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<description><![CDATA[RACGP welcomes news that the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon MP, has support the introduction of collaborative arrangements between nurse practitioners, midwives and medical practitioners.   The amendments proposed to the Midwives and Nurse Practitioners Bill 2009 incorporate a requirement that, in order to access the MBS and PBS schemes, nurse practitioners and midwives will need to enter into a collaborative arrangement with one or more medical practitioners.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Nurses Charge Public Endangered as Hospital Management Unlawfully Rations Nursing Care to Patients  Registered Nurses at multiple units within the University of California Davis Hospital have filed a series of Department of Public Health charges against the facility, alerting the state to what risk of public endangerment.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Responding to today's publication of the National Confidential Enquiry Into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) study, Dr Peter Carter of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) stressed the importance of ensuring safe staffing levels and giving nurses the opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills, so they are able to provide quality end-of-life care.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ We launched our devolved dialogue programme in Scotland this week; members of the NMC will meet with Scottish politicians, public and patient groups, regional trade union representatives, nurse directors and other partners, to discuss the core priorities for nursing and midwifery regulation in Scotland, examining how these differ from the rest of the UK and how we can address them as a four-country regulator.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[CPAP Therapy Associated With Slight Weight Gain  (#7833)    Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), a common therapy for sleep apnea, is associated with a slight but temporary weight gain in patients. Researchers from the University of Toledo Medical College in Ohio followed 152 patients who underwent CPAP therapy for 1 month. Of the patients, 119 (78 percent) gained an average of 3 lbs. Weight gain occurred in 81 percent of men and 73 percent of women.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Increasing Number of ICU Patients Discharged Home  (#8592)    An increasing number of patients in the ICU are being discharged home instead of being admitted to a step-down unit. Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, analyzed data collected from ICU patients discharged home over a 4-year period. During the study, 33 patients, or 1.4 percent of all discharged patients, were discharged home with increasing frequency from year 2 to 4.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the AMA welcomes the Government's decision to amend the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 to specify a formal requirement that midwives and nurse practitioners must work in collaboration with medical practitioners.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[While health care jobs are plentiful, "getting one is hard work," The Associated Press/The News-Sentinel reports. "Many people who have lost jobs to the recession may find a cure for unemployment in the health care field," and the demand for nurses, specialists and technicians is strong.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the launch of the NHS Neonatal Toolkit in England. Dr Peter Carter of the RCN praised recommendations that one-to-one care is delivered. He said:   "The RCN has been campaigning for a long time to increase the numbers of neonatal nurses. With 70,000 babies born needing intensive care every year it is vital that there are the right numbers of nurses.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Dr Peter Carter, of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the publication of Justice Committee's report The Role of the Prison Officer. He said that it was important to recognise that prison officers provide a security framework in which nurses work delivering healthcare in prisons, and that they should be adequately supported.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[In a dramatic settlement seen as a novel pattern for the nation, the nation's largest nurses union and professional association, and one of the country's biggest hospital systems, today announced a landmark agreement that sets a  national standard on containing the spread of pandemics such as H1N1 "swine flu".]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[120 nurses from around Australia will today urge Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon to take action and address major challenges facing the aged care sector in the next decade.   Ged Kearney, Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) said that Ms Roxon will address the Biennial Australian Nursing Federation Conference in Manly this morning on the challenges facing health systems across Australia, in particular the challenge of the ageing population.]]></description>
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<title>California Healthcare Advocates To Protest Rep. Waxman</title>
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<description><![CDATA[For His Role in Eliminating "Kucinich Amendment" that Would Remove Impediments for California and Other States to Implement Single-Payer Healthcare Reform  WhatRegistered Nurses from the California Nurses Association, activist doctors from the California Physicians Alliance]]></description>
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<title>Royal College Of Nursing Members Agree To Amend Charter At AGM, UK</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Members of the Royal College of Nursing voted in favour of a resolution that the RCN should no longer be a charity and that a separate charitable foundation be established. The vote took place at the College's Annual General Meeting in London.   The vote means the legal structure of the RCN will change but services to members will remain the same.]]></description>
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<title>American Nurses Association Urges Registered Nurses To Get The H1N1 Vaccine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Recognizing that the H1N1 virus is a pandemic and a public health emergency, the American Nurses Association (ANA) is urging all registered nurses to get the H1N1 vaccine to protect themselves, their families, and the patients they serve.]]></description>
