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UCs are inserted for short-term or long-term purposes (Bardsley, 2015). They are used mainly as a short-term measure in the clinical area to relieve retention of urine (Meddings et al, 2014). A...
The results of a survey carried out in 2005 in Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK suggested that the sum total costs of overactive bladder with urge urinary incontinence for patients...
The penis has a root and a shaft. The root anchors the penis in the perineum and the shaft is the external visible part of the organ, which ends in an enlarged triangular tip known as the glans penis,...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the insertion, use, duration and complications of epicardial pacing wires following cardiac surgery in a cohort of patients in Ireland. The overall aim of the...
Before thinking about other resources, do beware of bias in your results. Three areas of possible bias are database bias, time-lag bias and publication bias. Database bias means relying too much on...
Although peripheral IV cannulation has been part of the scope of professional practice for registered nurses and appropriately trained support workers, such as healthcare assistants and assistant...
Nurses, as well as other clinical personnel, who have been certified as competent, insert PVCs in the hospital. Standard precautions training, including hand hygiene, is mandatory for all staff when...
While PBS is described as a multicomponent framework that is delivered through an multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach, nurses' views of PBS were lacking in literature until recently (Savarimuthu,...
This study was conducted in accordance with the principles guiding healthcare and research in the field of social health. Data confidentiality was guaranteed in accordance with the European General...
First, write out your title and check that you understand all the terms. Look up the meaning of any you do not understand. An online dictionary or medical encyclopaedia may help with this. If your...
A systematic literature search was carried out using the following key words:.
The long-standing global shortage of nurses has been widely reported (International Council of Nurses (ICN), 2006; 2019). Clearly, the effective use of existing staff is imperative. The objective of...
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