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Maria Sinfield, an end of life nurse from Lancashire, who has worked for Marie Curie for a decade, said her patients can get confused, hallucinate and call out for loved ones who have already passed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fear of violence and working department influences physical aggression level among nurses in northwest Ethiopia government health facilities - Yenealem DG, Mengistu AM.
PURPOSE: Violence is recognized as an extreme expression of aggressive behavior and physical violence is most recognized type among victims. Patients always come to the hospitals looking for a cure, remedy, or assurance; however, incompatibility of demand ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Trauma- and violence-informed empowering care for sexual assault survivors - Klein LB, Melnik J, Curran K, Luebke J, Moore KM, Ruiz AM, Brown C, Parker D, Hernandez-White I, Walsh K.
BACKGROUND: Forensic nurse examiners, including sexual assault nurse examiners, provide care for survivors holistically through healthcare, emotional support, connection to follow-up care, safety planning, and, if desired, evidence collection to aid in the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Improving child passenger safety through proper restraint system use - Arends L.
Nurses could help close caregivers' knowledge gap.
Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Ottawa spending nearly $3M in Cat Lake First Nation for temporary nursing station after fire
Things are looking up for Cat Lake First Nation after the remote Ojibway community recently lost its nursing station in a fire and experienced a weeks-long boil-water advisory. Here's what's happening in the northwestern Ontario community and what the federal government says it's doing to help. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Thunder Bay Source Type: news
Nursing in Practice live event returns to south coast
Nursing in Practice is getting ready to meet readers at its conference in Southampton in May that will offer the latest professional and clinical content and a wide range of expert speakers. General practice nurses, community nurses, health visitors, school nurses, care home nurses and other qualified nurses working in primary care or community settings... Read moreThe post Nursing in Practice live event returns to south coast appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - March 22, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Latest news Nursing in Practice Southampton Source Type: news
Fall prevention technology to be scaled up in social care settings
Technology that can help prevent falls and automatically alert carers to a medical issue could soon be rolled out in more care homes across England, government has said. Whzan Guardian technology tracks people’s movements and can detect falls through sensors, using 4D imaging. Pilots in several care homes across England resulted in a 66% reduction... Read moreThe post Fall prevention technology to be scaled up in social care settings appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - March 22, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Community nursing Older people care Fall prevention social care nursing Source Type: news
Influencing factors of inter-nursing lateral violence: a qualitative systematic review - Xie Q, Xu H, Luo Z, Gong A, Wang L, Zhou J.
BACKGROUND: Lateral violence is a global social problem that has attracted considerable attention in the field of public health. This has seriously affected the quality of care, the safety of patients' lives and the career development of nurses. OB... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Investigating the relationship between nurses' workplace behaviour and perceived levels of ethical leadership in managers - Khattab SMAK, Abdelaliem SMF.
BACKGROUND: There is increasing research interest in the relationship between ethical leadership and deviant workplace behaviour. Ethical leadership encompasses altruism, courage, ethical orientation, integrity and fairness. Examples of deviant workplace b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Experiences of workplace violence in graduate nursing clinical education - Gigli KH, Gonzalez JD.
This study described experiences of WPV among NP... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Virtual reality exergames for improving physical function, cognition and depression among older nursing home residents: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Peng Y, Wang Y, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Sha L, Dong J, He Y.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) exergames on physical function, cognition and depression among older nursing home residents. METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted. The PubMed, Ovid, Embase, Co... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Earthquake experiences of nursing students residing in earthquake zone, the disaster of the century: a qualitative study - Arslan N, Topan A, Kurtuncu M.
This study was carried out to examine the experiences of nursing department students regarding earthquakes with a phenomenological approach. The type of research is phenomenological research, one of the qualitative research methods. The research was carrie... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news
Long-term care homes and agency didn't properly check fake nurse's credentials, Ontario documents show
Three long-term care homes that hired a fake nurse didn't properly check her credentials, according to Ontario inspection reports. Two of the homes are in Hamilton and the third is in Toronto. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Hamilton Source Type: news
Nvidia-powered AI nurses are scrubbing in
If you love Black Mirror, you’re probably gonna hate this: King chipmaker Nvidia announced this week that it’s partnered with healthcare startup Hippocratic AI to offer a roster of beautifully airbrushed, $9/hour “nurses” who could replace humans in areas of patient care that can be done…#blackmirror #nvidia #hippocraticai #9hour #gizmodo #hippocratic #genaihealthcare #morningbrew (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jefferson Health to tap more retired nurses as it expands mentoring program amid staffing shortages
The program targets retired nurses interested in helping those new to the profession hone their skills. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: news
