15
NOV
2010

Nursing Advice for the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers: A Prevalence Study of this Phenomenon in a Hospital for Adult Care in Italy

ABSTRACT Pressure ulcers are clinical-healthcare disorders that require a highly-skilled healthcare team, because of the multiple aetiological complexity of pressure ulcers and the frequent multiple pathological characteristics of individuals at risk. Thanks to their specific...
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15
NOV
2010

Therapeutic Education as a Safety Promotion Tool for Patiens on Oral Anticoagulation Therapy

INTRODUCTION Our paper focused on clinical risk, looking at the epidemiology of adverse events, the systematic approach, the risk factors and at Reason’s model of organizational accidents to assess the efficacy of education in the promotion of the safety of patients on Oral...
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15
NOV
2010

A Critical Exploration of Surgical-Oncology Nurse’s Perceptions of Factors Involved in Decision Making on Postoperative Wound Management: a Descriptive Survey

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ABSTRACT Aim: To explore the Cypriots surgical-oncology nurse’s perceptions on postoperative wound management and to identify factors involved in decision-making on this topic. The risk factors that influence the quality of wound management were also explored. Methods and design:...
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15
NOV
2010

The Necessity of Change in Providing Nursing Care in Greece: Case Presentation (Implications in Basic Nursing Care)

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ABSTRACT The benefit of nursing care is a multidimensional phenomenon with various reactions from the patients and from nurses as well. The interest in clinical practice of health-care scientists is increased, year by year, and this is appeared by the publications in the...
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15
NOV
2010

Nursing Action for the Climate Change: A Systemic Review

ABSTRACT Background: Global climate change has had and will have considerable effects on human health.Νursing must become more centrally involved in mitigation, reducing the acidity and response efforts of the problem. Aim: The presentation based on international literature...
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15
NOV
2010

Can the Healthcare Services Market be a Competitive Market?

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ABSTRACT In this paper, is commented the view that health services can operate on a competitive model. Initially a reference is made to the famous article by Kenneth Arrow, which first raised the question of the special characteristics of health services provision. Some points...
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15
NOV
2010

“Voluntary & Municipal Community Care Services for Older People on Island Rural areas” (Case study of the island Tinos)

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ABSTRACT Objectives: This paper will examine features that usually characterize the community care services that exist in the Greek island rural areas, case study of the island Tinos, and affect the role of these services οn local community. It is hypothesized that these features...
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15
NOV
2010

Clinical Symptoms of Cranium-Cerebral Lesions Caused by the Entrance of Missiles in the Cranium of the Human Body and Nursing Confrontation

ABSTRACT The aim of the present inquiring work is the study and the analysis of clinical signs and symptoms of cranium- cerebral lesions, which are caused by the missile’s entrance in the human brain.The importance of lesions which are created depends significantly on the zones...
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15
NOV
2010

Counseling and Health Education Program Planning in the Field of Education:The Role of the School Nurse

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ABSTRACT Mental health issues were considered, even to this day, an exclusive responsibility of the health professionals. However, recent studies, based on the development of needs, led to the realization that an effective school is not only responsible for the mental development...
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15
NOV
2010

Nurses and Emotional Intelligence: a Descriptive Study

ABSTRACT Background: Emotional intelligence (EQ) in health institutions is a field presenting a particular interest, because this particular environment of workplace presents some traits that are not met elsewhere. Soul- destroying working conditions make it imperative to use and...
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