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<title>Changing Behavior Helps Patients Take Medication As Prescribed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Taking medication as the doctor prescribes is crucial to improving health. However, 26 to 59 percent of older adults do not adhere to instructions, according to a 2003 study published in Drugs and Aging. In a new study, researchers at the University of Missouri found that applying behavior changing strategies, such as using pill boxes or reducing the number of daily doses, can improve patients' abilities to take their medications as required.]]></description>
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<title>Eden Health Board To Consider Replacement Director As Fight To Save San Leandro Hospital Intensifies: Tuesday</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Board Appointee Must Commit to Save San Leandro Hospital, Say Local Nurses, as They Encourage Public to Make Community Heard  What Patients, seniors, nurses, and doctors from San Leandro and across the East Bay will gather at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Eden Township Healthcare District Board this Tuesday, where the board will consider the replacement for its open position.]]></description>
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<title>Tuesday: Registered Nurses To Picket Sutter/CPMC Event For Fair Contract, Healthcare Justice</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dinner Honoree Michela Alioto-Pier Refuses to Cross Picket Line  What   Registered Nurses from St. Luke's Hospital and other Sutter Health/CPMC campuses will picket a fundraiser this Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort to win a fair contract from the chain.   Why   "The RNs at St. Luke's Hospital don't understand why Sutter/CPMC won't treat us fairly.  We are continually understaffed, which impacts the quality of care we can offer.]]></description>
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<title>Fight Erupts Over Health Insurance Rates For Businesses Employing More Women</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kaiser Health News staff writer Jenny Gold reports on issues related to using gender to set rates for large businesses. "Insurers say women under the age of 55 cost more to cover because they use more health services, and not just for maternal and infant care.]]></description>
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<title>Women And Midwives Gather In Belfast To Discuss The Future Of Midwifery, UK</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The NMC's annual Midwifery Conference enjoyed another successful year on October 21 as women, midwives, supervisors and other healthcare professionals gathered to discuss current and future developments in the profession.   The popular event drew dozens of participants who enjoyed lectures on a range of topics and entered a lively Q&A session on improvements in care and other midwifery-related issues.]]></description>
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<title>RCN Announces Winners Of 2009 Mary Seacole Award, UK</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Five healthcare professionals were presented with Mary Seacole Leadership and Development Awards at a ceremony held at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) headquarters in London. The awards will specifically help meet health needs of people from Black and minority ethnic communities.    The winners were announced at the ceremony. Professor Ann Keen MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, who also delivered a keynote speech to delegates at the ceremony.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Midwives often struggle to meet the needs of pregnant women who are lesbians, with patients reporting that the focus is often on their sexuality rather than the fact that they are expecting a baby, according to research in the November issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[  In the US, patients who die in hospital are almost five times more likely to have spent some time during their last hospital stay in the Intensive     Care Unit (ICU) as equivalent patients in England, according to a new study by researchers from both countries.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Mental health, cancer care and coronary heart disease were identified as the three priorities for the National Health Service, and National Service Frameworks were developed for each area. This prioritisation was reinforced when the NHS Plan was published and a programme of systemic change in the National Health Service was embarked upon to support this new agenda. This paper describes the major policy decisions and systemic changes and how they affected mental health care. The end of the 10-year National Service Framework programme provides an opportune time to review and reflect on the changes, successes and areas for on-going improvement in the years ahead. Clearly there have been significant developments, and perhaps the successes of the last 10 years have been lost in the clutter that often results as a consequence of major change.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Oral history and biographical research gathering previously unpublished material directly from Altschul and Peplau, and new commentaries on Eileen Skellern from colleagues, are triangulated to form a collective biography that accesses historical consciousness of times of great change in psychiatry. We can see core ideas about psychiatric nursing aggregated around the idea active therapeutic engagement. Peplau and Altschul were simultaneously working with innovative methods of community-based therapy during the Second World War in England with shell-shocked soldiers. Both developed founding ideologies in psychoanalysis and therapeutic community practice. A similar trajectory is apparent in the work of Eileen Skellern. User involvement and social inclusion, the corner stones of therapeutic community practice, remain intrinsic to the aspirations of psychiatry today.]]></description>
