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Registered nurses’ descriptions of caring: a phenomenographic interview study

Nursing has come a long way since the days of Florence Nightingale and even though no consensus exists it would seem reasonable to assume that caring still remains the inner core, the essence of nursing. In th...

Authors: Ewa Kazimiera Andersson, Ania Willman, Annica Sjöström-Strand and Gunilla Borglin

The mental health of nurses in acute teaching hospital settings: a cross-sectional survey

Nursing is an emotionally demanding profession and deficiencies in nurses’ mental wellbeing, characterised by low vitality and common mental disorders, have been linked to low productivity, absenteeism and pre...

Authors: Lin Perry, Scott Lamont, Scott Brunero, Robyn Gallagher and Christine Duffield

Passive ankle movement increases cerebral blood oxygenation in the elderly: an experimental study

Ankle exercise has been proven to be an effective intervention to increase venous velocity. However, the efficacy of ankle exercise for improving cerebral circulation has not been determined. We hypothesized t...

Authors: Sachiko Nagaya, Hisae Hayashi, Etsuko Fujimoto, Naoko Maruoka and Hiromitsu Kobayashi

A Delphi survey of leadership attributes necessary for national nurse leaders’ participation in health policy development: an East African perspective

Nurses’ involvement in health policy development ensures that health services are: safe, effective, available and inexpensive. Nursing history reveals several legendary nurse leaders who have influenced policy...

Authors: Nilufa Jivraj Shariff

Long-term home visiting with vulnerable young mothers: an interpretive description of the impact on public health nurses

The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a targeted, nurse home visitation program for young, low-income, first-time mothers. While the effectiveness of the NFP has been established in the United States, and is c...

Authors: Anne L Dmytryshyn, Susan M Jack, Marilyn Ballantyne, Olive Wahoush and Harriet L MacMillan

The Tele.TAnDem intervention: study protocol for a psychotherapeutic intervention for family caregivers of people with dementia

Family caregivers are confronted with high demands creating a need for professional support and at the same time hindering its utilization. Telephone support allows easier access than face-to-face support beca...

Authors: Renate Soellner, Maren Reder, Anna Machmer, Rolf Holle and Gabriele Wilz

A tool to support meaningful person-centred activity for clients with dementia – a Delphi study

This paper reports on a study to validate the concept of the ‘Activity Support Tool’ that aimed to assist dementia service workers to identify and act upon the support needs of people with dementia living alon...

Authors: Barbara Lloyd and Christine Stirling

High prevalence of workplace violence among nurses working at public health facilities in Southern Ethiopia

The rising rate of workplace violence in health care facilities has become a major problem for health care providers including nurses. However, evidences are lacking in Ethiopia particularly in the study area....

Authors: Mathewos Fute, Zelalem Birhanu Mengesha, Negash Wakgari and Gizachew Assefa Tessema

Nurses’ self-reported time estimation of anticoagulation therapy: a survey of warfarin management in long-term care

A nursing shortage in the United States has resulted in increased workloads, potentially affecting the quality of care. This situation is particularly concerning in long-term care (LTC) facilities, where resid...

Authors: Aarti A Patel and Winnie W Nelson

BMC Nursing reviewer acknowledgement 2014

Authors: Catia Cornacchia

Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour intentions for three bowel management practices in intensive care: effects of a targeted protocol implementation for nursing and medical staff

Bowel management protocols have the potential to minimize complications for critically ill patients. Targeted implementation can increase the uptake of protocols by clinicians into practice. The theory of plan...

Authors: Serena Knowles, Lawrence T Lam, Elizabeth McInnes, Doug Elliott, Jennifer Hardy and Sandy Middleton

Efficiency of an intensive educational program for informal caregivers of hospitalized, dependent patients: cluster randomized trial

Educational initiatives for informal caregivers have proved efficient at reducing some of their symptoms, consequence of their involvement in care giving. However, more progress must be made in terms of the de...

Authors: Ana Rodríguez-Gonzalo, Carlos García-Martí, Ascensión Ocaña-Colorado, M José Baquera-De Micheo and Silvia Morel-Fernández

Characteristics of being hospitalized as a child with a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes: a phenomenological study of children’s past and present experiences

Our understanding of children and childhood has changed over the last few decades, which may have an impact on children’s conditions in hospitals. Children’s rights have been strengthened by the “Convention on...

