CONTEXT Delirium is underrecognized by nurses, including those working in palliative care settings where the syndrome occurs frequently. Identifying contextual factors that support and/or hinder palliative care nurses' delirium recognition and assessment capabilities is crucial, to inform development of clinical practice and systems aimed at improving patients' delirium outcomes. OBJECTIVES T...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore whether measures of resources, barriers, and health-promoting behaviors would add significantly to the prediction of health-related quality of life among survivors with disabilities that occurred prior to their cancer diagnosis once contextual factors were controlled for. DESIGN A descriptive correlational study. SETTING Adult cancer survivors with preexisting ...

Assistive technologies (AT) are tools that enhance the independence, safety, and quality of life of older people with functional limitations. While AT may extend independence in ageing, there are racial and ethnic disparities in late-life AT use, with lower rates reported among Hispanic older populations. The aim of this study was to identify barriers experienced by Hispanic community-living ol...

Climate change presents a complex set of challenges for natural resource managers across North America. Despite recognition that climate change poses serious threats to species, ecosystems, and human communities, implementation of adaptation measures is not yet happening on a broad scale. Among different regions, a range of climate change trajectories, varying political contexts, and diverse so...

This paper will describe the use of a user and task analysis in the development of an interactive nursing terminal (IVT). The IVT offers digital planning and patient information to the nurse on the road. A user and task analysis is the starting point of the usability design process and helps to gain insight in the way people perform their tasks. During the user and task analysis a contextual in...

The article examines the problem of professional foreign language training students in maritime fields. analysis socio-cultural, linguistic and psychological barriers caused by different levels education national characteristics was carried out. need for integrating computer technologies interactive teaching methods substantiated terms integrative-contextual approach, importance recreating subj...

OBJECTIVES General practitioners (GPs) play a key role in heart failure (HF) management. Despite multiple guidelines, the management of patients with HF in primary care is suboptimal. Therefore, all the qualitative evidence concerning GPs' perceptions of managing HF in primary care was synthesised to identify barriers and facilitators for optimal care, and ideas for improvement. DESIGN Qualit...

American women still confront workplace barriers (e.g., bias against mothers, inflexible policies) that hinder their advancement at the upper levels of organizations. However, most Americans fail to recognize that such gender barriers still exist. Focusing on mothers who have left the workforce, we propose that the prevalent American assumption that actions are a product of choice conceals work...

T Fifth ACM Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV-5) was held on 5–6 December 2014 in San Jose, California. In its fifth edition, DEV continued its progress to becoming the premier venue to present original and innovative work on the applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computing in developing regions. In particular, the conference highlighted research results from...