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<title>Mental health content of comprehensive pre-registration nursing curricula in Australia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In 2008 the final report of the Mental Health Nurse Education Taskforce was released. This paper presents the findings of the report&rsquo;s survey into the mental health content of generic pre-registration nursing curricula in Australia. A questionnaire was sent to all nursing schools providing pre-registration curricula. Results indicate curricula contained a wide range of mental health theory and clinical hours. While the majority of universities incorporated most of the 20 key topics recommended by the Mental Health Nurse Education Taskforce in their courses, few addressed issues such as Indigenous mental health. There was considerable competition for placements between universities, and concern about the quality of some placements. Nurse academics with formal qualifications in mental health and specialist clinical mental health nurses were mainly involved in teaching theory. Specialist mental health clinicians and clinical educators were the key groups engaged in students&rsquo; clinical education, and preceptorship was the most common form of clinical supervision. Consumers and carers had limited involvement in the development or provision of mental health content of pre-registration curricula. Greater attention is needed to increasing the mental health content in pre-registration curricula. Furthermore, initiatives should be developed to increase access to clinical placements and reduce competition for places between universities.]]></description>
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<title>Childhood abuse and psychosis; a critical review of the literature</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Childhood trauma has long been recognised as a potential cause for a range of affective mental health problems arising in adulthood. Only in recent years has the association between childhood abuse and psychosis begun to be investigated. This paper provides a critical review of the literature addressing the relationship between childhood abuse and psychosis. Implications for practitioners are discussed, including practice, policy, treatment and child protection issues. A significant proportion of people develop psychosis in adulthood following all types of childhood abuse, including people diagnosed with schizophrenia, major depressive disorders, dissociative identity disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Evidence suggests the possibility of a causal relationship between childhood abuse and psychosis in adulthood. Mental health nurses are ideally placed to offer help, care and support to those individuals who experience psychosis by acknowledging and listening to their life events, including experiences of childhood abuse.]]></description>
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<title>A combined review of: Collective biography and the legacy of Hildegard Peplau, Annie Altschul and Eileen Skellern; the origins of mental health nursing and its relevance to the current crisis in psychiatry; Mental health content of comprehensive pre-registration nursing curricula in Australia and Childhood abuse and psychosis; a critical review of the literature</title>
<link>http://jrn.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/14/6/549?rss=1</link>
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<title>The mental well-being of prison nurses in England and Wales</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Much has been written about the mental health of prisoner patients; however, consideration of the mental well-being of the prison nursing workforce has been limited. In this paper, we highlight some of the key issues currently affecting the mental well-being of nurses working in prison and, through a discussion of a nationally funded study, share our experience of the value both of clinical supervision and action learning in providing a supportive environment for those working with prisoner patients. Policy agendas such as overcrowding and organisational change affecting commissioning arrangements were pivotal to both the scope and findings of the study. This paper foregrounds clinical supervision and reflective practice but considers emotional labour to be a fundamental premise when considering their importance for prison nurses.]]></description>
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<title>The mental well-being of prison nurses in England and Wales</title>
<link>http://jrn.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/14/6/565?rss=1</link>
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<title>Responsibility in research; the need for stout hearts and extra imagination in financially challenging times</title>
<link>http://jrn.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/14/6/567?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/97?rss=1">
<title>Purpose and procedure</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/97?rss=1</link>
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<title>New beginnings</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/99-a?rss=1</link>
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<title>Accessing pre-appraised evidence: fine-tuning the 5S model into a 6S model</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/99-b?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/102?rss=1">
<title>Using decision analysis to integrate evidence into decision making</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/102?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/105?rss=1">
<title>Review: inhaled corticosteroids reduce wheezing and asthma exacerbations in infants and preschool children</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/105?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/106?rss=1">
<title>Review: culture-specific programmes improve some asthma-related outcomes in children and adults from ethnic minority groups</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/106?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/107?rss=1">
<title>Review: high-quality evidence on the effectiveness of laxatives for functional constipation in children is limited</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/107?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/108?rss=1">
<title>Review: cancer-related decision aids improve patient knowledge overall and reduce anxiety in screening settings</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/108?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/109?rss=1">
<title>Diets with different targets for intake of fat, protein, and carbohydrates achieved similar weight loss in obese adults</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/109?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/110?rss=1">
<title>A behavioural weight-loss programme reduced urinary incontinence more than an education programme in overweight and obese women</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/110?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/111?rss=1">
<title>A very low calorie diet plus lifestyle counselling improved mild obstructive sleep apnoea in overweight patients</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/111?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/112?rss=1">
