Comments on “The importance of nurse caring behaviours as perceived by Swedish hospital patients and nursing staff”

Author version made available here in accordance with the publisher's policy.This paper considers the impact of von Essen and Sjoden’s (1991a) study on subsequent research into nurse and patient perceptions of nurse caring behaviours. The influence von Essen and Sjoden and others on the development of instruments for data collection of nurse and patient’s perceptions of nurse caring behaviours will also be discussed. The paper will then explore how von Essen and Sjoden’s work and that of later studies have led to the development of research based knowledge that informs current research, education and practice in nursing and question fundamental assumptions of caring theories and models that inform perceptions of nurse caring behaviours

Improving undergraduate nursing students research competence and confidence through a mentoring project

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The Timing of the Literature Review in Grounded Theory Research: An Open Mind Versus an Empty Head

Copyright: © 2013 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & WilkinsThe timing of the literature review in grounded theory has been debated for decades, with previous recommendations to delay the review now under question. Mounting evidence suggests that a preliminary review can enhance theoretical sensitivity and rigor and may lead to innovative insights. However, researchers must acknowledge the influence of prior knowledge during data analysis and theory development to avoid bias. This article critically examines the ongoing debate and recommends that we should not seek to avoid preconceptions but ensure that they are well grounded in evidence and always subject to further investigation, revision, and refutation. If used reflexively, a preliminary literature review may well enhance grounded theory research

Live Well, Eat Well, Be Active With Diabetes Curriculum Improves Type 2 Diabetes Management

Type 2 diabetes is a complex disease with several modifiable lifestyle factors. The Extension ‘Live well, Eat well, be Active with Diabetes’ curriculum provides four 90-minute lessons teaching individuals to live well, eat well, and be active with diabetes. Fourteen Extension educators implemented and evaluated the curriculum with 107 participants. Participants reported the program helped them feel better able to take care of their health. We observed significant differences in participants’ retrospective pre and post ‘Live well,’ ‘Eat well’ and ‘be Active’ total scores. Extension has a unique opportunity to educate individuals so they may better manage their diabetes

Reserva estratégica do medicamento – uma ferramenta (in)vulgar

Como têm respondido as Forças Armadas à emergência COVID-19? Que impactos tem esta crise na organização e nas missões militares? Em que medida afetará os recursos que lhes são alocados, ou o peso relativo de diferentes serviços ou áreas internamente? Que lições para a articulação com outras forças de segurança e organizações civis? Estas são algumas das questões que colocámos aos especialistas convidados neste IDN Brief. Para além de participantes nacionais desafiámos também analistas de França, Reino Unido, Holanda, Canadá e África do Sul que nos trazem reflexões a partir da experiência dos seus países. Os desafios que enfrentamos exigem cada vez mais partilha de informação, aprendizagem cruzada e respostas cooperativas.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Searching for stochastic gravitational waves using data from the two colocated LIGO Hanford detectors

Searches for a stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) using terrestrial detectors typically involve cross-correlating data from pairs of detectors. The sensitivity of such cross-correlation analyses depends, among other things, on the separation between the two detectors: the smaller the separation, the better the sensitivity. Hence, a colocated detector pair is more sensitive to a gravitational-wave background than a noncolocated detector pair. However, colocated detectors are also expected to suffer from correlated noise from instrumental and environmental effects that could contaminate the measurement of the background. Hence, methods to identify and mitigate the effects of correlated noise are necessary to achieve the potential increase in sensitivity of colocated detectors. Here we report on the first SGWB analysis using the two LIGO Hanford detectors and address the complications arising from correlated environmental noise. We apply correlated noise identification and mitigation techniques to data taken by the two LIGO Hanford detectors, H1 and H2, during LIGO’s fifth science run. At low frequencies, 40–460 Hz, we are unable to sufficiently mitigate the correlated noise to a level where we may confidently measure or bound the stochastic gravitational-wave signal. However, at high frequencies, 460–1000 Hz, these techniques are sufficient to set a 95% confidence level upper limit on the gravitational-wave energy density of Ω(f) < 7.7 × 10[superscript -4](f/900  Hz)[superscript 3], which improves on the previous upper limit by a factor of ~180. In doing so, we demonstrate techniques that will be useful for future searches using advanced detectors, where correlated noise (e.g., from global magnetic fields) may affect even widely separated detectors.National Science Foundation (U.S.)United States. National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationCarnegie TrustDavid & Lucile Packard FoundationAlfred P. Sloan Foundatio

Challenges and facilitators for health practitioners and academics engaging in collaborative research and publication: A systematic review / Herausforderungen und Förderfaktoren für gemeinsame Forschung und wissenschaftliche Publikation von Angehörigen verschiedener Gesundheitsberufe aus Praxis und Forschung: ein systematischer Review

While academics are frequently engaged in research activities and subsequent dissemination of results through publication, all too often they occur without health practitioner involvement. While there are contemporary expectations that health practitioners will be active contributors to their discipline’s body of knowledge, many find it difficult to prioritise research involvement given the demands of direct patient care. With this awareness as a central focus, we undertook a literature review to identify the challenges and facilitators that impact on health practitioners and academics working collaboratively on research and publishing their findings in peer-reviewed journals