Research, first published over a decade ago, has shown that every 10% increase in the number of registered nurses (RNs) educated with the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) in hospital staff is associated with a 4 % decrease in the risk of death for patients.' Nurse staffs with higher proportions of BSN and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) prepared nurses demonstrate increased productivity ...

The process of designing a quilt became a metaphor of developing a caring relationship for a nursing student as she came to understand caring theory and its application to practice. A clinical experience combined with reflective journaling and aesthetic expression in the form of a quilt gave the student a way of understanding and concretizing a relationship. With quilts representing comfort, wa...

Background and Objectives: We sought to obtain data about the prevalence of dementia in rural nursing homes in Germany. Methods: We conducted our data between 2007 and 2009 in the diocese of Passau, Germany. By using a questionnaire we asked all nursing homes in the area to provide information about patients with dementia. We obtained detailed data from three nursing homes by personal visits, t...

Objective(s) In India, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification is not part of routine training during medical or nursing schooling and such trainings are offered in only very few centers during selected days with limited participant numbers. It is not possible to enroll all health care staff in the hospital for such a training as it is time consuming and the cost of such train...

BACKGROUND Referring patients from nursing homes to general hospitals exposes them to nosocomial diseases, and may result in the development of a broad spectrum of physical, mental and social damages. Therefore, minimizing the referring of nursing home patients to hospitals is an important factor for keeping the elderly healthy and minimizing health expenditures. In this study we examined the v...

I recently had the opportunity to read the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates Resolution 211, which was introduced by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. The Resolution addresses concerns expressed by the AMA related to the Doctor of Nursing Practice and is as follows: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF DELEGATES Resolution: 211 (A-06) Subject: Need to Expose and Co...

In 1942, the library of St Thomas's Hospital received a collection of one hundred and twenty-one manuscript letters written between 1796 and 1803. Five of the letters (Letters 1-3, 53, and 72) are between Owen Evans, a student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and later a surgeon-apothecary at Littlehampton, Sussex, and his friend, Hampton Weekes. The others are between Hampton, a pupil at St Thoma...