Authors: Else Mari Ruberg Ekra, Tora Korsvold and Eva Gjengedal

A process evaluation of a stroke-specific follow-up care model for stroke patients and caregivers; a longitudinal study

There is a need for follow-up care after stroke, but there is no consensus about the way to organise it. An intervention providing follow-up care for stroke patients and caregivers showed favourable effects on...

Authors: Manon Fens, George Beusmans, Martien Limburg, Liesbeth van Hoef, Jolanda van Haastregt, Job Metsemakers and Caroline van Heugten

Shift work to balance everyday life - a salutogenic nursing perspective in home help service in Sweden

Nurses in Sweden have a high absence due to illness and many retire before the age of sixty. Factors at work as well as in private life may contribute to health problems. To maintain a healthy work–force there...

Authors: Madelaine Törnquist Agosti, Ingemar Andersson, Göran Ejlertsson and Ann-Christin Janlöv

Russian nursing students’ knowledge level and attitudes in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – a descriptive study

The purpose of this study was to describe the knowledge of Russian nursing students regarding HIV and Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and their attitudes towards caring for people/patients living w...

Authors: Tarja Suominen, Laura Laakkonen, Dmitry Lioznov, Maya Polukova, Svetlana Nikolaenko, Liudmila Lipiäinen, Maritta Välimäki and Jari Kylmä

Associations between level of services integration and nurses’ workplace well-being

To respond better to population needs, in recent years Quebec has invested in improving the integration of services and care pathways. Nurses are on the front lines of these transformation processes, which req...

Authors: Caroline Longpré, Carl-Ardy Dubois and Eric Tchouaket Nguemeleu

The critical elements of effective academic-practice partnerships: a framework derived from the Department of Veterans Affairs Nursing Academy

The nursing profession is exploring how academic-practice partnerships should be structured to maximize the potential benefits for each partner. As part of an evaluation of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affa...

Authors: Aram Dobalian, Candice C Bowman, Tamar Wyte-Lake, Marjorie L Pearson, Mary B Dougherty and Jack Needleman

Unmet support needs of early-onset dementia family caregivers: a mixed-design study

Though advances in knowledge and diagnostics make it possible today to identify persons with early-onset dementia or a related cognitive disorder much sooner, little is known about the support needs of the fam...

Authors: Francine Ducharme, Marie-Jeanne Kergoat, Renée Coulombe, Louise Lévesque, Pascal Antoine and Florence Pasquier

Construction and validation of the quality of oncology nursing care scale (QONCS)

There is scarcity of questionnaires specifically on the quality of the nursing care provided to patients diagnosed with cancer. The available questionnaires have been developed without attributing a holistic a...

Authors: Andreas Charalambous and Theodoula Adamakidou

“The educating nursing staff effectively (TENSE) study”: design of a cluster randomized controlled trial

Challenging behavior exhibited by people with dementia can have adverse outcomes, like stress, low morale, low work satisfaction and absenteeism for nursing staff in long-term care settings. Training nursing s...

Authors: Theo J G M Hazelhof, Debby L Gerritsen, Lisette Schoonhoven and Raymond T C M Koopmans

Exploring intensive care nurses’ team performance in a simulation-based emergency situation, − expert raters’ assessments versus self-assessments: an explorative study

Effective teamwork has proven to be crucial for providing safe care. The performance of emergencies in general and cardiac arrest situations in particular, has been criticized for primarily focusing on the ind...

Authors: Randi Ballangrud, Mona Persenius, Birgitta Hedelin and Marie Louise Hall-Lord

Are care workers appropriate mentors for nursing students in residential aged care?

The aged care sector is increasingly dominated by a less-qualified workforce at a time of increasing prevalence of complex health concerns, such as dementia. An Australian program to develop teaching aged care...

Authors: Michael Annear, Emma Lea and Andrew Robinson

Australian graduating nurses’ knowledge, intentions and beliefs on infection prevention and control: a cross-sectional study

In recent year, national bodies have been actively addressing the increasing concern on the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The current study measures the knowledge, intentions and beliefs o...

Authors: Brett G Mitchell, Richard Say, Anne Wells, Fiona Wilson, Linda Cloete and Lucinda Matheson

A transition program to primary health care for new graduate nurses: a strategy towards building a sustainable primary health care nurse workforce?

This debate discusses the potential merits of a New Graduate Nurse Transition to Primary Health Care Program as an untested but potential nursing workforce development and sustainability strategy. Increasingly...

