Organizational traits associated with quality patient care are essential to home care nursing
...nown how these organizational traits support other nursing practices such as home care nursing and district nursing, its international counterpart, according to Linda Flynn, assistant professor a...Hospitals may now be more willing to partner up with former adversaries
...ty health care throughout the country's hospitals, nursing homes, and home care, QIOs affect 40 million beneficiaries. The researchers conducted interviews with 100 directors of quality management from a randomly selected cross-section of all acute care hospitals operating in 2001. More than ninety percent...Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users
... drugs under the supervision of nurses, and access nursing care and addictions counselling. Although such facilities exist in several European settings and in Sydney, Australia, few statistical analyses of their effects syringe sharing have been done. Thomas Kerr (British Colombia Centre for Excellence in HI...Single mothers at higher risk for depression
...Journal of Nursing Scholarship suggests that with nursing intervention for depressive symptoms particularly negative thinking the rate at which these at-risk women develop depression could be decreased. Depression is the number one mental illness in the United States costing an estimated $44 billion with...Most hospital executives have substantial concerns about mandatory error reporting systems
...for health care institutions such as hospitals and nursing homes. The purpose of reporting is to collect data on a broad range of events to detect systemic problems that can be altered to reduce the risk of patient harm. As of October 2003, 21 states had mandatory event reporting systems for hospitals, altho...Use of potentially inappropriate medications among elderly common in some European countries
...use of potentially inappropriate medications among nursing home residents (up to 40 percent) and community-dwelling elderly persons (14 percent-37 percent). In contrast, in Europe little information has been available about potentially inappropriate medication use and is based on small studies with uncertai...Sleeping Through the Night: Children's sleep expert advises parents
...Giving newborns the right start on sleep Handling nursing and sleep Solving nap problems Information on cosleeping and making changes in sleeping arrangements Discussion of sleep issues in multiples New research on sleep needs in infants and toddlers Dr. Mindell's method is simple, effective--and it w...Study examines lessons learned at Africa's first public antiretroviral treatment clinic
...tion of the two problems in that there are lots of nursing schools, but no medical schools. Many nurses are often forced to look for work outside Botswana due to a lack of positions that pay well, but physicians have to be contracted from other countries, said Dr. Marlink. If the country's government instit...Orthodontists must brace against back pain
... tight braces on their teeth, their doctors may be nursing tight, aching backs, according to a study from the University of Alberta. A study of graduate orthodontic students at the university and a practising orthodontist--who'd been working for 18 years--showed that long hours of bending low and working in ...Adverse drug events in nursing homes are far more common than previously identified
... identified adverse drug events in community-based nursing homes. The current study found the rate of adverse...he academic facilities than in the community-based nursing homes. An "academic" long-term care facility is differentiated by its affiliation with a medical sch...Heart attack treatment gap may be closing for women
...dications, Wung said, adding that some patients in nursing homes aren't receiving aspirin and beta-blockers after either heart attack or bouts of unstable angina. Others, after being contacted by the research team, said they don't know why they aren't taking these medications. "Prior to being dismissed fro...Drugs used to treat Alzheimer's in nursing homes are worsening sufferers' illness
Quetiapine, a drug commonly used in nursing homes to treat agitation and related symptoms in p...ntipsychotic drugs are used in up to 45% of nursing homes to treat agitation, a common and distressing symptom of dementia (a catch-all term for diseas...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member is funded to develop an interactive computer system
...ctitioner specialties and the only doctoral (Ph.D) nursing degree in New Jersey....Milk, fruits and vegetables may help reduce disability risk
...age 65 will become disabled enough to require some nursing home care. "We know that obesity, lack of physical exercise, alcohol consumption and smoking are modifiable risk factors for disability, but little is known about the role of diet," said Houston, a registered dietitian. The researchers believe this i...Early supported discharge services can reduce long term dependency for stroke patients
...choice for patients who no longer need medical and nursing treatment that only a hospital can provide; have moderate stroke severity; can return home because they can care for themselves or they have the help of professional care, family care, or both; need rehabilitation treatment that can be provided at ho...Third of European cancer patients use complementary and alternative therapies
...nd Social Work, the leading research department of nursing in the UK. The survey of 956 patients was carried out by members of the European Oncology Nursing Society through patient questionnaires in clinics in 14 countries. Patients' age ranged from 17 to 91 years. Over 60% were women. It found that that CAM...No magic pill for treating dementia symptoms
...er hospital stays and often lead to placement in a nursing home. About 30 percent of the cost of caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease is attributed to managing these symptoms, Sink said. Sink and colleagues, Karen F. Holden, M.D., and Kristine Yaffe, M.D., both from the University of California at Sa...Study says 43% of US adults at risk of heart disease are not utilizing aspirin therapy
...ntative of the population of nurses surveyed. The nursing database was provided by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA), and consisted of PCNA members. The sampling error for the physician results is +/-7 percentage points and for the nurse results it is +/- 10 percentage points. This on...The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and Blackwell Publishing announce partnership
...mpany is a recognized leader in the publication of nursing titles that include the Journal of Nursing Scholarship on behalf of Sigma Theta Tau International, and the international research publication, the Journal of Advanced Nursing . Published since 1989, The Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Pra...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
...nts, scheduling procedures for operating rooms and nursing staff, and forecasting patient volume for a particular day and time. Routing procedures, which involve sequencing all of the tests and examinations each patient needs, will also be examined in more detail, Dessouky said. The emergency room, which ta...