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Art-based interventions have been shown to be beneficial for the well-being of people with dementia and their caregivers. This article explored whether such interventions can be delivered via a touchscreen tablet device displaying art images.
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The assessment of everyday functioning in dementia is currently very global and in most cases fails to provide an in-depth overview of specific areas of deficits. Every activity comprises different sub-tasks which may be impaired to different degrees. Performance of some sub-tasks might be maintained and could thus be the foundation for remaining independent for longer. Thus, the objective of this study was to explore the benefits of breaking down everyday activities into sub-tasks.
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Analysis of literature between 2008 and 2016 revealed organizational policy publications documenting and research reports evaluating and documenting a variety of professional values. Altruistic professional values were consistently evident in organizational policy and research publications. However, limited empirical evidence existed in relation to the values of quality improvement, social justice, personal authority, and self-care.
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This article introduces the feature article on policy implications of integrative nursing. It describes unitary ontology in nursing, highlighting the Rogerian view of holism. The importance of linking philosophy to practice policy is emphasized.
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In this article, the author discusses ethics as the theme for the Scholarly Dialogue column written by Phyllis Kritek for the issue. Topics discussed include challenges faced by women in society and workplace due to gender bias along with social justice issues, hesitation among experienced nurses to report errors such as medication errors and Kritek’s leadership in nursing.
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A personal narrative is presented which explores the author’s experience of completing her nursing elective in Malawi, East Africa.
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The purpose of this study was to explore how the use of an EHR tailored to perioperative practice affects Danish perioperative nurses’ documentation practices.
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The purpose of this study was to develop and implement an interactive situational e-learning system, integrating nursing ethical decisions into a nursing ethics course, and to evaluate the effects of this course on student nurses’ ethical decision-making competence.
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Leading NHS trusts are recruiting charge nurses using an interview technique that focuses on innate strengths rather than competencies. The approach recognises that even a great nurse will struggle in the wrong job.
Senior nurses say it is clear when a ward is well run by a good sister or charge nurse. But it is also obvious in units where standards are not what they should be that some ward sisters or charge nurses underperform. It is clear that recruitment to this role – which is so vital for patient safety and experience – is not always a success.
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A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that patients with dementia are more likely to die if their caregivers have poor mental health.
The findings demonstrate that caregiver health, and mental health in particular, should be taken very seriously by doctors treating patients with dementia. Thankfully, medications are available for depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and other mental health disorders, and physicians should not hesitate to treat them.
The researchers aren’t exactly sure why caregiver mental health appears to have such a pronounced effect on patient mortality, but they suspect that poor mental health may damage social bonds between patients and caregivers, which are known to lead to worse health outcomes.
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