The characteristics, qualities and skills of practice developersJournal of Clinical Nursing - Tập 12 Số 3 - Trang 317-325 - 2003
Brendan McCormack, R Garbett
Summary• There is a growing interest in practice development as a systematic process for the development of quality patient care.• Whilst there is a range of accounts of practice development in the literature, little work has been undertaken to develop an understanding of the systems and processes involved and there is even less on the roles involv...... hiện toàn bộ
An RCT of adherence therapy for people with schizophrenia in Chiang Mai, ThailandJournal of Clinical Nursing - Tập 16 Số 7 - Trang 1302-1312 - 2007
Suparpit Maneesakorn, Debbie Robson, Kevin Gournay, Richard Gray
Aim. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the effectiveness of adherence therapy‐a brief intervention based on compliance therapy and motivational interviewing techniques‐in a sample of people with schizophrenia in Thailand.Background. Poor adherence is problematic, but knowledge about how to improve medication adherence is ...... hiện toàn bộ
Changing needs of Chinese family caregivers of stroke survivorsJournal of Clinical Nursing - Tập 16 Số 5 - Trang 971-979 - 2007
Annie Km Mak, Ann Mackenzie, May How-Lin Lui
Aim. To examine the changing needs of Chinese family caregivers before and after stroke survivors’ discharge from hospital.Background. Stroke ranks third as the most common cause of death in Hong Kong and is the leading cause of adult disability. Community care has been adopted as the major source of care for older people in ...... hiện toàn bộ
‘You do know he’s had a stroke, don’t you?’ Preparation for family care‐giving – the neglected dimensionJournal of Clinical Nursing - Tập 9 Số 4 - Trang 498-506 - 2000
Louise Brereton, Mike Nolan
• Countries throughout the developed world have introduced a policy of community care for older people to reduce costs to the state and maintain quality of life.• In reality community care is largely family care and recognition of the need to support family carers is being promoted through the notion of partnership with professional carers.• Such a partner...... hiện toàn bộ
Should arm span or height be used in calculating the BMI for the older people? Preliminary resultsJournal of Clinical Nursing - Tập 24 Số 5-6 - Trang 817-823 - 2015
Carmen Villaverde‐Gutiérrez, Mj Sánchez-López, Jesús Ramírez‐Rodrigo, Francisco M. Ocaña‐Peinado
Aims and objectivesTo consider using arm span rather than height for calculating the body mass index, as a parameter that offers greater long‐term stability, for the nutritional assessment of persons aged over 65 years.BackgroundThe body mass index presents certain drawbacks for the nutritiona...... hiện toàn bộ
Nursing research capacity building in a Spanish hospital: an intervention studyJournal of Clinical Nursing - Tập 20 Số 17-18 - Trang 2479-2489 - 2011
Silvia Corchón, Mari Carmen Portillo, Roger Watson, Maribel Saracíbar‐Razquin
Aims and objectives. To evaluate a contextually framed intervention to increase nursing research capacity among clinical nurses in a Spanish hospital.Background. In Spain, there has been a paucity of nursing research and a lack of nursing research culture. Currently, with the European Convergence of educational programmes and...... hiện toàn bộ
Supporting families of critically ill childrenJournal of Clinical Nursing - Tập 3 Số 4 - Trang 213-218 - 1994
Judy Amico, R Davidhizar
Summary
Having a critically ill child can be a heartbreaking experience. The sudden transformation of a healthy child to a critically ill or injured child causes parents to undergo feelings of pain and shock.
Parents with a critically ill child are in ac...... hiện toàn bộ