As I read the paper by Jane Underwood and colleagues on the National Community Health Nursing Study, published in the September/October 2009 issue of the CJPH,1 I could not help asking myself the question, “Where are the students and new graduates in community health?” The study, based on the analysis of workforce data, a survey and focus groups with urban and rural managers and frontline publi...

Purpose This study aims to explore how professional–cultural knowledge is reciprocally shared between experienced expatriates and novice local nurses. To address this, the situated learning in practice lens combined with social exchange lens. Design/methodology/approach An interpretive case methodology enabled an exploratory approach into knowledge-sharing practices nurses Saudi Arabia. Finding...

Background: An anaesthetist’s responsibility for patient safety continues into the recovery area where remains at risk of surgical and anaesthetic complications. The multidisciplinary team is vital importance, with nurses taking a leading role in care. A clear handover between professionals should ensure continuity, quality, care.1 Royal College Anaesthetists provides guidance about this handov...

As demand for nurse practitioners in all types of intensive care units continues to increase, ensuring successful integration of these nurses into adult and pediatric general and specialty intensive care units poses several challenges. Adding nurse practitioners requires strategic planning to define critical aspects of the care delivery model before the practitioners are hired, develop a compre...

Background Medication errors (MEs) are the most common types of medical errors which effecting on pediatric safety. For decrease MEs, we should to have information about difference aspects of MEs. We have no study which assessed the frequency, types and causes of MEs made by pediatric nurses, in Iran. Material and Methods This was a cross-sectional study, which performed on 53 Pediatric Nurses....