Persepsi Perawat Terhadap Pengkajian Resiko Luka Tekan Metode Braden dan Wate…

Edition

Vol. 2 No. 1

ISBN/ISSN

2085-3742

Collation

Hlm. 1-10

Series Title

Jurnal Ilmiah Keperawatan, Vol. 2 No. 1 2011

Call Number

(05) 610.5 SEK j

Family Caregiving for Dependent Older Adults in Thai Families

Purpose: The aim of this study was to understand how Thai families care for dependent older adults. Design and Methods: The methodology used for the study was grounded dimensional analysis. Participants were 30 adult family members from 15 families who were involved in caregiving. A total of 46 interviews were conducted. Data were collected and analyzed in three phases: (a) calling up dimension…

Verbal Abuse From Nurse Colleagues and Work Environment of Early Career Regis…

Purpose: This study examined relationships between verbal abuse from nurse colleagues and demographic characteristics, work attributes, and work attitudes of early career registered nurses (RNs). Design and Methods: Data are from the fourth wave of a national panel survey of early career RNs begun in 2006. The final analytic sample included 1,407 RNs. Descriptive statistics were used to describ…

Empowering Peer Group Leaders for HIV Prevention in Malawi

Purpose: Behavioral change interventions using peer group leaders are effective and widely used, but few studies have examined how being a peer group leader affects the leaders. This study describes how participants felt being a peer group leader affected their lives. Design: This descriptive qualitative study interviewed 18 experienced peer group leaders who had conducted a multisession human …

Older Patients Experiences of Heart Failure—An Integrative Literature Review

Purpose: Several literature reviews have been published summarizing objective knowledge about older patients with heart failure (HF). Although of vital importance to the treatment and diagnosis of HF, these reviews fail to explicate and summarize older patients’ subjective and lived experience of the condition, which restrains us from providing a complete picture of the illness trajectory. Th…

Successful Aging Among Assisted Living Community Older Adults

Purpose: This study investigated the suitability of using the Successful Aging Inventory (SAI) in an effort to describe successful aging among older adults currently living in assisted living communities (ALCs) and to further assess some of the characteristics of successful aging in this group. Design: This study used a cross-sectional descriptive quantitative research design. Recruitment garne…

Development of a Proactive Care Program (U-CARE) to Preserve Physical Functio…

Purpose: Care for older patients in primary care is currently reactive, fragmented, and time consuming. An innovative structured and proactive primary care program (U-CARE) has been developed to preserve physical functioning and enhance quality of life of frail older people. This study describes in detail the development process of the U-CARE program to allow its replication. Methods: The frame…

Translation of Oral Care Practice Guidelines Into Clinical Practice by Intens…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a change in the oral care practices of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses for ventilated patients after a national effort to increase evidence-based oral care practices. Design: Descriptive comparison of ICU nurses in 2004–2005 and 2012. Method: Two convenience national surveys of ICU nurses were collected in 2004–2005 (n =…

Experiences of Grandmothers Caring for Orphan Grandchildren in Botswana

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify the experiences of the grandparents who were taking care of orphan grandchildren in Botswana. Design: A descriptive qualitative design was used to interview 12 grandmothers 60 years and older in a semi-urban village in Botswana. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings: The ages of the grandmothers interviewed ranged from 60 to 80…

Dementia Care in Eight European Countries_Developing a Mapping System to Expl…

Purpose: There is a knowledge gap with regard to the structure of the care and service system available to persons with dementia. This is very much a concern for nurses who are the main providers in the care of dementia. The study, a part of the “RightTimePlaceCare” project, describes the development and content of a mapping system aimed at exploring the content of care and service for pers…