introductions and clinical features

Ngày tải lên: 28/08/2014, 10:16

... 9) Both in Europe and in Africa, the majority had a clinical background, about 10% were researchers and about 19% of respondents in Europe and 26% in Africa had both a clinical and a research background ... of tools and PROMs in clinical care/audit and research (purpose, selection, frequency of use, problems and advantages using tools, overall experience); • further development of tools and resources ... tokens for a random number of respondents Page of 11 Taiwan/Thailand (BMTT), n = 7) in relation to their health care system and socio-economic status As the data from Europe and ACJU and also the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... encouragement and superb support during this whole process Finally, we are indebted to our respective husbands, Ron Chang and Robert Johnson for their continuous patience, understanding and support ... and meaningful impact Students identified two important facilitators of spiritual care: having time, unencumbered by competing clinical demands and effective communication with the patients and ... and physician influence communications and clinical decision making Medical students and physicians aren't shielded from diversity, as patients present varied perspectives, values, beliefs, and...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 13:20

... ear, understanding and help so that she can adapt positively to her disease Vivian talks to her about her will and her wishes and she is the one who sees that they are respected and that she ... which are followed by mourning, disabilities, fears and madness, and a profound valour and sensation of lack of meaning, of defencelessness and abandonment in which the victims are left Seeing these ... look at an image and decode it is as important as knowing how to read and understand a written text A fondness for the cinema develops sensitivity (capacity for observation and perception), creative...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 10:20

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... expert panel and piloted in 11 sites in Eastern and Southern African countries (Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) The developmental pre -clinical phase ... physical and cognitive ability to participate in interviews All information and consent forms and tools were translated from English (forward and back) into the principle languages of Luganda, Runyankole, ... Universities of Cape Town, KwaZulu Natal and Witwatersrand, the Ugandan National Council for Science and Technology, Hospice Africa Uganda and the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... barriers and facilitators related to practitioners’ use of research; developing and monitoring interventions tailored to those barriers and facilitators; and evaluating outcomes Assessing barriers and ... Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Pavillon Ferdinand-Vandry, 1050 avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada 3Faculty of Nursing, Université Laval, Pavillon Ferdinand-Vandry, ... decisions that are shared by doctors and patients and that are informed not only by the best evidence on risks and benefits, but also by patients’ personal characteristics and values A systematic review...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... physicians, and very little is known about its implementation processes and outcomes in clinical practices [9,10] Decision-making occurring during a clinical encounter between a patient and a physician ... period lasted weeks and took place during the winter of 2007, while the second and third periods lasted, respectively, 17 and weeks and took place during the summer of 2007 and winter of 2008 ... for the workshops in the immediate and delayed groups were, respectively, 97% and 98% for the first workshop, 96% and 90% for the second workshop, and 95% and 89% for the third workshop The overall...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... 13, 14 and 24), Function (items 2, 6, 7, and 8), Well being (items 16, 17, 18, 19 and 23), Symptoms (items 1, and 4) and Transcendent (items 21 and 22) (importance items (5, 10, 15, 20, 15) and ... contributions RH and IJH won funding RH, IJH, and LS designed the study LS and RH trained the nurses and oversaw data collection GA, TM, and KM recruited participants and conducted, transcribed, and translated ... reviewed and approved by the Ethical Review Boards of the Universities of Cape Town (128/2006), KwaZulu Natal (E025/06) and Witwatersrand (M060366), the Ugandan National Council for Science and Technology...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... Besides the well-known plasmids, bacteriophages, and transposons, the more recently described integrons can capture multiple gene cassettes, express them, and then integrate them into the chromosome ... the ‘too short’, the ‘difficult to implement’, and the ‘too long’, allowing the selection of resistance during therapy despite the rotation policy; and, above all, optimal infection control measures ... Integrons and gene cassettes: a genetic construction kit for bacteria J Antimicrob Chemother 1999, 43:1-4 Hall RM, Collis CM: Antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacteria: the role of cassettes and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... Authors’ contributions EC and EM performed the literature search and partially drafted and revised the manuscript HTS designed the literature search strategy and partially drafted and revised the manuscript ... consecutive and cumulative working hours Minimize interruptions and distractions Trainee supervision and graduated responsibility risk of frequent patient sign-over [54] Trainee supervision and graduated ... pharmacy department by pharmacists using a standardized process and standardized medication concentrations Second, participation of a pharmacist in clinical rounds improves patient safety by reducing...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... fiscal specialist, a data entry specialist, and a nurse and supervisor for the ICMs); and three full time schedulers As a rule, bilingual clinical and non -clinical staff are not called upon to interpret ... interpreting and some that impact the functioning of the institution Like bilingual clinical staff, non -clinical staff members usually have no training as interpreters And unlike clinical staff, ... interpretation and the fee per minute The success of the interpretation also depends heavily on the nature and quality of the technology used and the appropriateness of the setting Passing a handset back and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/10/2013, 12:15

