Showing papers in "International Journal of Nursing Studies in 2009"

TL;DR: A scoring system is proposed for concomitantly appraising the methodological quality of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies for SMSRs and this scoring system may also be used to appraise the quantitative and qualitative quality of mixed methods research.

TL;DR: The nature and status of scoping studies within the nursing literature are explored and a working definition is developed to ensure consistency in the future use of scoped activity as a research related activity is developed.

TL;DR: The analysis of cross-language qualitative research indicated that researchers attempting cross- language studies need to address the methodological issues surrounding language barriers between researchers and participants more systematically.

TL;DR: The study of nurses' work engagement and its relationship to nurses' organizational behavior, including work performance and healthcare organizational outcomes can be achieved by first building upon a conceptually consistent definition and measurement of work engagement.

TL;DR: The 22-item Maslach burnout inventory has a similar factor structure and, with minor modifications, performed similarly across countries and can be used with confidence as a burnout measure among nurses internationally to determine the effectiveness of burnout reduction measures generated by institutional and national policies.

TL;DR: Self-efficacy was found to fully mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and well-being and team efficacy was found be found to partially mediated the relationshipBetween transformational Leadership and job satisfaction and fully mediates the relationship Between transformationalleadership andWell-being.

TL;DR: The prevalence of postpartum depression in Asian countries ranged from 3.5% to 63.3% where Malaysia and Pakistan had the lowest and highest, respectively, with implications for clinical practice.

TL;DR: The Rasch model is useful for rigorous examination and development of measurement instruments in nursing research and facilitates disclosure of lack of invariance and other measurement problems that may not be easily detected by traditional analyses.

TL;DR: The aim of this editorial is to bring this important document to the attention of nurses and midwives worldwide who work with depression sufferers to help them make decisions about the most appropriate treatment and service organisation for this important area of health care need.

TL;DR: Findings of an integrative literature review related to emotional intelligence (EI) and nursing reveal widespread support of EI concepts in nursing, and theoretical and editorial literature confirms Ei concepts are central to nursing practice.

TL;DR: Patients' impaired health and older age rendered them vulnerable to a loss of dignity, and staff behaviour and the hospital environment can influence whether patients' dignity is lost or upheld.

TL;DR: The most powerful predictors of MFA using meta-analysis were identified to direct future research and evidence-based practice.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on findings of a review of a Cochrane systematic reviews of interventions designed to improve patients' knowledge and skills to manage chronic disease, with particular reference to nursing contribution and practice.

TL;DR: An understanding of the underlying theoretical perspectives and paradigms embedded within acute and chronic disease management will facilitate nurses' engagement in the debate, practice within appropriate ethical boundaries and support individuals, families and communities more effectively in managing chronic disease.

TL;DR: It is suggested that nurse staffing is one of several variables influencing patient safety and the need to study the impact of nurse-staffing levels on in-hospital mortality using nursing-unit-level specific data is suggested.

TL;DR: Efforts to improve and maintain nurses' relations with nurse managers and doctors, as well as their perceptions of staffing adequacy, will likely improve nurse job satisfaction and employee retention, and may improve the quality of patient care.

TL;DR: Most of the mental health indicators of the participants in the experimental group had significantly improved after the silver yoga interventions, and many of the indicators improved after 3 months of intervention and were maintained throughout the 6 months study.

TL;DR: In the real world of practice expert nurses collect a broader range of cues to assess patient status than novice nurses, and were more proactive in collecting relevant cues and anticipating problems that may help identify patient problems.

TL;DR: In OR nurses, resilience appears to be predicted by other attributes and is not necessarily dependent on an individual's personal characteristics, so recruitment to the OR should not be based on the conventional notion that an older nursing workforce will have greater longevity and hence be more stable.

TL;DR: Abdominal massage decreased severity of gastrointestinal symptoms, especially constipation and abdominal pain syndrome, and increased bowel movements, a result that indicates that abdominal massage could be a complement to laxatives rather than a substitute.

TL;DR: International there is a growing demand for more intervention research in order to establish evidence on the effectiveness of various nursing practices, and nursing care is no longer reasonable to predominantly do research on, for example, patients’ experiences of healthcare or surveys on working conditions of the nursing staff.

TL;DR: It is believed that nurses will gain more positive experiences from their work and subsequently a greater sense of well-being through future research in the area of engagement.

TL;DR: Pressure ulcer incidence is low in this study compared to other studies and using some preventive measures such as foam and alternating air pressure mattresses may help to decrease pressure ulcer development.

TL;DR: Caregiver singing and background music can help the caregiver improve the patient's ability to express positive emotions and moods, and to elicit a sense of vitality on the part of the person with severe dementia.

TL;DR: A combination of self-management and relaxation-breathing training can reduce anxiety, thus improving asthmatic children's health, and can serve as an evidence base for psychological nursing practice with astHmatic children.

TL;DR: The ESE scale was a robust measure of exercise self-efficacy over the range of patients attending this outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program and may increase CR patient's efficacy for regular physical activity.

TL;DR: Evaluating the empirical evidence linking nursing resources to patient outcomes in intensive care settings as a framework for future research in this area found the main explanatory mechanisms were the lack of time for nurses to perform preventative measures, or for patient surveillance.

TL;DR: A Dutch version of the NWI-R questionnaire produced comparable subscales to those found by many other researchers internationally, and showed expected relationships with nurse self-reports of job outcomes and perceptions of hospital quality.

TL;DR: The impact of PTSD on veterans' family relationships, in particular the symptoms of emotional numbing and anger should be heeded and treatment for PTSD include support of the family and interpersonal skills training for military personnel suffering while healing from trauma.

TL;DR: The Mainland Chinese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is considered ready for use in the routine screening of pregnant women and the universality of the constructs of the instrument can be reliably demonstrated.