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What are sensitivity and specificity

WEBCommon terms. Sensitivity: the ability of a test to correctly identify patients with a disease. Specificity: the ability of a test to correctly identify people without the …

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Nursing, research, and the evidence Evidence-Based …

WEBEvidence-Based Nursing should therefore be exceptionally useful, and its target audience of practitioners is a refreshing move in the right direction. The worlds of …

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A beginner’s guide to probability Evidence-Based Nursing

WEBUncertainty is both “irreducible”1 and inescapable in health care: no intervention ever leads with complete certainty to a given clinical outcome, no diagnosis …

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The fundamentals of quantitative measurement

WEBIn the July 1999 issue of Evidence-Based Nursing, the EBN Notebook explored the concept of sampling. 1 In this issue we will provide a basic introduction to …

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Compassion is an essential component of good nursing …

WEBContext. Compassion is not a new concept within healthcare.1 However, compassion has become the focus of much research and debate during the past 10 years, following …

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Nursing issues Evidence-Based Nursing

WEBEBN perspectives bring together key issues from the commentaries in one of our nursing topic themes. This article is part of Evidence Based Nursing ( EBN ) Perspective series. …

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Inclusivity in nurse education Evidence-Based Nursing

WEBCultural competence. There are worrying reports of culturally insensitive care, for example, Almutairi et al 2 found that a nurse’s country of birth may influence delivering culturally …

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What are cohort studies

WEBCohort studies are the cornerstone of epidemiological research, providing an understanding of risk factors for disease based on findings in thousands of participants over many …

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Of studies, syntheses, synopses, summaries, and systems: …

WEBSuccess in delivering evidence-based health care relies heavily on the ready availability of current best evidence about diagnosis, treatment, and prevention options for health …

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Evaluation and adaptation of clinical practice guidelines

WEBClinical practice guidelines are “systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances.”1 …

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Researching sensitive topics in healthcare Evidence-Based Nursing

WEBResearch about sensitive topics in healthcare is crucial because it is essential to give voice to the under-represented in research.1 If research is not undertaken on sensitive topics …

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Understanding the wider impact of patient safety incidents

WEBCommentary on: Stovall M, Hansen L. Suicide Risk, Changing Jobs, or Leaving the Nursing Profession in the Aftermath of a Patient Safety Incident. Worldviews on Evidence-Based …

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Service evaluation, audit and research: what is the difference

WEBKnowing the difference between health service evaluation, audit and research can be tricky especially for the novice researcher. Put simply, nursing research involves finding the …

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Nurses consider family involvement as an important element of …

WEBCommentary on: Østergaard B, Clausen AM, Agerskov H, et al . Nurses’ attitudes regarding the importance of families in nursing care: a cross‐sectional study. J Clin Nurs 2020;297 …

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Understanding health disparities among LGBTQ populations and …

WEBIn the USA, the 2017 Gallup poll results show 11 million Americans or 4.5% of population identify themselves as LGBTQ 1 (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer). …

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Interpretive phenomenological analysis applied to healthcare …

WEBIn the last Research Made Simple Series article, we briefly outlined the main phenomenological research approaches in relation to investigating healthcare …

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A potential barrier to discussing deactivation of implantable

WEBN E Goldstein Dr N E Goldstein, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; [email protected] What are potential barriers to discussing deactivation of …

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Clinical practice guidelines Evidence-Based Nursing

WEBThis article describes the development, implementation, and appraisal of clinical practice guidelines. It also explores ways of increasing their use in nursing. Clinical practice …

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Navigating the maze of self-management in primary glaucoma: …

WEBCommentary on: Hua Y, Lu H, Dai J, et al . Self-management challenges and support needs among patients with primary glaucoma: a qualitative study. BMC nursing . …

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Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators (2022). Global burden of

WEBCommentary on: Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis. Lancet . 2022 Feb 12;399 …

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Personal beliefs, experiences, and emotions influenced smokers

WEBHay J, Shuk E, Cruz G, et al . Thinking through cancer risk: characterizing smokers’ process of risk determination. Qual Health Res …

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Women with HIV/AIDS described several forms of positive …

WEBWomen with HIV/AIDS described several forms of positive change resulting from their illness Siegel K,Schrimshaw EW. Perceiving benefits in adversity: stress›related growth …

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Individuals with learning disabilities on psychological therapy

WEBBMJ Publishing Group Limited (BMJ) disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance Supplemental material placed on this supplemental material …

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Individuals with learning disabilities on psychological therapy

WEBImplications for practice and research. Implementing waiting-list interventions, offering regular updates on queue position and estimated wait times, and providing …

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A 12-month intensive supervised exercise intervention and …

WEBCommentary on: Balducci S, Zanuso S, Nicolucci A, et al; Italian Diabetes Exercise Study (IDES) Investigators. Effect of an intensive exercise intervention strategy on modifiable …

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