Journal of clinical nursing
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The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of older people on discharge from hospital following assessment by the public health nurse. The objectives of the study were to: (i) identify needs as perceived by older people, (ii) examine if older people felt that these needs were met, (iii) examine the support/care/services received by older people, and (iv) explore any unmet needs of older people. ⋯ The study will provide information that will contribute to current public health nurse practice and will contribute to the understanding of public health nurse practice.
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(1) To develop an insight into the opportunities and barriers to nurse prescribing for a case study of children's nurses. (2) To consider the implications of independent nurse prescribing for children's nurses and the potential for nurse prescribing to be developed in acute children's care settings. (3) To use research data to develop a training strategy. ⋯ Pertinent for senior nurses responsible for developing children's nursing practice and services for children in acute settings.
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The aim of this paper was to describe the areas that have been performed well and the areas in need of further development of rheumatoid arthritis patients. ⋯ Both evaluation tools proved to be useful methods in the evaluation phase of the action research process as a means of professional development. Also assisting in the development of clinical nursing practice.
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This paper reports on the non-participant observational findings from a study, which examined hospital-based nurses' health promoting nursing practice in an acute setting. ⋯ Nursing programmes must highlight health promotion as integral to practice and emphasis the socio-political dimensions of health promotion.
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The aim of this research was to explore nurses' perceptions of the attributes of quality care and the factors that facilitate or hinder high-quality nursing care in long-term care. ⋯ This research focuses on care for older people; it helps practitioners identify key factors in the provision of quality care for older people living in long-term care.