Background:
In the United Kingdom, an approach to improving end-of-life care has been the introduction of ‘just in case’ or ‘anticipatory’ medications. Nurses are often responsible for deciding when to use anticipatory ...
Advance care planning for people with dementia has become a focus of dementia care policies in developed countries. In New Zealand, the framework for dementia care relies on the person with dementia having a level of ...
It is estimated that a quarter of acute hospital beds are in use by older people with dementia at any one time. Little empirical research has been carried out that has specifically examined the day-to-day input of family ...
A review of the effects of systemic antibiotics, topical antibiotics or antiseptics on the healing of venous leg ulcers found that there is currently no research to support the routine use of systemic antibiotics to promote ...
This book will focus on intervention strategies for treating anxiety and depression in people with intellectual disabilities (ID). The rationale for this theme is the lack of an adequate evidence base for assessment and ...
This paper presents a quantitative research investigation into the ways in which a CIS can support critical care nurses, by developing and using a reliable and valid research tool. This was then used at three sites, one ...
Purpose
With specific reference to work placements, to establish the evidence of benefit of electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) to student learning and to identify the attitudes to e-portfolios from a range of ...
The author talks about the changes in health care policy and the public consultations on the National Health Service's draft of the Structural Reform Plan in Great Britain. She mentions child health care-related events in ...
Nurses are the largest professional group within hospitals. The lack of Nursing Job Motivation (NJM) has a negative effect on the health and safety of clients. There are issues in work disinterestedness and job dissatisfaction ...