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Identification of nursing assessment models/tools validated in clinical practice for use with diverse ethno-cultural groups: an integrative review of the literature
Gina MA Higginbottom, Magdalena S Richter, Ramadimetja S Mogale, Lucenia Ortiz, Susan Young, Obianuju Mollel BMC Nursing 2011, 10:16 (3 August 2011)
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A counterbalanced cross-over study of the effects of visual, auditory and no feedback on performance measures in a simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Carolyn L Cason, Cynthia Trowbridge, Susan M Baxley, Mark D Ricard BMC Nursing 2011, 10:15 (2 August 2011)
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The transitioning experiences of internationally-educated nurses into a Canadian health care system: A focused ethnography
Gina MA Higginbottom BMC Nursing 2011, 10:14 (21 June 2011)
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The nursing staff's opinion of falls among older persons with dementia. a cross-sectional study
Solveig Struksnes, Margareta Bachrach-Lindström, Marie Hall-Lord, Randi Slaasletten, Inger Johansson BMC Nursing 2011, 10:13 (20 June 2011)
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The ward atmosphere important for the psychosocial work environment of nursing staff in psychiatric in-patient care
Hanna Tuvesson, Christine Wann-Hansson, Mona Eklund BMC Nursing 2011, 10:12 (16 June 2011)
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The experience of international nursing students studying for a PhD in the U.K: A qualitative study
Catrin Evans, Keith Stevenson BMC Nursing 2011, 10:11 (13 June 2011)
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International doctoral nursing students in the UK do not always feel well integrated into their department's research environment and want more opportunities to network with their UK peers, suggesting doctoral programmes should encourage greater local-international student networking.
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Studying feasibility and effects of a two-stage nursing staff training in residential geriatric care using a 30 month mixed-methods design [ISRCTN24344776]
Elsbeth Betschon, Michael Brach, Virpi Hantikainen BMC Nursing 2011, 10:10 (31 May 2011)
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High rates of burnout among maternal health staff at a referral hospital in Malawi: A cross-sectional study
Viva Thorsen, Andra Tharp, Tarek Meguid BMC Nursing 2011, 10:9 (23 May 2011)
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Staff working in obstetrics and gynecology in Malawi experience higher levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment than their colleagues working in other medical settings and countries.
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Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study
Esther Meesterberends, Ruud JG Halfens, Cornelia Heinze, Christa Lohrmann, Jos MGA Schols BMC Nursing 2011, 10:8 (28 April 2011)
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'20 days protected learning' - students' experiences of an overseas nurses programme - 4 years on: a retrospective survey
Gill Jordan, Petra Brown BMC Nursing 2011, 10:7 (19 April 2011)
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Nurse forecasting in Europe (RN4CAST): Rationale, design and methodology
Walter Sermeus, Linda H Aiken, Koen Van den Heede, Anne Rafferty, Peter Griffiths, Maria Moreno-Casbas, Reinhard Busse, Rikard Lindqvist, Anne P Scott, Luk Bruyneel, Tomasz Brzostek, Juha Kinnunen, Maria Schubert, Lisette Schoonhoven, Dimitrios Zikos, RN4CAST consortium BMC Nursing 2011, 10:6 (18 April 2011)
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Fatherhood and children with complex healthcare needs: qualitative study of fathering, caring and parenting
Lucie Hobson, Jane Noyes BMC Nursing 2011, 10:5 (15 April 2011)
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Nursing heroism in the 21st Century'
Philip Darbyshire BMC Nursing 2011, 10:4 (16 February 2011)
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Flow situations during everyday practice in a medical hospital ward. Results from a study based on experience sampling method
Åsa Bringsén, Göran Ejlertsson, Ingemar H Andersson BMC Nursing 2011, 10:3 (2 February 2011)
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Longing for ground in a ground(less) world: a qualitative inquiry of existential suffering
Anne Bruce, Rita Schreiber, Olga Petrovskaya, Patricia Boston BMC Nursing 2011, 10:2 (27 January 2011)
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Existential suffering in patients, family members and health providers is centred in a sense of groundlessness and longing for ground is enacted by dealing with one’s discomfort, clinging to the familiar and learning to live with instability.
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Factors influencing nurses' compliance with Standard Precautions in order to avoid occupational exposure to microorganisms: A focus group study
Georgios Efstathiou, Evridiki Papastavrou, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Anastasios Merkouris BMC Nursing 2011, 10:1 (21 January 2011)
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Although nurses in Cyprus acknowledge the value of Standard Precautions as a means for providing protection against occupational exposure to microorganisms, several factors may contribute to their decision to not comply with the guidelines.
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Patients' experiences and perceived causes of persisting discomfort following day surgery
Helena I Rosén, Ingrid HE Bergh, Berit M Lundman, Lena B Mårtensson BMC Nursing 2010, 9:16 (27 October 2010)
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A patient's recovery period after day surgery is extended over a longer period than expected, with discomfort such as pain impacting a patient's daily life as long as three months after surgery.
