Borglin, Gunilla A Richards, David
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International journal of nursing studies
In a guest editorial in this journal, Rahm Hallberg [Rahm Hallberg, I., 2006. Challenges for future nursing research: providing evidence for health-care practice. International Journal of Nursing Studies 43, 923-927] called for research which has greater explanatory power to determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions. In this paper we cri...
Juthberg, C Sundin, K
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International journal of nursing studies
In elderly care registered nurses (RNs) and nurse assistants (NAs) face ethical challenges which may trouble their conscience. This study aimed to illuminate meanings of RNs' and NAs' lived experience of troubled conscience in their work in municipal residential elderly care. Interviews with six RNs and six NAs were interpreted separately using a p...
Power, Zoe Campbell, Malcolm Kilcoyne, Pamela Kitchener, Henry Waterman, Heather
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International journal of nursing studies
The Hyperemesis Impact of Symptoms Questionnaire is a clinical tool designed to assess holistically the impact of the physical and psychosocial symptoms of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) on individuals. Its purpose is to aid planning and implementation of tailored care for women with HG. To our knowledge no similar tool exists. To assess the validity ...
Salamonson, Yenna Everett, Bronwyn Koch, Jane Wilson, Ian Davidson, Patricia M
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International journal of nursing studies
While interprofessional education is seen to have many benefits for students, this study demonstrates differences in motivational and learning strategies between nursing and medical students that may impact on the success of interprofessional programs.
McNamara, Martin S
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International journal of nursing studies
Senior nursing academics in Ireland need to urgently consider how nursing in the academy can reconfigure its relationships with clinical nursing, increase its intellectual autonomy, enhance its internal coherence and cohesiveness, strengthen the epistemic power of its knowledge base and critically evaluate the ways in which past practices inform it...
Norman, Ian Ryrie, Iain
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International journal of nursing studies
Thornlow, Deirdre K Anderson, Ruth Oddone, Eugene
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International journal of nursing studies
Older adults are at particular risk for injuries associated with hospitalization and the rate of adverse events increases significantly with age. The purpose of this paper is to review factors associated with the development of adverse events in hospitalized older adults, especially those factors that contribute to cascade iatrogenesis. Cascade iat...
Lee, Christopher S Riegel, Barbara Driscoll, Andrea Suwanno, Jom Moser, Debra K Lennie, Terry A Dickson, Victoria V Cameron, Jan Worrall-Carter, Linda
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International journal of nursing studies
Despite a common view that women are better at self-care, there is very little evidence to support or challenge this perspective in the heart failure (HF) population. The purpose of this study was to determine if there are cross-cultural gender differences in self-reported HF self-care and to describe gender differences in the determinants of HF se...
Relf, Michael V Laverriere, Katherine Devlin, Caitlin Salerno, Theresa
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International journal of nursing studies
Nursing students' beliefs and attitudes related to HIV and AIDS are not congruent with the ethical principles guiding nursing. To facilitate support for the ethical principles of nursing in the context of HIV and AIDS, nursing students need guided experiences to assess personal attitudes and beliefs about HIV and AIDS and direct care opportunities ...
Cortes, Olga L Villar, Juan C Devereaux, P J DiCenso, Alba
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International journal of nursing studies
To determine the impact of early mobilisation (EM) on total mortality and non-fatal re-infarction after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Systematic review and meta-analysis. MEDLINE, CINAHL, HealthStar, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library Controlled Trials Registry and experts. Target studies included published and unpublished experimental, controlled s...