Authors: Christopher J Gordon, Christina Aggar, Anna M Williams, Lynne Walker, Simon M Willcock and Jacqueline Bloomfield

Perioperative nursing in public university hospitals: an ethnography

In recent years, perioperative nursing has received ongoing attention as part of an interprofessional collaboration. Perioperative nursing is constantly faced with new challenges and opportunities that necessi...

Authors: Erik Elgaard Sørensen, Ida Østrup Olsen, Marianne Tewes and Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt

The role of patients in pressure injury prevention: a survey of acute care patients

Pressure injury prevention (PIP) is an important area of patient safety. Encouraging patient participation in care is a growing trend in healthcare as it can increase adherence to treatment plans and improve o...

Authors: Elizabeth McInnes, Wendy Chaboyer, Edel Murray, Todd Allen and Peter Jones

Is there a relationship between personality and choice of nursing specialty: an integrative literature review

Personality is deemed to play a part in an individual’s choice of work, with individuals’ preferencing a profession or field of work that will satisfy their personal needs. There is limited research exploring ...

Authors: Belinda Kennedy, Kate Curtis and Donna Waters

Nurses’ lifestyle behaviours, health priorities and barriers to living a healthy lifestyle: a qualitative descriptive study

Nurses have an increased risk for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), along with a high prevalence of obesity, poor eating habits and insufficient physical activity. The aim of this study was to determine the he...

Authors: Lindokuhle P Phiri, Catherine E Draper, Estelle V Lambert and Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander

The journey with dementia from the perspective of bereaved family caregivers: a qualitative descriptive study

With increasing rates of dementia among older adults, many people will be affected by this disease; either by having the disease or by caring for a relative with dementia. Due to a shift toward home and commun...

Authors: Shelley C Peacock, Karon Hammond-Collins and Dorothy A Forbes

Patient safety subcultures among registered nurses and nurse assistants in Swedish hospital care: a qualitative study

Patient safety culture emerges from the shared assumptions, values and norms of members of a health care organization, unit, team or other group with regard to practices that directly or indirectly influence p...

Authors: Marita Danielsson, Per Nilsen, Annica Öhrn, Hans Rutberg, Jenni Fock and Siw Carlfjord

Bowel problem management among nursing home residents: a mixed methods study

Bowel problems such as constipation, diarrhoea and faecal incontinence (FI) are prevalent conditions among nursing home residents and little is known about nursing management. This study aimed to elucidate how...

Authors: Susan Saga, Arnfinn Seim, Siv Mørkved, Christine Norton and Anne Guttormsen Vinsnes

Attitudes of nurses and physicians towards nurse-physician collaboration in northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study

Collaboration between professionals is important in health institutions where most activities are team-performed. Ineffective nurse-physician collaboration affects patient outcome, nurses’ job satisfaction and...

Authors: Eden Amsalu, Brihanu Boru, Firehiwot Getahun and Begna Tulu

Exploring the potential for advanced nursing practice role development in Kenya: a qualitative study

Definitions of advanced nursing practice abound, yet little has been published concerning the context for advanced nursing in sub-Saharan Africa. This study set out to explore the existence of, and potential f...

Authors: Linda Anne East, John Arudo, Martha Loefler and Catrin Mai Evans

Community health nurses’ learning needs in relation to the Canadian community health nursing standards of practice: results from a Canadian survey

Canadian Community health nurses (CHNs) work in diverse urban, rural, and remote settings such as: public health units/departments, home health, community health facilities, family practices, and other communi...

Authors: Ruta K Valaitis, Ruth Schofield, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Andrea Baumann, Ruth Martin-Misener, Jane Underwood and Sandra Isaacs

Assessment of quality in psychiatric nursing documentation – a clinical audit

Quality in nursing documentation facilitates continuity of care and patient safety. Lack of communication between healthcare providers is associated with errors and adverse events. Shortcomings are identified ...

Authors: Marit Helen Instefjord, Katrine Aasekjær, Birgitte Espehaug and Birgitte Graverholt

Recognising the differences in the nurse consultant role across context: a study protocol

The advanced practice role of the Nurse Consultant is unique in its capacity to provide clinical leadership across a range of contexts. However, the Nurse Consultant role has been plagued with confusion due to...

Authors: Michelle Giles, Vicki Parker and Rebecca Mitchell

Nurses’ views and experiences of caring for malnourished patients in surgical settings in Saudi Arabia – a qualitative study

Although the occurrence of malnutrition in hospitals is a growing concern, little is known about how hospital staff understand the care that nurses provide to patients with malnutrition. The purpose of this st...

