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The Meaning of Caring In Nursing Practice

WEBWatson [1] defines caring as: “the moral ideal of nursing whereby the end is protection, enhancement, and preservation of human dignity. Human caring involves values, a will and a commitment to care, knowledge, caring actions, and consequences.

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Addressing Health Disparities in Haiti Through Nursing Education …

WEBThis paper seeks to highlight a program designed to address health disparities in Haiti through nursing education and technology by empowering Haitian nurses to provide evidence-based care. Haiti carries a heavy burden of disease compared to the rest of the world; infant and maternal mortality rates are the highest in the Americas and …

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Significance of Nursing Students' Experiences as Health Volunteers …

WEBBackground: The latter half of the 1990s witnessed the introduction of volunteer activities in primary and secondary school; such efforts were reportedly also taking place in nursing schools. Limited study has focused on the knowledge gained by nursing students through their experience as health volunteers in different fields within …

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Nurse Practitioners as Most Responsible Provider: Impact on Care …

WEBAbstract. Background and Significance: Evidence for Nurse Practitioners (NP) hospital based roles positively impacting patient care exist. Information on the NP in the Most Responsible Pronder (MRP) role exists in pockets of …

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International Journal of Digital Healthcare, An Open Access Journal

WEBDigital Healthcare/Digital Health is an upcoming discipline that involves the use of information and communication technologies to improve the quality, safety, accessibility and productivity of healthcare. These technologies include both hardware and software solutions and services. Digital healthcare is concerned about the development of interconnected …

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Can Recreation Exist in Healthcare

WEBRecreation therapy (RT; also known as therapeutic recreation [TR]) is “a systematic process that utilizes recreation and other activitybased intervention to address the assessed needs of individuals with illness and/or disabling conditions, as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being [2] ”.

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Hand Hygiene of Nurses and Patient Safety

WEBIntroduction: Hand hygiene is one of the most effective measures to prevent hospital acquired infections and improve patient safety. Aim: To state how important is for nurses to get hand hygiene in their everyday practice in order to be safe for their patients. Method: A review of articles with key words “hand, hygiene, hand, safety, nurse, and …

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Beginning Community-Based Participatory Research: Gaining Entry …

WEBSystem or community entry refers to a process of initiating, nurturing, and sustaining relationships in order to enter a community space. Community entry involves discovery of the principles and techniques of participation and mobilization for community transformation. It also involves discernment of who the leadership and community …

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A Social Ecological and Community-Engaged Perspective for …

WEBBackground: This article describes the case study of a community-based participatory research team that has used a social ecological approach to address significant health disparities in type 2 diabetes among Marshallese living in Arkansas. Methods: A case study approach is used to analyze the activities of the community …

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Nurses' Perspective of Patient Advocacy: A Systematic Mixed …

WEBAim: The aim of this review is to report on nurses’ attitude and perception toward patient advocacy. Design: Systematic reviews. Data Source: We searched for evidence regarding nurses’ attitude, perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors toward patient advocacy in three databases: CINHAL, MEDLINE, and OVID. Review Methods: The inclusion criteria …

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Hypothyroidism and Heart Failure: Epidemiology, Pathogenetic …

WEBHeart Failure (HF) is a major public health problem and a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Thyroid hormones (TH) have multiple effects on the heart and cardiovascular system. In recent years, studies have shown that hypothyroidism, including subclinical hypothyroidism, is associated with an increased risk for developing and …

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Positivism: A Concept Analysis

WEBThe concept of positivism is a phenomenon not necessarily utilized in nursing. The idea was promoted first by Auguste Comte but implanted in nursing by many philosophers. In advanced practice nursing, positivism can lead to science as the basis of practice without the inclusion of the art of nursing as a principle of practice. The practice of objective …

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Health Beliefs of People with Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Health …

WEB1. Introduction. The health of Omanis has been dramatically affected by the recent affluence in the country. Type 2 diabetes is a growing challenge and Oman, a developing country, is experiencing an epidemic .Diabetes is a costly condition imposing great strain on national economies .Prior to 1990, the prevalence of diabetes in Oman …

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Nurses' Work Motivation and the Factors Affecting It: A Scoping …

WEBObjective: This review is aimed to examine nurses’ work motivation and factors affecting it. Methodology: Cochrane library, MEDLINE, PubMed, Science Direct, Cumulative Index Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), ProQuest and Ovid databases were searched, covering the period 2011 to 2017. Studies were included if they concerned …

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Advances in Nursing Research Methodology: Big Data Analytics …

WEBBig data is an advanced research methodology available to nurse researchers as part of a collaborative intra-professional team effort. In the Digital age large data sets are generated at a rate that defies definition. These data sets represent found data that exceeds the capacity of normal computer systems and is typically collected for another purpose, that …

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Holism: A Concept Analysis

WEBThe concept of holism is not new to the world of healthcare in other countries, but in the practice of traditional Western medicine, holism is still emerging. Holism is including the whole being, mind, body, and soul, acknowledging that the whole is more than a sum of the parts. The concept of holism was analyzed according to the Walker and …

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Interdependence: A Concept Analysis

WEB2.1 Aim of the concept analysis. According to Walker and Avant , the aim, or purpose, of a concept analysis “helps focus attention on exactly what use you intend to make of the results of your effort” (p. 161).The purpose of the concept analysis featuring interdependence was to examine the meaning of the word and apply it to advance …

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Compiling an Index to, and a Thesaurus of, "Notes on Nursing" by

WEBInternational Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 2 (2015), Article ID 2:IJNCP-120, 6 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2015/120

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The Role of Brown Adipose Tissue in Cardiovascular Disease …

WEBRenata O. Pereira 1 and Samy I. McFarlane 2,*. 1 Department of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism, FOE Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA 2 Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NYC 11203, USA

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Investigating the Correlation between Food Prices and University

WEBBackground:The price of a given food product is an indicative measure of its nutritious value. For this reason, people belonging to low-income groups are specifically vulnerable to malnutrition. This study aims to identify nutritional patterns among students at the Princess Nora University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, quantify students’ level of awareness of health …

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Asymptomatic Infections: The Hidden Epidemic

WEBAsymptomatic infectious diseases (AI) are frequent, occasionally even more common than overt febrile presentations. Yet, the literature covering this topic is scarce. Acknowledging the role of AI is crucial both to public health practitioners, because AI silently perpetuate epidemics, such as influenza or malaria, and also crucial to …

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