Cochrane Database Syst Rev
Hygiene and emollient interventions for maintaining skin integrity in older people in hospital and residential care settings.
Cowdell F, Jadotte YT, Ersser SJ, Danby S, Lawton S, Roberts A, Dyson J
Ageing has a degenerative effect on the skin, leaving it more vulnerable to damage. Hygiene and emollient interventions may help maintain skin integri ...
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Source: PubMed
Nurs. Clin. North Am.
Using Geographic Information System Mapping in Emergency Management: Expanding the Role of Nurses in Home Based Primary Care.
Katzburg JR, Bradley SE, Lind JD, Fickel J, Ripley DC, Ong MK, Bergman AA, Fleming M, Lee LB, Tubbesing SA
The Veterans Health Administration Home Based Primary Care (VHA-HBPC) program serves Veterans with complex, chronic conditions. Emergency management i ...
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Source: PubMed
Nurs. Clin. North Am.
Home Health Nursing Job Satisfaction and Retention: Meeting the Growing Need for Home Health Nurses.
McCreary DDJ
To meet the significant increase in the demand for home health care, retention of home health nurses is essential. Job satisfaction is the major deter ...
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Source: PubMed
Int J Nurs Stud
Physical restraining of nursing home residents in the last week of life: An epidemiological study in six European countries.
Pivodic L, Smets T, Gambassi G, Kylänen M, Pasman HR, Payne S, Szczerbinska K, Deliens L, Van den Block L
End-of-life care in nursing homes holds several risk factors for the use of physical restraints on residents, a practice shown to be neither safe nor ...
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PLoS ONE
Measuring next of kin's experience of participation in the care of older people in nursing homes.
Westergren A, Behm L, Lindhardt T, Persson M, Ahlström G
Lack of conceptual clarity and measurement methods have led to underdeveloped efforts to measure experience of participation in care by next of kin to ...
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Source: PubMed
