BACKGROUND Internationally, nursing is not well represented in hospital financing systems. In Belgium a nursing weight system exists to adjust budget allocation for differences in nurse staffing requirements, but there is a need for revision. Arguments include the availability of a nursing minimum dataset and the adverse consequences of the current historically based nursing weight system. OB...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate an intervention to prevent falls at a hospital. DESIGN A quasi-experimental intervention with historical and contemporaneous control groups. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Nursing staff and patients in the medicine service (comprising 2 intervention floors and 2 control floors) at an academic hospital. INTERVENTION Nursing staff were educated regarding fall prevention duri...

Patient comfort is a goal of therapeutic nursing practice and a primary nursing function. Residents in nursing homes have many comfort needs including physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural, and environmental. These comfort needs are addressed by various caregivers including nurses, nursing assistants, and family members. Hand massage is a simple comfort intervention that can be incorporated ...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention on incidence of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients. DESIGN cluster-randomised controlled 12-month trial. SETTING psychogeriatric wards in 12 nursing homes in The Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS psychogeriatric nursing home patients (n = 518). INTERVENTION a general medical assessment and an additional specifi...

Background Cultural competence has become increasingly important for Chinese health professionals because of internationalization and the opening up of China to overseas visitors and business as well as a growing awareness of the needs of minority groups within China. This study aimed to evaluate a workshop designed to improve cultural competence among Chinese undergraduate nursing students. ...

BACKGROUND Elderly people often suffer from sleep disorders. Chamomile due to the many health benefits such as sedation may be effective in improving sleep quality in elderly people. This study aimed to determine the effect of Matricaria chamomilla extract on sleep quality in elderly people admitted to nursing homes of Isfahan in 2014. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study is a quasi-experi...

INTRODUCTION Team-based learning is one of the active learning approaches in which independent learning is combined with small group discussion in the class. This study aimed to determine the impact of team-based learning in nervous system examination knowledge of nursing students. METHODS This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 3(rd) grade nursing students, including 5th semester (int...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to: (1) identify local barriers to nursing presence on patient- and family-centered rounds (PFCR); and (2) increase nursing attendance during PFCR. METHODS An electronic survey needs assessment was administered to nursing staff on a single acute medical care unit to identify local barriers to nursing presence on PFCR. Daily tracking of nursing pres...

the effect of problem solving education in fourth-year nursing students’ views of success    orujlu s [1] , hemmati maslak pak m [2] *, khalkhali hr [3]     received: 20 jan, 2013 accepted: 8 apr, 2013      abstract  background & aims : problem solving skills in students education programs haven't been taught formally and organized. on the other hand, it is also necessary to assess and imp...