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‘The term ‘culture’ is used to signify the full spectrum of values, behaviors, customs, language, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, socioeconomic status, and other...
A total of 472 patients were hospitalised because of COVID-19 disease in the hospital during the evaluated period. Group A consisted of 48 patients, predominantly males (77%), with 9/48 patients...
John Adams (not his real name), a 52-year-old white male, was admitted to a mental health hospital because of concerns about his mental state. He had been diagnosed with Parkinson's 8 months earlier...
Unnecessarily prolonged hospital stays are not good for patients, as it is well documented that prolonged hospitalisation results in substantial decline in functional status, particularly in older...
A structured search was made of the following databases: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline Complete, PubMed Complementary Index, PsychINFO and British Nursing...
Older people can experience a variety of skin problems including skin tears, leg ulcers, pressure ulcers and oedema. The National Wound Care Strategy Programme (NWCSP) (https://tinyurl.com/rqh5kfw)...
There are several complications associated with PIVCs, including: Phlebitis When standardised phlebitis scales (Jackson, 1998) are used, mean rates of 14.7% and 16.1% have been reported (Helm et al,...
The first two prospective clinical studies were carried out simultaneously in 2015-2016..
The validity of a tool refers to how effectively it measures the phenomena it was intended to assess (Charalambous et al, 2018). In the case of the PURPOSE-T, validity depends on its accuracy in...
To achieve the aim of the study a qualitative exploratory design was used; this was because it permitted an insight into the experiences of people from their perspectives. The study was completed in...