BACKGROUND This paper investigated the effect of daylight on morning and night melatonin, subjective general health using GHQ questionnaire, sleepiness and alertness on elderly who lived in nursing houses. METHODS Nineteen nursing home residents participated voluntarily. They exposed to daylight from 9 to 10 a.m. and from 4 to 5 p.m. for 6 wk. The level of melatonin in the morning and at nigh...

Aim: To examine the knowledge, attitudes and awareness of food and drug interactions (FDI) among nurses with different levels of experience in their day to day practices. Background: The 2004 Institute of Medicine report (IOM), “Keeping Patients Safe,” recognized the nursing profession as playing a critical role in patient safety (Dunton, 2007; McHugh & Lake, 2010). Although new nurses possess ...

UCLA Health developed a system-wide in-house float team to meet organizational demands and strategic expansion, merging all facility teams create the nursing system (NSFT). The NSFT is designed as centralized functional structure that allows for systematic processes. In addition, enable expansion into other areas with appropriate managerial oversight. As result, contract labor dependence decrea...

As a historical era, postmodernism signifies transition from inflexible and logical positivism and entry into a new view to science. Postmodernism offers a number of nursing practice revise that including humanism, conditions, and borderless, multi-voice, view, and multicultural world, changes in meaning of knowledge, and life-long learning. Demographic changes, technological advances, ethnic a...

Plagues of the house mouse (Mus musculus) occur at irregular intervals throughout the agricultural regions of south-eastern Australia. This paper discusses these phenomena in terms of their impact on agricultural production, previous attempts to reduce damage and levels of infestation, and associated environmental implications. Consideration is also given to the accurate prediction of mouse pla...

Abstract Background The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a challenge for nursing homes in China. Nursing are particularly dangerous places terms of the spread COVID-19 given that they house vulnerable, high-risk populations. As such, several useful guidelines coping with have been provided. However, actual implementation rates such unknown. This study aims to docume...