Nursing research
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Studies about nurse staffing and patient outcomes often lack adequate risk adjustment because of limited access to patient information. ⋯ Inadequate risk adjustment may lead to biased estimates about nurse staffing and patient outcomes. Combining physiological measures with commonly used administrative data is a promising risk-adjustment approach to reduce potential biases.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Daytime observed emotional expressions of people with dementia.
Emotional expression among people with dementia (PWD) may inform person-centered approaches to care and improvements in dementia-related quality of life. ⋯ PWD showed a broad range of emotional expression and significant within-person variation in daytime positive and negative emotional expressions. Observed emotional display is a promising measure of psychological well-being among PWD that, if more fully understood, could guide care approaches to improve quality of life.