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Cancer incidence and adverse pregnancy outcome in registered nurses potentially exposed to antineoplastic drugs
Pamela A Ratner, John J Spinelli, Kris Beking, Maria Lorenzi, Yat Chow, Kay Teschke, Nhu D Le, Richard P Gallagher, Helen Dimich-Ward BMC Nursing 2010, 9:15 (16 September 2010)
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Watchfully checking rapport with the Primary Child Health Care nurses - a theoretical model from the perspective of parents of foreign origin
Anita Berlin, Lena Törnkvist, Ingrid Hylander BMC Nursing 2010, 9:14 (20 July 2010)
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Keeping vigil over the profession: a grounded theory of the context of nurse anaesthesia practice
Rita S Schreiber, Marjorie A MacDonald BMC Nursing 2010, 9:13 (15 July 2010)
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Nurse anesthetists routinely deliver high quality patient care and actively engage in establishing their own personal credibility as well as the credibility of the profession, protecting patients and ensuring their place in the US health care system.
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Prevention and treatment of intertrigo in large skin folds of adults: a systematic review
Patriek Mistiaen, Meike van Halm-Walters BMC Nursing 2010, 9:12 (13 July 2010)
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Master's level in primary health care education - students' and preceptors' perceptions and experiences of the alteration in the clinical areas
Anna Löfmark, Anna-Greta Mamhidir BMC Nursing 2010, 9:11 (16 June 2010)
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Students and preceptors feel that a Master’s degree in specialist nurse education might lead to a higher status for the nurses' profession in primary health care but that it may reduce time for clinical practice.
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Oncology patients' and professional nurses' perceptions of important nurse caring behaviors
Vahid Zamanzadeh, Roghaieh Azimzadeh, Azad Rahmani, Leila Valizadeh BMC Nursing 2010, 9:10 (15 June 2010)
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Informal caregivers of persons with dementia, their use of and needs for specific professional support: a survey of the National Dementia Programme
José M Peeters, Adriana PA Van Beek, Julie HCM Meerveld, Peter MM Spreeuwenberg, Anneke L Francke BMC Nursing 2010, 9:9 (7 June 2010)
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Burnout in health-care professionals during reorganizations and downsizing. A cohort study in nurses
Kirsten Nordang, Marie-Louise Hall-Lord, Per G Farup BMC Nursing 2010, 9:8 (4 June 2010)
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A striving for independence: a qualitative study of women living with vertebral fracture
Inger Hallberg, Anna-Christina Ek, Göran Toss, Margareta Bachrach-Lindström BMC Nursing 2010, 9:7 (16 April 2010)
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Cost minimization analysis of different growth hormone pen devices based on time-and-motion simulations
Nancy A Nickman, Sandra W Haak, Jaewhan Kim BMC Nursing 2010, 9:6 (8 April 2010)
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Emotional reaction to diagnosis of infertility in Kuwait and successful clients' perception of nurses' role during treatment
Florence E Omu, Alexander E Omu BMC Nursing 2010, 9:5 (18 March 2010)
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An efficacy trial of brief lifestyle intervention delivered by generalist community nurses (CN SNAP trial)
Rachel A Laws, Bibiana C Chan, Anna M Williams, Gawaine Davies, Upali W Jayasinghe, Mahnaz Fanaian, Mark F Harris, the CN SNAP Project Team BMC Nursing 2010, 9:4 (23 February 2010)
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Classifying nursing organization in wards in Norwegian hospitals: self-identification versus observation
Ingeborg S Sjetne, Jon Helgeland, Knut Stavem BMC Nursing 2010, 9:3 (9 February 2010)
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Empirical cluster analysis and not self-identification provides a valid classification of nursing ward organization and this could be developed into a standardized method for classifying hospital wards across health systems and over time.
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Practice nurses' workload, career intentions and the impact of professional isolation: A cross-sectional survey
Catherine A O'Donnell, Hussein Jabareen, Graham CM Watt BMC Nursing 2010, 9:2 (25 January 2010)
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A significant proportion of practice nurses in the UK, especially those working alone or in small teams, are considering leaving the discipline due to the feeling of isolation in this key role within the general practice system.
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Experience of unpleasant sensations in the mouth after injection of saline from prefilled syringes
Ulf E Kongsgaard, Anders Andersen, Marina Øien, Inger-Ann Y Oswald, Laila I Bruun BMC Nursing 2010, 9:1 (7 January 2010)
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Iranian nurses' constraint for research utilization
Mahvash Salsali, Neda Mehrdad BMC Nursing 2009, 8:9 (13 September 2009)
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Iranian nurses are interested in using research findings to guide their clinical practice, but say they feel restricted due to a lack of time, support and knowledge of the research process.
