Most breast tumors are detected by women, not health professionals, therefore breast self-examination (BSE) continues to be an efficacious strategy. The study objective was to analyze BSE performed by nursing professionals and factors that hinder their perseverance in this practice. This descriptive study was performed with 159 professionals: 40 nurses, 48 nurses aides, and 71 health agents fro...

Background Healthcare workers exhibit among the highest injury rates of all occupations, with musculoskeletal injuries predominating. Anthropometric attributes and demanding work schedules may contribute to enhanced injury risks. Specifically, physical characteristics and performance capacities as well as accumulating fatigue from multiple work shifts may predispose workers to job-related injur...

In this study, we used a narrow, but easily measured, indicator of how communication proceeded among health workers and women in Southern India. Anemia prevention during pregnancy was studied using a semistructured questionnaire. Participants included 5 nurses, 10 health aides, and 10 (traditional birth attendants) TBAs working with maternal health care and education, as well as 32 women seekin...

hardly germane to our nationalised Service, since there is discussion of fees?for instance the threat to those working therapeutically with patients when the latter have occasionally to leave the hospital before they are well, because of lack of funds; we, too, have our financial problems however?problems relating to the feelings of the patients whose acceptance of free help may well be an exac...

News media over the past two years have focused intensively on the implications of hospitals having too few nurses: Reader's Digest, " How hospitals are gambling with your life " (2001); New York Times, " Nursing shortage is raising worries on patients' care " (2001); Wall Street Journal, " How to lessen impact of nursing shortage on your hospital stay " (2001); Chicago Tribune, " Nursing mista...

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine whether health care aides (HCAs) could safely assist in medication administration in long-term care (LTC). Method: We obtained medication error reports from LTC facilities that involve HCAs in oral medication assistance and we analyzed Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) data from these facilities. Standard ratings of error severity were "...

OBJECTIVES In spite of the high prevalence of low back pain (LBP) and presenteeism previously observed among nurses, no study has assessed the risk of presenteeism specifically due to LBP in nursing staff. Therefore, aim of the present study was to assess prevalence and risk factors of presenteeism due to LBP among hospital nursing personnel. METHODS 174 female nurses underwent a clinical int...

PURPOSE Using a conceptual framework from the field of care work and the theory of boundary work, we explore the use of family metaphors by nurse's aides to describe their affective care for nursing home residents. We focus on how nurse's aides can express affective care in spite of experiencing racial abuse. METHODS Using the technique of domain analysis, we present a secondary analysis of s...

OBJECTIVES This report presents national estimates of home health aides providing assistance in activities of daily living (ADLs) and employed by agencies providing home health and hospice care in 2007. Data are presented on demographics, training, work environment, pay and benefits, use of public benefits, and injuries. METHODS Estimates are based on data collected in the 2007 National Home ...