This article describes a nursing staff training program in basic behavior management skills and a formal staff management system to encourage the application of these basic skills on the nursing unit. Behavioral skills training consists of a 5-hour in-service followed by three weeks of on-the-job training to ensure accurate application of behavior management skills. Following training, a staff ...

BACKGROUND In a larger action research project, guidelines were generated for how a meaningful daily life could be developed for older persons. In this study, we focused on the nurse assistants' (NAs) perspectives, as their knowledge is essential for a well-functioning team and quality of care. The aim was to learn from NAs' experiences and knowledge about how to develop a meaningful daily life...

An investigation was undertaken with the aim of establishing standards for the documentation of nursing care. Nursing care records in the medical and surgical units of private and general hospitals in the PWV-area and the Cape Peninsula were audited. A considerable number of deficiencies were identified in the daily record keeping of nursing care.

O ral health care for elder residents of nursing homes often presents a challenge, particularly to those individuals who must rely on caregivers for their daily oral health maintenance. These caregivers assume the daily responsibility for good oral hygiene practices that were once the responsibility of the patient. Because of this shift in responsibility, monitoring of the oral health status of...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate how weight training or nursing-based rehabilitative care programs in nursing homes impact on resident performance of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and objectives tests of physical performance. METHODS This study involved a quasi-experimental control, longitudinal comparison of functional status over a 10-month period, where baseline stat...

Huntington’s disease is a rare neurodegenerative condition of genetic origin, which incapacitates the patient in carrying out daily activities over time and that has no cure. Thus, monitoring these individuals through systemized nursing essential to reduce impacts disease, because it allows holistic look into needs affected by professionals. This article elaborates on systematization care patie...

Denise R. Bonanni, RN; Geraldine Devers, RN; Kathleen Dezzi, RN; Christine Duerr, MS, RN; Madeline Durkin, RN; Judith Hernan, MSN, RN; and Carol Joyce, RN, NHA AbstrAct This study was conducted to determine whether a dedicated restorative nursing program fostered improvement in residents’ functional status and quality of life. Restorative nursing assistants were selected, provided with special ...

Gains in life expectancy around the world have increasingly placed pressure on governments to ensure that the elderly receive assistance with activities of daily living. This research examines the impact of government oversight of Medicaid payment policies on access to nursing home care services in the United States. Variation in price levels induced by a federal policy shift in 1997 is used to...

Two high melt episodes occurred on the Greenland ice sheet in July 2012, during which nearly the entire ice sheet surface experienced melting. Observations from an automatic weather station (AWS) in the lower ablation area in South Greenland reveal the largest daily melt rates (up to 28 cm d−1 ice equivalent) ever recorded on the ice sheet. The two melt episodes lasted 6 days, equivalent to 6% ...

The Greenland ice sheet presently accounts for ~70% of global ice sheet mass loss. Because this mass loss is associated with sea-level rise at a rate of 0.7 mm/year, the development of improved monitoring techniques to observe ongoing changes in ice sheet mass balance is of paramount concern. Spaceborne mass balance techniques are commonly used; however, they are inadequate for many purposes be...