Month: November 2017

Recruiting nurses through social media: Effects on employer brand and attractiveness (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2017, 73(11) p. 2696)

Since in many places across the globe hospitals are struggling with nursing shortages, competition is rising to be perceived as an attractive employer by this target group. Organizations are increasingly using social media for recruitment, however, little is known about its effects on potential applicants’ perceptions of the organization as an employer.

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Stress of conscience as a risk factor for burnout among ICU nurses in University Medical Centre Maribor (HEALTH OF THE WORKING-AGE POPULATION, Proceedings, 2017)

A nurse’s conscience is an important factor in clinical decision-making. When related to the quality of the provided service, a troubled conscience can cause stress. Work related stress may be the presence of various environmental stressors and the individual’s coping ability. A prolonged period of exposure to stressful situations may lead to occupational burnout, as in physical and emotional exhaustion. Individuals with burnout syndrome exhibit symptoms of depression, anxiety and depersonalisation.

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Examination of a Nurse-led Community-based Education and Coaching Intervention for Coronary Heart Disease High-risk Individuals in China (Asian Nursing Research, 2017, 11(3) p. 187)

Early detection and management of coronary heart disease (CHD) are embedded into many community health service and primary care practices in western countries. The Framingham CHD risk score has been used to predict CHD and mortality for nearly 20 years, and it has predicted CHD event risk accurately in multi-ethnic populations.

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Alzheimer Cafe: an approach focused on Alzheimer’s patients but with remarkable values on the quality of life of their caregivers (Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2017, p. 1-8)

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects the global quality of life of persons who suffer from it and their caregivers, because of the behavioral and psychological consequences associated with the pathology and its caring. The Alzheimer Cafe (AC) is one example of approach aimed to help persons and caregivers deal with their disease. Caregivers who joined the AC with their persons with dementia showed to have significantly benefited in the daily care of persons with dementia, in terms of total well-being, vitality, and emotional burden.

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Validity and Usefulness of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Carers of People with Dementia: Evidence from Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Concurrent Validity, and Measurement Invariance in a Large Sample. ( The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2017, 25(11) p. 1270-1280)

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a self-report measure of anxiety and depression. It is recommended for clinical assessment and has been used as the primary outcome in large clinical trials with carers of people with dementia. Its validity and utility have never been examined in this population. The current study addresses this.

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Family close but friends closer: exploring social support and resilience in older spousal dementia carers. (Aging & mental health, 2017, 21(11) p. 1222-1228)

Spousal dementia carers have unique support needs; they are likely to disengage from their existing social networks as they need to devote more time to caring as the disease progresses.

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Psychological well-being over time among informal caregivers caring for persons with dementia living at home. (Aging & mental health, 2017, 21(11) p. 1138-1146)

This article investigates informal caregivers’ psychological well-being and predicted increase in psychological well-being, when caring for persons with dementia (PwDs) living at home, related to caregiver, PwD and formal care (FC) factors.

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