Journal of clinical nursing
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(i) To identify barriers that could either prevent community nurses from prescribing altogether or reduce the number of times that a nurse might prescribe. (ii) To determine how wide spread the barriers identified above were. ⋯ There is a danger that the anticipated benefits to patient care resulting from the introduction of nurse prescribing may not materialize if the barriers identified in this study are not addressed.
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To describe nurses' and mental health nurse assistants' perceptions of advantages and disadvantages about working on a psychiatric ward with a locked entrance door. ⋯ It is important for staff working within psychiatric care to reflect upon the fact that a locked entrance door is connected with a range of negative as well as positive perceptions and to minimize patient and own concerns connected to the locked door.
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To verify the association between quality of life and morbidity, mortality and clinical indicators in haemodialysis patients. ⋯ Haemodialysis patients experience various problems that may adversely influence their quality of life. Special care must be given to those who have diabetes mellitus, high morbidity scores, low serum albumin and low haematocrits.
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The aim was to evaluate patient's perioperative pain experience after total hip replacement and patients' satisfaction with pain management. ⋯ It is important for the postoperative outcome measure that the patients have a realistic expectation of pain experiences after total hip arthroplasty. The nurse is one of the staff members responsible for information to the individual patient.
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This research was conducted for the purpose of determining the incidence of surgery-related pressure ulcer formation. ⋯ (i) Determining the incidence of pressure ulcers during surgery in Turkey; (ii) For nurses to be able to prevent surgery-related pressure ulcers, it is necessary for them to direct their care by knowing factors that have a role in the development of pressure ulcers during surgery therefore this study will be to call Turkish nurse's attention to pressure ulcers during surgery.