Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
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The aims of this study were to investigate variables related to cultural caregiving motives (obligation and reciprocity) and to analyze the relationship between these cultural caregiving motives and subjective burden in informal caregivers of disabled older people. ⋯ Balanced reciprocity is useful for early prevention and early intervention of subjective burden and must be included in nursing care plans for caregivers. Cultural factors support the comprehension of the caregiving process.
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Nurses and nursing students are exposed to workplace violence. ⋯ Not only nurses, but also nursing students, would benefit from multilevel programs of violence prevention.
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To provide an understanding of the experiences of three generations of African American women in the transition to motherhood. ⋯ Analysis of the stories in this study adds to the current literature on becoming a mother and Black feminist descriptions of motherhood. This study adds to our understanding of how negative portrayals of African American mothers and the lack of representation in the media perpetuate negative stereotypes of African American motherhood. The stories, told by the 18 women in this study, provide a positive description of African American motherhood.
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This study aims to identify and compare the relevance of barriers that nurses in nursing homes experience in medication management in Belgium. ⋯ This study provides an overview of potential barriers to safe medication management in nursing homes, which can be addressed in practice. The relevance scoring of the barriers enables prioritization.
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The purpose of this study was to translate the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) into Arabic (Fusha dialect), and obtain preliminary reliability and validity estimates for the translated version. ⋯ Preliminary psychometric estimates show that the translated ISI is reliable and valid in this community-dwelling Arabic sample. The translated ISI allows for Arabic researchers to screen for insomnia and plan for future intervention studies.