Journal of clinical nursing
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Comparative Study
Pressure injury risk assessment in intensive care units: Comparison of the reliability and predictive validity of the Braden and Jackson/Cubbin scales.
To compare the reliability and predictive validity of the Braden and Jackson/Cubbin PI risk assessment scales in intensive care unit patients. ⋯ Both scales are reliable and valid scales for pressure injury risk assessment. Jackson/Cubbin scale's discriminative ability (between the patients at pressure injury risk and not at pressure injury risk) was better.
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Multicenter Study
Effects of a home-based nursing intervention programme among adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
To investigate the effects of a home-based nursing intervention programme established based on the Health Promotion Model on the health outcomes of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. ⋯ The home-based nursing intervention programme can be applied by nurses to ease the transition of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and their parents to healthy daily life practices and ensure their glycemic controls after being discharged.
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To examine and compare the differences in symptoms and symptom clusters between postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer who did and did not receive chemotherapy prior to aromatase inhibitor (AI) therapy. ⋯ Nurses should assess and be aware of symptoms and symptom clusters existed prior to AI therapy and manage them in advance.
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In Canada, nurse practitioners (NP) were legally authorised to prescribe controlled drugs and substances (CDS) in 2012. The objective of this study was to understand current NP-CDS prescribing in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada. This study is a component of a larger three-phase survey of NP practice patterns in these same provinces. ⋯ Understanding factors that influence NP-CDS prescribing has relevance to the current drug-related prescription fatalities crisis in all countries.
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To uncover what is known about nurse-led models or interventions that have integrated palliative care into the care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. ⋯ Integrating nurse-led supportive care clinics into chronic obstructive pulmonary disease services could be a way forward to address the unmet bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and their caregivers.