Ma, Chenjuan Park, Shin Hye Shang, Jingjing
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International journal of nursing studies
Both nurse-physician collaboration and nurse-nurse collaboration were significantly associated with patient safety outcomes. Findings from this study suggest that improving collaboration among healthcare providers should be considered as an important strategy for promoting patient safety and both interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary collaboratio...
de Rossi Figueiredo, Daniela Paes, Lucilene Gama Warmling, Alessandra Martins Erdmann, Alacoque Lorenzini de Mello, Ana Lúcia Schaefer Ferreira
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International journal of nursing studies
Although the multidimensional assessment was performed, and the reliability values of the reviewed studies were satisfactory, different validity tests were not present in several studies. A gap at the instrument conception was observed related to interventions after evaluation and/or monitoring changes over a period of time. Further studies with th...
Callwood, Alison Cooke, Debbie Bolger, Sarah Lemanska, Agnieszka Allan, Helen
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International journal of nursing studies
This novel, cross-discipline study shows that MMIs are reliable VBR tools which have predictive validity when a seven station model is used. These data are important given the current international use of different MMI models in healthcare student selection processes.
Adams, Clive E Wells, Nicola Clark Clifton, Andrew Jones, Hannah Simpson, Jayne Tosh, Graeme Callaghan, Patrick Liddle, Peter Guo, Boliang Furtado, Vivek
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This trial provides no clear evidence that Care Co-ordinators (largely nursing staff) using an oral health checklist improves oral health behaviour or oral health state in those thought to be at risk of psychosis or with early psychosis.
Phelan, Sonja Lin, Frances Mitchell, Marion Chaboyer, Wendy
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The use of a quality improvement appraisal tool can help identify high quality projects when planning a similar mobility program. Even though projects were conducted in a variety of intensive care unit settings, and implementation frameworks and strategies varied, all began with strong leadership commitment to early mobilisation. This along with us...
Minnock, Patricia McKee, Gabrielle Kelly, Alexia Carter, Sheree C Menzies, Victoria O'Sullivan, Denis Richards, Pam Ndosi, Mwidimi van Eijk Hustings, Yvonne
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This review is notable in that it is the first to have identified, and reported, a set of multidimensional outcome measures that are sensitive to nursing interventions in rheumatology specifically. Further research is required to determine a core set of outcomes to be used in all rheumatology nursing intervention studies.
Sasseville, Maxime Chouinard, Maud-Christine Fortin, Martin
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The mapping and description brought to light the large heterogeneity of outcome categories and measures. The organization proposed in this paper could contribute to improved outcome selection for research, care and policy and lead to the creation of adapted patient-related outcome measures.
Downey, C L Tahir, W Randell, R Brown, J M Jayne, D G
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Early warning scores provide the right language and environment for the timely escalation of patient care. They are limited by their intermittent and user-dependent nature, which can be partially overcome by automation and new continuous monitoring technologies, although clinical judgment remains paramount.
Kraljic, Snjezana Zuvic, Marta Desa, Kristian Blagaic, Ana Sotosek, Vlatka Antoncic, Dragana Likic, Robert
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Both scores can be used to estimate required number of nurses in 12-h shifts, although Nursing Activities Score seems more suitable for units with prolonged length of stay, while Nursing Manpower Use Score appears better for units with shorter duration of stay (up to four days). Higher workload measured by Nursing Manpower Use Score scale can be pr...
Jones, Virginia Crowe, Marie
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International journal of nursing studies
The potential for a sense of powerlessness to manage diabetes, the acceptability and accessibility of treatment, the significance of food, the impact of cultural roles and stigma needs to be pivotal to diabetes education for people from ethnic minorities in Western countries.
