Purpose. It has been well documented that nursing students across the world experience stress and anxiety throughout their education and training. The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to investigate the impact of biofeedback intervention program on nursing students' levels of stress and anxiety during their first clinical training. Methods. Participants consisted of 60 second-year...

PURPOSE Our objective in this study was to compare the quality of care provided under the Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO), a special program designed to serve dually eligible older persons, to care provided to controls who received fee-for-service Medicare and Medicaid managed care. DESIGN AND METHODS Two control groups were used; one was drawn from nonenrollees living in the same area...

Objective: To study and analyse application of early nursing intervention on patients with cerebral infarction in in training process of language and limb function rehabilitation. Method: 70 cases with cerebral infarction hospitalized in our hospital are selected (July 2015-July 2016) and randomly divided into 2 groups, that is, 35 cases for the research group and the control group respectively...

experiment. Although the attendance was small and there was a disappointing absence of the Mental Hospital Matrons whom it was expressly designed to attract, there was a very friendly atmosphere and much lively discussion, centering on the subjects: (1) How to attract the right type of girl for the mental nursing profession. (2) The need for improvement in the conditions under which many nurses...

This paper critically interrogates and re-evaluates the notion that it is somehow difficult being a man in nursing and suggests some ways forward which will allow us to gain a more politically astute purchase on gender, nursing and the socio-political context in which the profession operates. Men appear to be well served by a career in nursing. Despite their lesser numbers they are likely to ea...

BACKGROUND In this study, specific measures of extended nursing services and its values on patients with bladder cancer after endoscopic bladder electrosection were examined. METHODS Sixty-six patients diagnosed with bladder cancer in Laiwu People's Hospital(NO. 001, Xueyehu Street, Changshao Road, Laiwu, Shandong, China) between February 2012 and February 2014, and underwent endoscopic bladd...

Aim To translate and psychometrically validate the Demand–Control–Support Questionnaire for nurses in Spain. Background Nurses are one of groups most affected by work-related stress. The combination high job demands low control is identified as main source stress among nurses. a valid reliable tool assessing psychosocial workplace. Methods A two-phase cross-sectional descriptive study. instrume...

An outbreak of Shigella sonnei infection in a long-stay nursing centre was detected during routine surveillance of notifications in July 1999. Subsequent investigations identified 13 cases of multi-resistant S. sonnei infection affecting nine staff, three community members associated with the centre and one resident of the centre. Each isolate of S. sonnei was genetically indistinguishable. The...