Journal•ISSN: 0029-6465
Nursing Clinics of North America
Elsevier BV
About: Nursing Clinics of North America is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Health care & Nursing care. It has an ISSN identifier of 0029-6465. Over the lifetime, 2963 publications have been published receiving 31056 citations. The journal is also known as: Nurs Clin North Am.
Topics: Health care, Nursing care, MEDLINE, Medicine, Population
Papers published on a yearly basis
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TL;DR: The nursing challenge is to understand how hope may be operative, in order to facilitate and support this indispensable resource throughout the illness experience, but perhaps most importantly, during the last phase of a person's life.
590 citations
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TL;DR: The protocol by which predictive instruments can be tested for validity and the usefulness of an instrument for predicting pressure sore risk in an AICU was described and the Braden Scale compared favorably with the Norton Scale in respect to sensitivity.
292 citations
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TL;DR: A combined approach that includes specialty organizations that take the lead in knowledge synthesis and dissemination, the creation of national on-line databases, and enhanced institutional supports and educational efforts is recommended.
211 citations
TL;DR: This article critically reviews the literature on factors affecting medication adherence in heart failure patients and considers patients' expectations for their health, their environment, their barriers to following prescribed regimen, and their understanding of their condition and how it relates to medication taking.
210 citations
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TL;DR: A series of studies conducted over the last decade contributing to the understanding of the pain and quality of life relationship and the development of pain education programs that strengthen direct nursing care of patients and families experiencing cancer pain are summarized.
207 citations