Purpose: This study explored the risk factors, cut-off points, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values, and negative predictive values of physical performance testing among community-dwelling frail elderly people in Taiwan. Organizing Construct: The empirical measurement of frailty is based on the following five indicators: weight loss, weakness, exhaustion, slow responses, and mi…
Purpose: To examine the relationship between average hospital length of stay (LOS) of nursing units and work demands perceived by nurses, and between work demands and nurses’ health and job outcomes. Design: A cross-sectional study using nurse survey data collected in a tertiary university hospital in Seoul, South Korea, in 2013 including 746 staff nurses working on 36 general, oncology, or…
Purpose: To describe the concurrent incidence of pressure ulcers, urinary tract infections, and falls in hospitals and nursing homes, and the preventive care given. Additionally, the correlation between the occurrence of these adverse events and preventive care was explored. Design and Settings: A prospective, 3-month, cohort study at 10 hospitals and 10 nursing homes in the Netherlands. Par…
Purpose: To analyze the effect of cultural factors on the subjective burden of primary home caregivers of older relatives. Design: Cross-sectional study. Primary home caregivers (N = 208) of older relatives were recruited in Spain using systematic random sampling. Methods: The data were collected in 2010 through interviews. The measures included sociodemographic characteristics, stressors (th…
Purpose: This review examines recent literature with the purpose of uncovering associations between attitudinal factors and smoking among youth populations. Organizing Construct and Methods: Researchers conducted an integrative review of the literature in late 2012 and early 2013. As inclusion criteria, potential articles were measured against the following statement: “There is valid eviden…
Purpose: This paper describes the effectiveness of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) on cognition and depressive symptoms in older adults in nursing homes (NHs). Design: A randomized controlled trial, carried out from 2012 to 2013, included 56 residents from four NHs, 36 women and 20 men (randomized into experimental and control groups). Eight participants dropped out. Methods: Participant…
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine if the characteristics of patients influence nursing adherence to a quality improvement guideline. This guideline consists of delirium risk screening and preventive care, including the use of the Delirium Observation Screening Scale (DOSS). Design: A retrospective patient record review study was performed in 18 Dutch hospitals that were impleme…
Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh pemahaman tentang caring harus diinternalisasi oleh mahasiswa keperawatan melalui seminar dan kurikulum pendidikan yang diajarkan di kelas dan belum diketahui perilaku caring mahasiswa keperawatan di STIKep PPNI Jawa Barat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perbedaan perilaku caring mahasiswa keperawatan prodi DIII Keperawatan dan Profesi Ners. V…