Authors: Atika Khalaf, Albert Westergren, Örjan Ekblom, Hazzaa M Al-Hazzaa and Vanja Berggren

Experiences of person-centred care - patients’ perceptions: qualitative study

Patient care models have been implemented and documented worldwide. Many studies have focused on features that hinder and facilitate the shift to such models, including the implementation process, staff involv...

Authors: Tariq Saleem J Alharbi, Eric Carlström, Inger Ekman, Anders Jarneborn and Lars-Eric Olsson

Organization of nursing care in three Nordic countries: relationships between nurses’ workload, level of involvement in direct patient care, job satisfaction, and intention to leave

Health care systems in Finland, Norway and Sweden share many similarities, e.g. full-coverage and tax-financed, with predominately public sector hospitals. Despite similarities, there are differences in the wo...

Authors: Rikard Lindqvist, Lisa Smeds Alenius, Sara Runesdotter, Anneli Ensio, Virpi Jylhä, Juha Kinnunen, Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne, Christine Tvedt, Maria Wiberg Tjønnfjord and Carol Tishelman

Linking patient satisfaction with nursing care: the case of care rationing - a correlational study

Implicit rationing of nursing care is the withholding of or failure to carry out all necessary nursing measures due to lack of resources. There is evidence supporting a link between rationing of nursing care, ...

Authors: Evridiki Papastavrou, Panayiota Andreou, Haritini Tsangari and Anastasios Merkouris

The power of consoling presence - hospice nurses’ lived experience with spiritual and existential care for the dying

Being with dying people is an integral part of nursing, yet many nurses feel unprepared to accompany people through the process of dying, reporting a lack of skills in psychosocial and spiritual care, resultin...

Authors: Kirsten A Tornøe, Lars J Danbolt, Kari Kvigne and Venke Sørlie

Intent to stay in the nursing profession and associated factors among nurses working in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia

Nurses are essential to the health care delivery system especially to meet the health related millennium development goals. However, despite the significant shortage of nurses in Ethiopia, research in the coun...

Authors: Eshetu Haileselassie Engeda, Anteneh Messele Birhanu and Kefyalew Addis Alene

Facilitators and barriers influencing patient safety in Swedish hospitals: a qualitative study of nurses’ perceptions

Sweden has undertaken many national, regional, and local initiatives to improve patient safety since the mid-2000s, but solid evidence of effectiveness for many solutions is often lacking. Nurses play a vital ...

Authors: Mikaela Ridelberg, Kerstin Roback and Per Nilsen

The complexity in the implementation process of empowerment-based chronic kidney care: a case study

This study is part of an interactive improvement intervention aimed to facilitate empowerment-based chronic kidney care using data from persons with CKD and their family members. There are many challenges to i...

Authors: Annette Nygårdh, Dan Malm, Kerstin Wikby and Gerd Ahlström

An exploration of self-management support in the context of palliative nursing: a modified concept analysis

The role of self-management is often ambiguous, yet, it is an important area in clinical practice for palliative nurses. A clear conceptual understanding, however, of what it represents is lacking.

Authors: Bridget Johnston, Liz Rogerson, Jurate Macijauskiene, Aurelija Blaževičienė and Patricia Cholewka

Factors that act as facilitators and barriers to nurse leaders’ participation in health policy development

Health policies impact on nursing profession and health care. Nurses' involvement in health policy development ensures that health care is safe, of a high quality, accessible and affordable. Numerous factors i...

Authors: Nilufa Shariff

A meaningful daily life in nursing homes - a place of shelter and a space of freedom: a participatory appreciative action reflection study

Shortcomings in elderly care have been reported in many parts of the world, including Sweden. However, national guidelines for elderly care have been introduced in Sweden, which contain core values and local g...

Authors: Inger James, Karin Blomberg and Annica Kihlgren

Inter- and intrarater reliability of Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form – version II (MEONF-II) nurse assessments among hospital inpatients

The Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition form – version II (MEONF – II) is a recently developed nursing nutritional screening tool. However, its inter- and intrarater reliability has not been assessed.

Authors: Albert Westergren, Ólina Torfadóttir and Peter Hagell

Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of early prophylactic feeding via gastrostomy versus standard care in high risk patients with head and neck cancer

Patients with head and neck cancer are at high risk of malnutrition and dysphagia. Enteral tube feeding via a gastrostomy or nasogastric tube is often required in response to dysphagia, odynophagia or side eff...

Authors: Teresa Brown, Merrilyn Banks, Brett Hughes, Lizbeth Kenny, Charles Lin and Judith Bauer