SILVER SPRING, MD – The American Nurses Foundation (ANF) today announced that Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and point-of-care solutions for health care, has agreed to help broaden exposure for Honor a Nurse through a major corporate donation and sponsorship agreement. “Honor a Nurse” publicly acknowledges registered nurses who have made a difference in the lives of ot...

OBJECTIVE To describe pica behavior (ingestion of nonfood items) in pregnant low-income Mexican-born women in Mexico and the United States. DESIGN A convenience sample of informants was interviewed with a questionnaire containing open-ended and closed-ended questions. SETTING A low-income community on the outskirts of Ensenada, Mexico, and clinics serving low-income people in southern Calif...

The purpose of this qualitative research was to characterize the elements that constitute the environment of the Surgical Center and to analyze its implications for dynamic of care and nursing care. Based on the Environmental Theory's principals. Participated twelve nurses from the Surgical Center of a College Hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Data were gathered through the creativity and sensitivity...

This is the third article in a nine-part series describing the Principles of Nursing Practice developed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in collaboration with patient and service organisations, the Department of Health, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, nurses and other healthcare professionals. The article discusses Principle B, the need for accountability and responsibility in the provi...

This project used the Triad model integrating nurse’s clinical expertise with the best external research evidence, and took into account clinician and patient preferences in order to deliver quality nursing care. Results of Observation Data Collection (2008) • Alarms are silenced without intervention (troubleshoot alarm settings) the majority of the time. • Nurses were observed focusing on task...

abstract background: kangaroo mother care (kmc) is the most implementation intervention in caring of the infants, as in this method, both the mothers and infants are cared. the world health organization recommends implementation of kmc for all infants. however, there are some barriers in the way of its application. the purpose of this study was evaluation of the practical application of kmc and...

introduction: nowadays, it has been known that individuals handle coping strategies when faced with stressful events. these strategies play an important role in individuals. nurses are exposed to high  stress, which directly affects their job satisfaction and the quality of their services. therefore, the present study tried to investigate the effect of yoga on stress coping strategies among nur...

As a nurse it is difficult for me to read this paper without feeling somewhat 'prickly' but at the same time I welcome May's attempt to address an unfashionable topic, which needs some debate. Why the defensiveness? It follows from certain statements May makes, for example his assertion that full colleague status for nurses with doctors, is connected with nurses taking on 'certain responsibilit...

Preview 15.09.2013 Abstract Preview ©Austrian Pharmacological Society (APHAR) page 1 Joint Meeting of the Austrian Neuroscience Association (13th ANA Meeting) and the Austrian Pharmacological Society (19th Scientific Symposium of APHAR)Preview ©Austrian Pharmacological Society (APHAR) page 1 Joint Meeting of the Austrian Neuroscience Association (13th ANA Meeting) and the Austrian Pharmacologic...

BACKGROUND HIV continues to be a global public health concern with Malawi being among the worst affected countries. The prevalence of HIV among pregnant women is also very high, thereby raising concerns of mother-to-child transmission of the virus. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV is therefore a priority in the efforts to curb the HIV pandemic. Keeping in mind that the ...