<title>Nurse-led care was non-inferior to physician-directed care in symptomatic moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/112?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/113?rss=1">
<title>Below-knee cast and Aircast brace improved ankle function at 3 months in acute severe ankle sprain</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/113?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/114?rss=1">
<title>Review: mechanical bowel preparation before colorectal surgery does not provide any benefit and may be harmful</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/114?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/115?rss=1">
<title>Intravascular catheter dressings with chlorhexidine-impregnated sponges reduced infections in the ICU</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/115?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/116?rss=1">
<title>Review: compression was effective for healing venous ulcers, and multicomponent systems were better than single-component ones</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/116?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/117?rss=1">
<title>Review: silver-releasing dressings improve healing and quality of life in patients with non-healing chronic wounds</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/117?rss=1</link>
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<title>Review: little evidence exists for type of dressing or support surface or for nutritional supplements for pressure ulcers</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/118?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/119?rss=1">
<title>Review: exercise interventions improve functional and physical performance but not activities of daily living in older adults</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/119?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/120?rss=1">
<title>A combination of 4 health behaviours was associated with increasing risk of stroke</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/120?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/121?rss=1">
<title>Review: anger and hostility increase risk of coronary heart disease events in healthy people and those with existing CHD</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/121?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/122?rss=1">
<title>Smoking increased risk of cervical cancer, independent of infection with high-risk HPV types</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/122?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/123?rss=1">
<title>Absolute CVD risk, stratified by risk score, was 20% higher in primary care patients with CVD than in those without CVD</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/123?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/124?rss=1">
<title>Women who coped successfully with progressive MS learned to confront their diagnosis and live with its unpredictable changes</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/124?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/125?rss=1">
<title>6 themes described how women with early-stage breast cancer perceived and experienced treatment decision making</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/125?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/126?rss=1">
<title>Men experienced and responded to the embodied and emotional effects of prostate cancer in different ways</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/126?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/127?rss=1">
<title>Patients&#x27; attitudes, the hospital environment, and staff behaviour affected patients&#x27; dignity on a surgical ward</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/127?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/128-a?rss=1">
<title>Loss of continuity and lack of closure in therapeutic relationships were associated with feelings of abandonment at the transition to end of life care</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/128-a?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/128-b?rss=1">
<title>Glossary</title>
<link>http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/12/4/128-b?rss=1</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20354">
<title>Data management for intervention effectiveness research: Comparing deductive and inductive approaches</title>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20354</link>
<description><![CDATA[Management approaches are needed to prepare intervention data sets for research. We identified four management approaches and applied them to Omaha System intervention data from 15 home care agencies (621,385 interventions provided to 2,862 patients). Classifying intervention data created differing numbers of distinct groups for deductive approaches labeled as action category (four groups), theoretical (5), and clinical expert consensus (23). One inductive, data-driven approach generated 150 groups of interventions, of which 24 were meaningful and unique. Interventions in deductive groups were mutually exclusive, and approaches mapped readily according to intervention action terms. The novel, overlapping, inductive groups consisted of diverse actions for multiple problems. The four management approaches created meaningful intervention groups to be employed in future outcomes evaluation studies. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health]]></description>
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<title>Understanding systems and rhythms for minority recruitment in intervention research</title>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20355</link>
<description><![CDATA[We describe one approach for recruitment and retention of minority individuals in intervention research using a systematic environmental perspective based on Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems (BES) model and the construct of temporality. An exemplar in a physical activity intervention study with low-income and primarily African American women is presented. The exemplar illustrates application of BES and temporality to enhance recruitment and retention in research focused on understanding and accommodating environmental influences. Using this theory based approach resulted in successful recruitment and a high level of participant retention. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health]]></description>
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<title>Effects of stress and social support on postpartum health of Chinese mothers in the United States</title>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20356</link>