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Women with postpartum depression: "my husband" stories
Phyllis Montgomery, Pat Bailey, Sheri Purdon, Susan J Snelling, Carol Kauppi BMC Nursing 2009, 8:8 (5 September 2009)
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Children's vomiting following posterior fossa surgery: A retrospective study
Susan M Neufeld, Christine V Newburn-Cook, Donald Schopflocher, Belinda Dundon, Herta Yu, Jane E Drummond BMC Nursing 2009, 8:7 (13 July 2009)
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A randomized cross-over study of the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation among females performing 30:2 and hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cynthia Trowbridge, Jesal N Parekh, Mark D Ricard, Jerald Potts, W Clive Patrickson, Carolyn L Cason BMC Nursing 2009, 8:6 (7 July 2009)
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Although hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is recommended for out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests it requires more effort and is harder to sustain than chest compressions with ventilations (30:2) CPR, reinforcing the view that rescuers should take turns performing compressions.
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Practice nursing in Australia: A review of education and career pathways
Rhian M Parker, Helen M Keleher, Karen Francis, Omar Abdulwadud BMC Nursing 2009, 8:5 (27 May 2009)
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Competency, confidence and conflicting evidence: key issues affecting health visitors' use of research evidence in practice
Shona Hilton, Helen Bedford, Michael Calnan, Kate Hunt BMC Nursing 2009, 8:4 (20 April 2009)
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Research controversy over childhood immunization, coupled with time restraints, are major obstacles for health visitors in providing reliable advice to parents, suggesting that the provision of already-appraised research would aid their response to public concerns.
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A national cross-sectional study on nurses' intent to leave and job satisfaction in Lebanon: implications for policy and practice
Fadi El-Jardali, Hani Dimassi, Nuhad Dumit, Diana Jamal, Gladys Mouro BMC Nursing 2009, 8:3 (12 March 2009)
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Over two thirds of nurses in Lebanon aim to leave work within the next 1 to 3 years, often due to dissatisfaction with extrinsic rewards, with many intending to migrate to countries experiencing nursing shortages.
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Practice Nurses' views of their role in the management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalagic Encephalitis: a qualitative study
Carolyn Chew-Graham, Rebecca Dixon, Jonathan W Shaw, Nina Smyth, Karina Lovell, Sarah Peters BMC Nursing 2009, 8:2 (22 January 2009)
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Older cancer patients' information and support needs surrounding treatment: An evaluation through the eyes of patients, relatives and professionals
Elise R Posma, Julia CM van Weert, Jesse Jansen, Jozien M Bensing BMC Nursing 2009, 8:1 (19 January 2009)
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Young carers in Germany: to live on as normal as possible – a grounded theory study
Sabine Metzing-Blau, Wilfried Schnepp BMC Nursing 2008, 7:15 (24 December 2008)
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Caring for chronically ill relatives from a young age can have positive effects on development, but some young carers are in need of family-oriented support to minimise stress in their daily lives.
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Prediction of postoperative pain after radical prostatectomy
Kerstin Ene, Gunnar Nordberg, Björn Sjöström, Ingrid Bergh BMC Nursing 2008, 7:14 (9 December 2008)
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Night nursing – staff's working experiences
Kerstin Nilsson, Ann-Mari Campbell, Ewa Andersson BMC Nursing 2008, 7:13 (31 October 2008)
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Development and evaluation of a cancer-related fatigue patient education program: protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Nina Stuhldreher, Karl Reif, Ulrike de Vries, Stefan Görres, Franz Petermann BMC Nursing 2008, 7:12 (23 July 2008)
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Dignity in the care of older people – a review of the theoretical and empirical literature
Ann Gallagher, Sarah Li, Paul Wainwright, Ian Jones, Diana Lee BMC Nursing 2008, 7:11 (11 July 2008)
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A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a single session of nurse administered massage for short term relief of chronic non-malignant pain
Kate Seers, Nicola Crichton, June Martin, Katrina Coulson, Dawn Carroll BMC Nursing 2008, 7:10 (4 July 2008)
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Symptom recognition and health care seeking among immigrants and native Swedish patients with heart failure
Azar Hedemalm, Maria Schaufelberger, Inger Ekman BMC Nursing 2008, 7:9 (30 June 2008)
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Memories of being injured and patients' care trajectory after physical trauma
Mona Ringdal, Kaety Plos, Ingegerd Bergbom BMC Nursing 2008, 7:8 (17 June 2008)
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Job satisfaction trends during nurses' early career
Trevor Murrells, Sarah Robinson, Peter Griffiths BMC Nursing 2008, 7:7 (5 June 2008)
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Job satisfaction for newly qualified UK nurses depends on pay, time in the job, speciality and organizational culture, suggesting that future research should focus on the relationship between job characteristics and the different components of job satisfaction.
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