Borglin, Gunilla Räthel, Kristina Paulsson, Helena Sjögren Forss, Katarina
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundDepressive symptoms and/or depression are commonly experienced by older people. Both are underdiagnosed, undertreated and regularly overlooked by healthcare professionals. Healthcare facilities for people aged ≥75 years have been in place in Sweden since 2015. The aim of these care centres, which are managed by registered nurses (RNs), is...
Weber, Ellen J
Mitchell, Brett G Fasugba, Oyebola Cheng, Allen C Gregory, Victoria Koerner, Jane Collignon, Peter Gardner, Anne Graves, Nicholas
Background Catheter associated urinary tract infections are one of the most common infections acquired in hospital. A recent randomised control study demonstrated the benefit of using chlorhexidine (0.1%) for meatal cleaning prior to urinary catheter insertion, by reducing both catheter associated asymptomatic bacteriuria and infection. These findi...
Ventura, Carla Aparecida Arena Mendes, Isabel Amelia Costa de Godoy, Simone Fumincelli, Laís Souza, Mirella Castellano Souza Junior, Valtuir Duarte
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BMC International Health and Human Rights
BackgroundIn the context of global health, the work of nurses is of key importance, given their role as diplomats in global health and as fundamental forces in the construction of global partnerships. This study seeks to identify the understanding and perceptions of Brazilian nursing faculty members regarding literacy of human rights related to hea...
Gifford, Wendy Lewis, Krystina B. Eldh, Ann Catrine Fiset, Val Abdul-Fatah, Tara Aberg, Anna Cristina Thavorn, Kednapa Graham, Ian D. Wallin, Lars
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Pilot and Feasibility Studies
BackgroundLeadership is critical to supporting and facilitating the implementation of evidence-based practices in health care. Yet, little is known about how to develop leadership capacity for this purpose. The aims of this study were to explore the (1) feasibility of delivering a leadership intervention to promote implementation, (2) usefulness of...
Conde-Caballero, David Castillo, Carlos A. Ballesteros-Yáñez, Inmaculada Mariano-Juárez, Lorenzo
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International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
Tools for online collaboration are becoming increasingly prevalent in recent years. Certain characteristics of these tools encourage this proliferation: they are easy to use, always available, allow knowledge to be built collaboratively and disseminated quickly through social networks, and are usually free of charge. In this context, blogs are beco...
Human, Megan
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Bergström, Cecilia Persson, Margareta Mogren, Ingrid
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Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
BackgroundThere is insufficient evidence regarding psychosocial factors and its long-term association with persistent pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain. The overall aim of this study was to investigate women with persistent pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain 12 years postpartum based on psychosocial and behavioural characteristics using the Swedis...
Hammerschmidt, Judith Manser, Tanja
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundEffective hand hygiene is one of the most important measures for protecting nursing home residents from nosocomial infections. Infections with multi-resistant bacteria’s, associated with healthcare, is a known problem. The nursing home setting differs from other healthcare environments in individual and organisational factors such as know...
Ludwig, Catherine Busnel, Catherine
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BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundThe early screening of frail individuals and of patients with complex care needs are challenges that countries witnessing population aging face. Homecare nurses are actors of choice in meeting these challenges, yet they need means of identifying frail and complex patients in their routine practice. The fraXity study’s aim is to fill this ...
