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South African Critical Care Nurses' Views On End‐Of‐Life Decision‐Making And Practices, Gayle Langley, Shelley Schmollgruber, Paul Fulbrook, John W. Albarran, Jos M. Latour Jan 2014

South African Critical Care Nurses' Views On End‐Of‐Life Decision‐Making And Practices, Gayle Langley, Shelley Schmollgruber, Paul Fulbrook, John W. Albarran, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

ABSTRACTBackgroundCare of patients at the end‐of‐life (EOL) may be influenced by the experiences, attitudes and beliefs of nurses involved in their direct care.AimTo investigate South African critical care nurses' experiences and perceptions of EOL care.DesignCross‐sectional survey.MethodsSouth African critical care nurses completed a modified version of the ‘VENICE’ survey tool. Data were collected concerning: attitudes towards EOL care; involvement in EOL decision‐making; and beliefs about EOL practices.ResultsOf 149 surveys distributed, 100 were returned (response rate 67%). Seventy‐six percent stated that they had had direct involvement in EOL care of patients, but a minority (29%) had participated in EOL decision‐making processes. Whilst …

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Developing And Testing The Standard Of Practice And Evaluation Of Critical-Care-Nursing Tool (Spect) For Critical Care Nursing Practice, Fenella J. Gill, Gavin D. Leslie, Carol Grech, Duncan Boldy, Jos M. Latour Jan 2014

Developing And Testing The Standard Of Practice And Evaluation Of Critical-Care-Nursing Tool (Spect) For Critical Care Nursing Practice, Fenella J. Gill, Gavin D. Leslie, Carol Grech, Duncan Boldy, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background: Nurses working in critical care often undertake specialty education. There are no uniform practice outcomes for critical care programs, and consumer input to practice standards has been lacking. Methods: A structured multiphase project was undertaken to develop practice standards and an assessment tool informed by critical care nursing stakeholders as well as patients and families—the Standards of Practice and Evaluation of Critical-Care-Nursing Tool (SPECT). Results: Testing of the SPECT revealed adequate content validity index (CVI), domain CVI (range, 0.772 to 0.887), and statement CVI (range, 0.66 to 1.00). Reliability was adequate in terms of internal consistency (Cronbach’s α > 0.864) …

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Effect Of Nonnutritive Sucking And Oral Stimulation On Feeding Performance In Preterm Infants, Yuxia Zhang, Tianchan Lyu, Xiaojing Hu, Peng Shi, Yun Cao, Jos M. Latour Jan 2014

Effect Of Nonnutritive Sucking And Oral Stimulation On Feeding Performance In Preterm Infants, Yuxia Zhang, Tianchan Lyu, Xiaojing Hu, Peng Shi, Yun Cao, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Patiëntveiligheid Vanuit De Patiënt, J. M. Latour, Dijk M Van Jan 2014

Patiëntveiligheid Vanuit De Patiënt, J. M. Latour, Dijk M Van

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Implementing The Family-Centered Care Model, Parents’ Satisfaction And Experiences In Neonatology, I Dall’Oglio, A Portanova, M Fiori, O Gawronski, R Fida, A Cocchieri, G Rocco, E Tiozzo, Jm Latour Jan 2014

Implementing The Family-Centered Care Model, Parents’ Satisfaction And Experiences In Neonatology, I Dall’Oglio, A Portanova, M Fiori, O Gawronski, R Fida, A Cocchieri, G Rocco, E Tiozzo, Jm Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Type-1 Owa Methodology To Consensus Reaching Processes In Multi-Granular Linguistic Contexts, Francisco Mata, Luis G. Pérez, Shang Ming Zhou, Francisco Chiclana Jan 2014

Type-1 Owa Methodology To Consensus Reaching Processes In Multi-Granular Linguistic Contexts, Francisco Mata, Luis G. Pérez, Shang Ming Zhou, Francisco Chiclana

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Mining Textual Data From Primary Healthcare Records: Automatic Identification Of Patient Phenotype Cohorts, Shang Ming Zhou, Muhammad A. Rahman, Mark Atkinson, Sinead Brophy Jan 2014

Mining Textual Data From Primary Healthcare Records: Automatic Identification Of Patient Phenotype Cohorts, Shang Ming Zhou, Muhammad A. Rahman, Mark Atkinson, Sinead Brophy

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Attitudes Of Medical Students Towards Incentives Offered By Pharmaceutical Companies -- Perspective From A Developing Nation -- A Cross-Sectional Study, Usman Tariq Siddiqui, Amarah Shakoor, Sarah Kiani, Farwa Ali, Maryam Sharif, Arun Kumar, Qasim Raza, Naseer Khan, Sardar Mohammed Alamzaib, Syed Farid-Ul-Husnain Jan 2014

Attitudes Of Medical Students Towards Incentives Offered By Pharmaceutical Companies -- Perspective From A Developing Nation -- A Cross-Sectional Study, Usman Tariq Siddiqui, Amarah Shakoor, Sarah Kiani, Farwa Ali, Maryam Sharif, Arun Kumar, Qasim Raza, Naseer Khan, Sardar Mohammed Alamzaib, Syed Farid-Ul-Husnain

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Background: A training physician has his first interaction with a pharmaceutical representative during medical school. Medical students are often provided with small gifts such as pens, calendars and books, as well as free lunches as part of drug promotion offers. Ethical impact of these transactions as perceived by young medical students has not been investigated in Pakistan before. This study aimed to assess the association of socio-demographic variables with the attitudes of medical students towards pharmaceutical companies and their incentives.Methods: As part of a cross-sectional survey, a validated questionnaire previously used for assessing attitude of medical students towards pharmaceutical industry, …

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