Jedeloo, Susan van Staa, AnneLoes Latour, Jos M van Exel, N Job A
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International journal of nursing studies
This study increases our understanding of different subjectivities of adolescents living with a chronic condition related to their treatment and health. There is no "one size fits all" approach to adolescent health care, but rather a limited number of distinct preference profiles. This study demonstrates the value of a non-disease-specific approach...
Goethals, Sabine Gastmans, Chris de Casterlé, Bernadette Dierckx
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International journal of nursing studies
Today's healthcare system requires that nurses have strong medical-technical competences and the ability to focus on the ethical dimension of care. For nurses, coping with the ethical dimension of care in practise is very difficult. Often nurses cannot act according to their own personal values and norms. This generates internal moral distress, whi...
Corley, Amanda Hammond, Naomi E Fraser, John F
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International journal of nursing studies
The H1N1 Influenza A pandemic arrived in Australia in early May 2009. In Queensland, the highest number of H1N1 cases were admitted to the intensive care unit when compared with the other Australian states. While many recent studies examining the H1N1 pandemic have focussed on service delivery and disease epidemiology, few have explored the lived e...
Whyte, James 4th Cormier, Eileen Pickett-Hauber, Roxanne
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International journal of nursing studies
Cognitions represent the computations associated with human thought processes. Verbal protocols offer a method by which to record these processes. While concurrent and retrospective verbal reporting of cognitions have been used extensively within nursing and other domains, the use of this methodology in nursing has been characterized by inconsisten...
Myers, Rachel E
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International journal of nursing studies
The world is experiencing a rapid rise in chronic health problems, which places an enormous burden on health care services. Modifiable health behaviors are largely responsible for this high prevalence and incidence of chronic diseases. This realization has made initiatives that promote healthy behaviors an international and interdisciplinary priori...
Petrides, K V Sevdalis, Nick
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International journal of nursing studies
McKenna, Hugh
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International journal of nursing studies
Porter, Sam O'Halloran, Peter
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International journal of nursing studies
Noureddine, Samar Froelicher, Erika Sivarajan Sibai, Abla M Dakik, Habib
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International journal of nursing studies
Heart disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in many countries, including Lebanon. The continuing advances in the treatment of heart disease have improved patient outcomes significantly over the years. Nevertheless, prompt treatment remains essential to treatment success, which depends on the person's early recognition of cardiac s...
Chambers, Mary Guise, Veslemøy Välimäki, Maritta Botelho, Maria Antónia Rebelo Scott, Anne Staniuliené, Vida Zanotti, Renzo
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International journal of nursing studies
Mental health problems are of serious concern across Europe. A major barrier to the realisation of good mental health and well-being is stigma and discrimination. To date there is limited knowledge or understanding of mental health nurses' attitudes towards mental illness and individuals experiencing mental health problems. To describe and compare ...
