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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"nurses practice"”.
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An investigation into what influences nurses' practice to not take and record respiratory rate
… sought to understand what influences Registered Nurses (RNs) to not take and record patients’ respiratory rate. It was an exploratory descriptive qualitative study based on semi-structured telephone interviews with ten RNs working in three hospitals within New Zealand. The interviews aimed to …
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Surviving and thriving in practice placements: A qualitative exploration of student nurses’ practice placement learning experiences
… the fifty per cent of that training spent in practice placement settings. If pre-registration nurse training is to be as effective as possible, it is essential to create practice placement learning environments where all student nurses are empowered to be caring, confident, competent and …
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Pre-employment screening or initial health assessment? A study of New Zealand occupational health nurses’ practice
Occupational health nurses in New Zealand complete pre-employment assessments as part of the employment process. There is ambivalent information within the literature on the effectiveness of pre-employment assessments and little literature on the current practice of occupational health nurses in …
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Nurses' practice of the integration of family planning and HIV prevention services in Ntcheu District, Malawi
Nurses in Malawi are in the forefront of service provision for HIV prevention and family planning. However, not much is known about how nurses actually practice the integration of family planning and HIV prevention services as prescribed by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Malawi. …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Moral Distress and Coping in Emergency Nursing
… </strong>Emergency Department (ED) nurses practice in environments that are highly charged and unpredictable in nature and can precipitate conflict between the necessary prescribed actions and the individual’s sense of what is morally the right thing to do. As a consequence of …
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NURSES' KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND CLINICAL PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT USE WITH INTRODUCTION OF AN IN-SERVICE EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN AN ACUTE GERIATRIC SETTING
THIS STUDY AIMED TO EXAMINE THE NURSES? KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND CLINICAL PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT USE AMONG THE ELDERLY, AND TO DEVELOP AND TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF AN IN-SERVICE EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON RESTRAINT USE. A TWO PHASES STUDY WAS CONDUCTED INCLUDING A CROSS-SECTIONAL DESCRIPTIVE …
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Possibilities For Advanced Practice Nursing Through The Eyes Of Physicians: A Descriptive Qualitative Study In Enugu State, Nigeria
… of physicians have led to the independent practice of experienced registered nurses (RNs). These nurses practice without having studied a curriculum specifically geared toward this advanced level, which is not optimal for health outcomes. However, given that Nigeria has not adopted an …
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An Exploration of School Nurses' Perspectives in Caring for Homeless Children
… the experiences and perceptions of school nurses working with homeless, elementary school-aged children. The researcher employed purposive sampling to recruit participants from members of the National Association of School Nurses. Recruiting was supplemented by snowball sampling. …
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An exploration of advanced nursing in a hospital context: people, processes, frameworks.
This thesis for Doctor of Professional Practice (DProf) Health and Social Care presents a study with synthesis of in-depth research, conducted simultaneously with practice development (PD), informed by a relevant literature review. Exploration of advanced nursing, with a valuable addition to local …
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Improving Nurses' Proficiency and Confidence in the Use of Aromatherapy for Patients in the Hospice Setting
… focus of this project is to improve the hospice nurses’ knowledge of and confidence in the use of aromatherapy for symptom management. There is recognition within the field of healthcare that patients are interested in having options for treatment. With little to no side effects, aromatherapy has …
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A enfermeira no olhar das clientes: representações da sua prática profissional
… as object of study the social representations of nurses and their practice as viewed by their clients. It is aimed at analysing the social representations - the research having taken place at "Institute for Women's Health of Juiz de Fora"- and discussing the repercussions of such social …
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How professional nurses’ experiences and explanations of traumatic stress exposure influence nursing practice in the Western Cape
… Traumatic stress exposure significantly affects nurses, patients and the provision of safe, ethical and compassionate healthcare, particularly in low- and middle-income settings such as South Africa. Although nurses occupy a frontline caring role and are routinely exposed to traumatic stressors, …
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Identifying health education competencies for primary health care nurses in Saudi Arabia : a Delphi Consensus Study
… & attitudes) for Primary Health Care (PHC) nurses. Although the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) has highlighted the importance of health education provided in PHC by nurses, there have been no studies into the required competencies in the Saudi context. MethodsThe Delphi technique was …
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Post-operative observations: ritualised or vital in the detection of post-operative complications
The nursing practice of monitoring patients in the post-operative (PO) phase upon returning to the general ward setting has traditionally consisted of the systematic collection of vital signs and observation of other aspects of the patient's recovery. For the most part the primary focus of this …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Suicide Prevention Training Program for Nurses’ Continuing Education
… n=21. Population of interest were registered nurses in Washington State affected by the mandatory suicide prevention training requirement; training was not restricted to this group. Intervention: UW CNE collaborated with subject matter experts to develop suicide prevention training for …
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Workplace Bullying, Nurse Practice Environment, Patient Outcomes: A Descriptive Study
<p>Better nursing practice environments are associated with improved patient safety, yet little is known about the nurse’s experiences of bullying or flourishing within the practice environment. This study described nurses’ experiences of workplace bullying and flourishing and identified …
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Parents’ experiences and nurses’ perceptions of decision making about childhood immunization
… influences. Few studies addressed nurses' involvement in parental immunization decisions. No qualitative studies could be found that explored Canadian parents' and nurses' perspectives into this complex, contextually-bound phenomenon. The aim of this qualitative study is to …
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Mental health nursing attitudes towards patient involvement in risk assessment as part of recovery focused care
… in policy and procedures guiding Mental Health nurses’ practice. Earlier studies have shown that while mental health nurses felt strongly in support of risk assessment, many were strongly resistant to patients being involved in completing risk assessments. There is little evidence to suggest why …