malnutrition and dehydration are two most common types of ailments residents of nursing homes (nh) prone to. it is very important to assess these problems because they can predispose the residents to severe illnesses. the aim of this study was to gather information on nutritional status and its associated risk factors in elderly residents of nhs in tehran, iran.from 16 nhs in tehran, 263 reside...

background employee engagement is the emotional commitment of the employee towards the organisation. we aimed to analyse baseline work engagement using utrecht work engagement scale (uwes) at a teaching hospital.   methods we have conducted a cross-sectional study within the national health service (nhs) teaching hospital in the uk. all participants were working age population from both genders...

since its establishment in 1948, the history of the national health service (nhs) has been characterized by organisational turbulence and system reform. at the same time, progress in science, medicine and technology throughout the western world have revolutionized the delivery of healthcare. the nhs has become a much loved, if much critiqued, national treasure. it is against this backdrop that ...

OBJECTIVE To characterise the NHS Direct nurse workforce and estimate the impact of NHS Direct on the staffing of other NHS nursing specialties. METHOD A postal survey of NHS Direct nurses in all 17 NHS Direct call centres operating in June 2000. RESULTS The response rate was 74% (682 of 920). In the three months immediately before joining NHS Direct, 20% (134 of 682, 95% confidence interva...

Department of Respiratory Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK Histopathology Department, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK Rheumatology Department, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK Radiology Department, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exete...

PURPOSE Nance-Horan Syndrome (NHS) is an infrequent and often overlooked X-linked disorder characterized by dense congenital cataracts, microphthalmia, and dental abnormalities. The syndrome is caused by mutations in the NHS gene, whose function is not known. The purpose of this study was to identify the frequency and distribution of NHS gene mutations and compare genotype with Nance-Horan phen...

Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Lynn, UK. James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Yarmouth, UK. Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough, UK. West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds, UK. Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Chelmsford, UK. MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of using the NHS Choices website on primary care consultations in England and Wales. We examined the hypothesis that using NHS Choices may reduce the frequency of primary care consultations among young, healthy users. DESIGN Two cross-sectional surveys of NHS Choices users. SETTING Survey of NHS Choices users using an online pop-up questionnaire on the NHS...

OBJECTIVE The risk of carrying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is higher among nursing home (NH) residents than in the general population. However, control strategies are not clearly defined in this setting. In this study, we compared the impact of standard precautions either alone (control) or combined with screening of residents and decolonization of carriers (intervention)...