students to access health information and their evaluation practices in relation to this information. The research method was a retrospective descriptive postal survey. A questionnaire was sent to all undergraduate students enrolled in a Bachelor of Nursing programme at a New Zealand university in 2005. The response rate was 50% or 174 resp...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, there is an increased reliance on casual staff in the health sector. Recent policy attention in South Africa has focused on the interrelated challenges of agency nursing and moonlighting in the health sector. OBJECTIVE This paper examines the potential health system consequences of agency nursing and moonlighting among South African nurses. METHODS During 2010, a clust...

OBJECTIVE to report the development of a software to support decision-making for the selection of nursing diagnoses and interventions for children and adolescents, based on the nomenclature of nursing diagnoses, outcomes and interventions of a university hospital in Paraiba. METHOD a methodological applied study based on software engineering, as proposed by Pressman, developed in three cycles...

Along with increasing complexity of nursing services, hospital employers are demanding qualified and competent staff nurses for high quality clinical care. In Taiwan, disparities in the demand for competent nurses by employers and the supply produced by nursing educators still exist and require attention. A comprehensive understanding of the specific needs of Taiwan's medical care system for nu...

In recent years, the Logical Observation Identifiers, Names, and Codes (LOINC) Database has been expanded to include assessment items of relevance to nursing and in 2002 met the criteria for "recognition" by the American Nurses Association. Assessment measures in LOINC include those related to vital signs, obstetric measurements, clinical assessment scales, assessments from standardized nursing...