Iheduru-Anderson, Kechinyere C. Wahi, Monika M.
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundUnfortunately, racism and discrimination against Ethnic minority (EM) has been globalized, universally infecting industries worldwide, and the field of nursing has not been spared. In the United States (US), overt and institutionalized racism (IR) still permeates the fields of nursing, nursing leadership, and nursing education. Programs t...
Salazar-Austin, Nicole Milovanovic, Minja West, Nora S. Tladi, Molefi Barnes, Grace Link Variava, Ebrahim Martinson, Neil Chaisson, Richard E. Kerrigan, Deanna
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BackgroundTuberculosis is a top-10 cause of under-5 mortality, despite policies promoting tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT). We previously conducted a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of symptom-based versus tuberculin skin-based screening on child TPT uptake. Symptom-based screening did not improve TPT uptake and nearly t...
Tsou, Chang-Ting Chen, Kuan-Ling Tsai, Yun-Fang
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundMaintaining sufficient nursing personnel is critical for healthcare systems worldwide. Improving retention of nurses is one means of addressing this shortfall. To foster retention, some hospitals in Taiwan provide nursing scholarships contingent on recipients signing a 3-year employment contract. However, it is unclear what factors influe...
Poortaghi, Sarieh Shahmari, Mehraban Ghobadi, Akram
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic is a serious threat to public health worldwide. Therefore, a coordinated global response is needed to prepare health care systems to face this unprecedented challenge. Proper human resource management can increase nurses’ productivity and quality of care. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the nursing manag...
Acheampong, Angela Kwartemaa Ohene, Lillian Akorfa Asante, Isabella Naana Akyaa Kyei, Josephine Dzansi, Gladys Adjei, Charles Ampong Adjorlolo, Samuel Boateng, Francis Woolley, Philomena Nyante, Felix
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BackgroundThe World Health Organization has admonished member countries to strive towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC) through actionable health policies and strategies. Nurses and midwives have instrumental roles in achieving UHC via health policy development and implementation. However, there is a paucity of empirical data on nurses ...
Nunstedt, Håkan Eriksson, Monica Obeid, Ayman Hillström, Lisbeth Truong, Anh Pennbrant, Sandra
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BMC Nursing
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Mao, Aimei Cheong, Pak Leng Van, Iat Kio Tam, Hon Lon
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundExploration of professional development experiences of male nurses can help develop evidence-based strategies to attract males into nursing. The study aims to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of being a male in nursing profession that male nurses and male nursing students experience in their professional development.MethodsA d...
Langegård, Ulrica Kiani, Kiana Nielsen, Susanne J. Svensson, Per-Arne
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundThe use of distance education using digital tools in higher education has increased over the last decade, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study aimed to describe and evaluate nursing students’ experiences of the pedagogical transition from traditional campus based learning to distance learning using digital tool...
Björkman, Annica Engström, Maria Winblad, Ulrika Holmström, Inger K.
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundMedical errors are reported as a malpractice claim, and it is of uttermost importance to learn from the errors to enhance patient safety. The Swedish national telephone helpline SHD is staffed by registered nurses; its aim is to provide qualified healthcare advice for all residents of Sweden; it handles normally about 5 million calls annu...
Marcinowicz, Ludmila Wojnar, Danuta Terlikowski, Slawomir Jerzy
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundIn some countries, including Poland, nurses have acquired autonomy from being a designated “ancillary staff” to “professional staff” only in recent decades. No prior published studies have examined, however, whether the actual nursing practice in primary health care (PHC) has evolved with the advancement of education and professional auto...