<description><![CDATA[Postpartum maternal well being across cultures has received limited research attention. We examined relationships among stress, social support, and health in 152 Chinese mothers <1 year postpartum in the United States. These mothers did not perceive high levels of stress, although they did not receive as much support as they indicated they needed; 23.7% of mothers scored high for depressive symptoms. About half of the mothers experienced interrupted sleep, decrease in memory, and lack of sexual desire. All health measures were inter-correlated. Social support moderated the effects of stress on depressive symptoms. Culturally relevant care that is perceived as supportive may promote postpartum maternal health. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health]]></description>
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<title>Preliminary efficacy of a comprehensive HIV prevention intervention for abstinent adolescent girls: Pilot study findings</title>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20357</link>
<description><![CDATA[We developed and pilot-tested a comprehensive HIV prevention/sexual risk reduction intervention with 54 sexually abstinent girls and estimated the effect of the intervention on three antecedents of sexual risk behavior: information, motivation, and behavioral skills. Girls ages 14-18 were randomized into either (a) an AbsPlus intervention or (b) a structurally equivalent control group. Assessments were obtained at baseline and 3 months follow-up using audio computer assisted self-interview. The intervention resulted in a large effect for information (d = 1.11); small to large effects for the motivational measures (d = .34-.88), and a moderate effect for a measure of behavioral skills (d = .67). The results indicate that antecedents of sexual risk behavior change were improved by a gender-specific theoretically guided intervention. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health]]></description>
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<title>Correlates of physical activity in low income college students</title>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20353</link>
<description><![CDATA[The importance of physical activity as a health promoting behavior has been well documented. We examined the relationship of social support, self-efficacy, and commitment to a plan of physical activity on physical activity behaviors in a sample of low income college students. Those with higher levels of social support, self-efficacy, and commitment to a plan of physical activity reported more physical activity behaviors. Commitment to a plan of physical activity mediated the relationships of social support and physical activity behavior, and of self-efficacy and physical activity behavior. The results support the importance of exploring the psychosocial correlates of physical activity in explaining the decision process that underlies physical activity behavior. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health]]></description>
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<title>Psychometric testing of four transtheoretical model questionnaires for the behavior, completing health care proxies</title>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20352</link>
<description><![CDATA[The purpose of the study was to develop four questionnaires based on the transtheoretical model (TTM) to assess the behavior, completing a healthcare proxy (HCP). The aims were to (a) operationalize the four TTM constructs for completing a HCP and (b) evaluate the psychometric properties of the questionnaires. The questionnaires were constructed and content validity established using an expert panel. Internal consistency values for each questionnaire and subscales within each questionnaire were >.79. Confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence that decisional balance and the processes of change questionnaires each contained two factors. Our data support validity and reliability of the TTM questionnaires related to HCP completion. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20349">
<title>Modeling influences on acute care nurses&#x27; engagement in tobacco use reduction</title>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20349</link>
<description><![CDATA[Although nurses are encouraged to address patients' tobacco use, the integration of tobacco reduction into practice has not been consistent. An organizational behavior perspective was used to conceptualize hypothesized relationships among reported influencing factors (individual characteristics, role attitudes, perceived barriers, and workplace climate). Survey data collected at two Western Canadian hospitals (N = 214 nurses; 58% response) were used to test the model. The final model explained nearly 60% of variation in the nurses' tobacco reduction practice. Role attitude, perceived resource availability, co-worker's activities, and ability were the strongest contributors. Nurses' smoking status indirectly influenced practice through shaping role attitudes and perceived ability. Diverse leverage points to enhance nurses' involvement in patients' tobacco use were identified. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20348">
<title>Caregiver characteristics predict stroke survivor quality of life at 4 months and 1 year</title>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20348</link>
<description><![CDATA[Evaluating factors that reduce stroke survivors' (SS) health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is important for developing interventions to improve HRQOL after stroke. The influence of baseline caregiver and family characteristics (physical health, depressive symptoms, family communication) on five domains of SS HRQOL (physical function, memory/thinking, social activities, communication, and mood) was examined. Data were collected on 132 SS-caregiver dyads at baseline, 4 months, and 12 months. Baseline caregiver depressive symptoms predicted lower scores for SS physical function and communication at 4 months and social participation and mood at 12 months. Male caregiver gender was negatively associated with SS HRQOL (communication and mood) at 12 months. Early intervention targeting these family characteristics, especially caregiver depressive symptoms, may improve survivors' HRQOL. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health]]></description>
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<title>Taking grounded theory beyond psychological process</title>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fnur.20345</link>
<description><![CDATA[No Abstract.]]></description>
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