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Nutrient intake of elderly hospital patients
… food intake was recorded for 100 elderly patients who were subsequently interviewed to determine the relationship of income level, educational level completed, and sex of the person with the nutrient intakes of these patients. Three-day caloric and nutrient intakes were recorded and …
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Pain and Hospital Patients Perception of Quality
… approximately 50 million Americans. These patients seekhealth care for the relief of pain and its underlying cause. Many of those seeking relief from pain are hospitalized and others experience pain during their hospitalization. All of these patients have the right to relief of their pain …
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Hospital Patients' and Nurses' Perceptions of Quality
<p>Hospital quality assurance programs have been provider-oriented, focusing on structure and process elements of care rather than outcomes specific to patient needs and values. This study tested the relationship between quality and value, proposed in <strong>Larrabee'</strong><strong>s …
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The reception of hospital publicity among former hospital patients
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, 1959
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Nutrient intake of hospital patients on self-selected diets
… intake was calculated for 64 obstetrical patients from three-day selective menus. Judged by the standard of the 1974 Recommended Dietary Allowances, the mean intake of 27 lactating subjects was adequate in energy and all nutrients; the intake of 37 non-lactating subjects met the allowance …
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Coping with health-related problems and psychological distress amongst older adult hospital patients
… emotional status amongst a sample of older adult hospital patients in Perth, Western Australia. Older people are frequently in hospitals because of the large number of serious health problems that are more common in this age group. Older people vary in how well they deal with illness, and negative …
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Variation in sepsis symptoms of hospital patients admitted from different points of origin
… to determine if there is a relationship between patients that come from different points of origin and their presentation of sepsis variables upon admittance to the hospital. The research questions were (1) is there a difference in the means of variables of importance to sepsis compared by point …
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Paramedic practice and the cultural and religious needs of pre‐hospital patients in Victoria
… experiences with emergency paramedics during pre‐hospital health care for those living in Melbourne, Australia.
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A Technique for the Study of the Survival of Transfused Blood in Hospital Patients
… hemmorrhage, and the preparation of patients for surgery is obvious; but its efficacy in chronic anemia is considerably less certain. | It is most important to have objective information regarding the value of whole blood transfusion in chronic cases. The very real dangers involved in …
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Difference in quality of life of referred hospital patients after hospital palliative care team intervention
… research undertaken was to establish whether the hospital palliative care team (HPCT) at the Johannesburg General Hospital was making a difference to referred hospital patients' quality of life. The HPCT was started at the Johannesburg General Hospital in 2001. The team functions as an advisory …
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Can Meso-Level Simulation Increase Medical Students' Confidence in recognising and Responding to Clinical Deterioration in Adult Hospital Patients?
… based teaching session using simulated patients to portray acutely unwell adult hospital patients. The genesis, development and progress of RADAR will be discussed along with the findings of questionnaires and focus groups from two further cycles of action research. Readers will become …
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Prevention of pressure sores in hospital and community with special reference to the time spent for care
… pressure area care in both a sample of hospital patients and a sample of community patients. A pilot study was carried out to test the methodology, which was subsequently used with only minor modifications, for the main study. Bedfast or chairfast patients were studied from admission to …
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The Effects of a hospital ward eating environment on patients' mealtime experience.
The provision of adequate nutritional care to hospital patients continues to be an international problem, despite numerous initiatives and attempts by interested parties over several decades to make improvements. The focus of this research was to critically evaluate the effects a hospital ward …
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Most Effective Nursing Interventions to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Critical Review of the Literature
Nosocomial infections, otherwise referred to as hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), are defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as infections that occur in association with devices used in medical procedures, such as catheters or ventilators (Centers for Disease Control and …
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A smart diaper wetness detection sensor : concept, design and ethical considerations
… infants, elderly, disabled individuals, and hospital patients. Diaper wetness-based alerting can enhance care of this population by improving incontinence management, preventing rashes and infections, and avoiding embarrassment. A practical implementation of this consumer-oriented system will …
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In-hospital patient safety - prevention of deterioration and unexpected death by systematic and interprofessional use of early warning scoring
Abstract In-hospital patient safety is at times hampered, leaving general ward patients at considerable risk of gradual, even life-threatening, deterioration. In many European clinical settings, inappropriate nursing practice of bedside monitoring and management has recently been addressed as …
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