Postpartum Women’s Sleep Quality and Its Predictors in Taiwan

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore postpartum women’s sleep quality and its predictors in Taiwan. Design: Cross-sectional design. Methods: Postpartum women (N = 327) were recruit…

Conducting Important and Ethical Research

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

1527-6546

Collation

Hlm. 73

Series Title

Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Volume 46, Number 2 March 2014

Call Number

(05) 610.5 WIL j

Basic Nursing Care: Retrospective Evaluation of Communication and Psychosocia…

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of psychosocial aspects of basic nursing care, as e-charted by nurses, when using an interface terminology. Methods: An observational, multicent…

Nurses’ Scope of Practice and the Implication for Quality Nursing Care

Purpose: This article provides an overview of the implications for patients’ health status and care needs when assessments are performed by nurses not licensed or competent to perform this task. …

Defining and Incorporating Basic Nursing Care Actions Into the Electronic Hea…

Purpose: To develop a definition of basic nursing care for the hospitalized adult patient and drive uptake of that definition through the implementation of an electronic health record. Design and …

Clinical Relevance of Routinely Measured Vital Signs in Hospitalized Patients…

Background: Conflicting evidence exists on the effectiveness of routinely measured vital signs on the early detection of increased probability of adverse events. Purpose: To assess the clinical r…

An Integrative Review of Knowing the Patient

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to characterize the concept knowing the patient as reflected in the contemporary nursing literature and to consider implications for nursing practice. Orga…

Frequency and Duration of Nursing Care Related to Older Patient Mobility

Purpose: To evaluate the frequency and duration of nursing care activity related to mobilizing older patients in acute care settings and determining who initiates the mobility event (patient or nur…

A New Theoretical Model for the Development of Pressure Ulcers and Other Depe…

Objective: To review the risk factors included in pressure ulcer risk assessment scales and construct a theoretical model for identifying the etiological factors of skin ulcers, excluding those of …

Basic Nursing Care to Prevent Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

Purpose: Nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is an underreported and unstudied disease, with potential for measurable outcomes, fiscal savings, and improvement in quality of life. Th…