INTRODUCTION Modern healthcare, including nursing home care, goes together with the use of technologies to support treatment, the provision of care and daily activities. The challenges concerning the implementation of such technologies are numerous. One of these emerging technologies are location technologies (RTLS or Real-Time Location Systems). that can be utilized in the nursing home for mon...

PURPOSE Most health care organizations, including nursing homes, report having teams. However, little is known about everyday practice teams among staff providing direct resident care. We assess the prevalence of such teams in nursing homes as reported by direct care staff and administrators, and examine characteristics of facilities that foster these teams. DESIGN AND METHODS The analytical ...

The purpose of this study was to determine nursing students' leadership and emotional intelligence. The study was conducted as a descriptive study in a nursing school in 2008. The sample comprised 69 junior and 85 senior nursing students and was based on voluntary participation. Data were collected through a data sheet, a leadership style questionnaire, and the Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Quo...

BACKGROUND The identification of poor medicinal adherence is difficult because direct observation of medication use is usually impractical. Up to 50% of individuals on chronic therapies may not be taking their medication as prescribed. This study is one of the first to explore possible risk factors for over-reporting of antihypertensive adherence using electronic medication monitoring. METHOD...

In the past several years, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has provided a clear blueprint for improving the health of older adults through two signifi cant reports—Retooling for an Aging America (2008) and Th e Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2010). Together, these reports have implications for research in gerontological nursing, and with the implementation of the Patient P...

a survey of sleep disturbing factors in patients of ccu   wards of taleghani hospital in urmia   nughibi f [1] , hematy m [2] , nanbakhsh zh [3] , nosrati m [4]     abstract:   introduction: sleeping is one of the essential needs of human and approximately. composes one third of one's lifetime. an adult person needs about 6‑8 hours sleep daily. sleep is necessary for growth and repair of b...

Heart failure poses a substantial burden on health care expenditures and quality of life; therefore, strategies to improve health behaviors for heart failure are essential. Highly effective medical decision aids can enable health improvements for people with heart failure. In this randomized controlled study, individuals with heart failure in a private Medicare plan were randomized into either ...