Diabetes is a major health problem with many social and economic consequences in general population. The importance of education in the diabetic patient and his family, led to the development of diabetes clinical nurse specialist. The role of diabetes clinical nurse specialist is essential and crucial to the hospitals and the community, in order to form a relationship with the diabetic patient ...

The overall purpose of this paper is to describe the process of utilizing community participation for curriculum design to develop a new school of nursing. A brief Community Needs Assessment Survey was carried out in order to explore community perceptions and expectations of Baccalaureate-prepared nurses in Jordan. The sample consisted of 152 participants who were staff nurses, nurse administra...

Die veld van die gemeenskapsverpleegkundige in gesinsorg sluit moederen kindergesondheid, beheer van aansteeklike siektes, skoolgesondheidsdienste, bedryfsgesondheid, gemeenskapspsigiatrie, bejaardesorg en gesondheidsvoorligting in. In haar werk is die volgende deurlopende doelwitte belangrik: — om gesondheidsbehoeftes te bepaal; — om ’n besef van gesondheidsbehoeftes te kweek; — om beleid wat ...

The role of Community Health Nurses (CHNs) outside the traditional hospital setting is meant to provide and promote the health care needs of the community. Such nurses can play a substantial role in the community setting including emergencies like disasters. This became evident after the earthquake of October 8, 2005 in Pakistan. The objective was to address the issues, faced by primary healthc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate activities of a nurse led minor injuries unit based in a community hospital situated eight miles away from its sister district hospital in Crawley to demonstrate whether nurses can provide an alternative service. DESIGN "Walk in" service provided by emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) working within protocols and parameters with supervision from the accident and emergen...

BACKGROUND Patients with chronic conditions often use complex medical regimens. A nurse-led strategy to support medication therapy management incorporated into primary care teams may lead to improved use of medications for disease control. Electronic health record (EHR) tools may offer a lower-cost, less intensive approach to improving medication management. METHODS AND RESULTS The Northweste...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND At the time of this study (2009) the role of the nurse practitioner was new to the province of British Columbia. The provincial government gave the responsibility for implementing the role to health authorities. Managers of health authorities, many of whom were unfamiliar with the role, were responsible for identifying the need for the NP role, determining how the NP wo...

Dr Tony Long is Professor of Child and Family Health. A Registered Child Health Nurse, his personal research programmes are in evaluation of early intervention in health and social care services for children and families, parental coping, and clinical research on quality of life outcomes for children and families after treatment for cancer. Michael Murphy is Senior Lecturer in Social Work. A qu...

Over the past 15 years, the North Carolina Community College System has provided education and instruction to 258,713 allied health professionals, 183,059 nurse aides, 27,125 associate-degree nurses, and 9,926 practical nurses. Innovations that can increase program retention will have a positive impact on the state's future health care workforce.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although nurse home visiting has proven efficacious with small samples, scaling up to community populations with diverse families has not yet proven effective. The Durham Connects program was developed in collaboration with community leaders as a brief, universal, postnatal nurse home visiting intervention designed to screen for risk, provide brief intervention, and co...