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Abstract Nursing care covers the whole range of hospital services. In many surveys, patient satisfaction from nurse care has been identified as the most important factor influencing overall patient satisfaction.This paper refers to a part of a wider survey aiming to categorize... Read More

Abstract In this paper the concepts of technical efficiency, distributional efficiency and scale efficiency are presented. Following a brief note on the empirical estimation issues, there is a discussion on the implementation of these concepts in health units and a brief... Read More

Abstract Background: Literature review has focused on occupational health issues associated with musculoskeletal system. Nursing personnel, a group with serious incidents of low back pain (LBP) and injuries, have attracted researchers’ attention. The objectives of this research... Read More

Abstract Introduction: A Diabetes Mellitus (DM) diagnosis in the child traumatic event that parents have to cope with. Aim: It was the investigation of state and trait anxiety of parents of children suffering from DM and the comparison between the groups of fathers with that of... Read More

ABSTRACT Background: The successful transition from school to university plays a decisive role in academic success and through-put rates.The highest drop out in the nursing courses takes place in the first academic year and mostly in the first six months. If higher education... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More

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:... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More