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Pain-related psychological cognitions and behaviours associated with sick leave due to neck pain: findings from the Nurses and Midwives e-Cohort Study.

BMC nursing

Schluter PJ, Dawson AP, Turner C.
PMID: 24559152
BMC Nurs. 2014 Feb 24;13(1):5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-5.

BACKGROUND: Sick leave due to neck pain (NP-SL) is costly and negatively impacts the productivity of the nursing and midwifery workforce. Identification of modifiable risk indicators is necessary to inform preventive efforts. This study aimed to investigate the role...

Adjusting team involvement: a grounded theory study of challenges in utilizing a surgical safety checklist as experienced by nurses in the operating room.

BMC nursing

Wæhle HV, Haugen AS, Søfteland E, Hjälmhult E.
PMID: 22958326
BMC Nurs. 2012 Sep 07;11:16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6955-11-16.

BACKGROUND: Even though the use of perioperative checklists have resulted in significant reduction in postoperative mortality and morbidity, as well as improvements of important information communication, the utilization of checklists seems to vary, and perceived barriers are likely to...

Practicing nurses perspectives of clinical scholarship: a qualitative study.

BMC nursing

Wilkes L, Mannix J, Jackson D.
PMID: 24066801
BMC Nurs. 2013 Sep 25;12(1):21. doi: 10.1186/1472-6955-12-21.

BACKGROUND: There is a scarcity of research published on clinical scholarship. Much of the conceptualisation has been conducted in the academy. Nurse academics espouse that the practice of nursing must be built within a framework of clinical scholarship. A...

Safety climate and readiness for implementation of evidence and person centered practice - A national study of registered nurses in general surgical care at Swedish university hospitals.

BMC nursing

Olsson C, Forsberg A, Bjerså K.
PMID: 27625589
BMC Nurs. 2016 Sep 13;15(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s12912-016-0174-2. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: The rationale behind this study is the increasing research on relationships between patient safety, evidence based practice and person centered care, and the growing interest in outcomes of surgical patients. The aim of this study was to explore...

Treatment in the home setting with intermittent pneumatic compression for a woman with chronic leg ulcers: a case report.

BMC nursing

Young K, Ng Chok H, Wilkes L.
PMID: 28943804
BMC Nurs. 2017 Sep 21;16:56. doi: 10.1186/s12912-017-0250-2. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: Intermittent Pneumatic Compression (IPC) is shown to improve the healing rate of Venous Leg Ulcers (VLU) in the hospital setting. The current Australian "Gold Standard" treatment according to the Australian and New Zealand Wound Management Associations' (AWMA) Prevention...

Experiences of reduced work hours for nurses and assistant nurses at a surgical department: a qualitative study.

BMC nursing

Gyllensten K, Andersson G, Muller H.
PMID: 28396616
BMC Nurs. 2017 Apr 04;16:16. doi: 10.1186/s12912-017-0210-x. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: There is a shortage of registered nurses in the European Union (EU), and job dissatisfaction and perceived high work-family conflict have been identified as causes of nursing staff turnover. Reducing work hours is an organisational intervention that could...

Development and preliminary evaluation of the validity and reliability of a revised illness perception questionnaire for healthcare professionals.

BMC nursing

Arat S, Van den Zegel A, Van Rillaer M, Moons P, Vandenberghe J, De Langhe E, Westhovens R.
PMID: 27252595
BMC Nurs. 2016 Jun 01;15:34. doi: 10.1186/s12912-016-0156-4. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: Diverging perceptions between individual patients with somatic diseases and their healthcare professionals might cause problems in communication and decision-making. To date, no measurement tool is available to compare the illness perceptions between these two groups. The Revised Illness...

The association of leadership styles and empowerment with nurses' organizational commitment in an acute health care setting: a cross-sectional study.

BMC nursing

Asiri SA, Rohrer WW, Al-Surimi K, Da'ar OO, Ahmed A.
PMID: 27293380
BMC Nurs. 2016 Jun 09;15:38. doi: 10.1186/s12912-016-0161-7. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: The current challenges facing healthcare systems, in relation to the shortage of health professionals, necessitates mangers and leaders to learn from different leadership styles and staff empowerment strategies, so as to create a work environment that encourages nursing...

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

BMC nursing

Agosti MT, Andersson I, Ejlertsson G, Janlöv AC.
PMID: 25620885
BMC Nurs. 2015 Jan 13;14(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s12912-014-0054-6. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: 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...

Validation of three pain scales among adult postoperative patients in Ghana.

BMC nursing

Aziato L, Dedey F, Marfo K, Asamani JA, Clegg-Lamptey JN.
PMID: 26265901
BMC Nurs. 2015 Aug 11;14:42. doi: 10.1186/s12912-015-0094-6. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: Pain assessment is an important component of pain management and health professionals require valid tools to assess pain to guide their pain management decisions. The study sought to select, develop, and validate context-appropriate unidimensional pain scales for pain...

Supervisors' pedagogical role at a clinical education ward - an ethnographic study.

BMC nursing

Manninen K, Henriksson EW, Scheja M, Silén C.
PMID: 26549985
BMC Nurs. 2015 Nov 05;14:55. doi: 10.1186/s12912-015-0106-6. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: Clinical practice is essential for health care students. The supervisor's role and how supervision should be organized are challenging issues for educators and clinicians. Clinical education wards have been established to meet these challenges and they are units...

A randomised wait-list controlled clinical trial of the effects of acceptance and commitment therapy in patients with type 1 diabetes: a study protocol.

BMC nursing

Lindholm-Olinder A, Fischier J, Fries J, Alfonsson S, Elvingson V, Eriksson JW, Leksell J.
PMID: 26594131
BMC Nurs. 2015 Nov 19;14:61. doi: 10.1186/s12912-015-0101-y. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: In order to manage the acute and long-term effects of living with a chronic disease such as diabetes, both medical treatment and good psychosocial support are needed. In this study, we wish to examine whether a psychological group...

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