... reducing salt and alcohol intake where appropriate, weight loss, and to a lesser extent, stress control and exercise (Alderman 1994) Diets rich in fruit and vegetables and low in total and saturated ... (bronchoconstriction) and secretion of mucus from the submucosal glands and goblet cells Drugs such as atropine sulphate, scopolamine and ipratropium bromide may be given to block these receptors and are therefore ... science and art of nursing may be taught and preserved Utilising examples of clinical nursing and acting as role models may be an effective way to achieve this, and the pre-admission clinic provides...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 22:20

... can (and do) influence how care is communicated and recorded Conflicts between clinical reasoning and documentation Theoretical plans and clinical experience Conflicts can arise between clinical ... degree in education and training, diplomas in frontline management and business (community services and health), and certificates in gerontology, training and development, assessment, and workplace ... design and implementation of clinical pathways Her research projects have included the design, implementation, and evaluation of clinical pathways in acute and rehabilitation settings, and the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 22:20

... w l e d g e and Skills of the Program Administrator Become completely familiar with and understand the OSHA respirator standard Also understand standards, interpretation letters, and field manuals ... Michael Colligan, Linda Martin, and Robert Mullan Technical review and assistance were provided by Larry Reed, Roland Berry Ann, and Larry Murphy Kim Clough, Brian Day, and Dorothy Tan-Wilhelm produced ... in the number and incidence of TB (i.e., 7.4 cases per 100,000 population and 19,855 total cases in 1997) and a decline in multiple-drug-resistant TB [CDC 1998b] The public health and the occupational...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 22:20

... process—develop culturally sensitive and understandable care plans Enable patients and their families and caregivers to navigate, coordinate, and manage their care appropriately and effectively Exhibit Key ... Healthcare Research and Quality, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, March 2012 Priority Ensuring That Each Person and Family Is Engaged ... decade, has been refining and endorsing standards and measures of health care quality NQF-endorsed measures have become an industry standard for providers, payers, and others to measure progress...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... Cl-tetracycline and streptomycin to both RNAs resulted in a change in the native band pattern Detectable upward band shifts (lanes 3, and 6) as well as the appearance of a very strong and compact ... those without antibiotic (±) (lanes 1and 2) bandshift, area of upward band-shift; main, main conformation(s); middle, bands in the middle area of the gel; lower, bands in the lower area of the gel ... Mg2+ competition experiments using 500 lM antibiotic and 3±10 mM Mg2+ (3 mM Mg2+ employed for standard splicing, see Materials and methods and [38]) were performed (Fig 3) The experiments indicated...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 15:20

... are: • bread, other cereals and potatoes • fruit and vegetables • milk and dairy foods, and • meat, fish and alternatives such as eggs, pulses (peas, beans and lentils) and soya A varied diet is ... carers use a handkerchief while preparing food, they should wash their hands before continuing 32 Children’s hands should always be washed with soap and water before meals and snacks, and after going ... England, Wales and Northern Ireland Across Europe, nutritional standards for food provided in nurseries, kindergartens and other non-school settings are used in Austria, Denmark, France, Italy and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... linking care packages across different settings and between health and social support and care; and • a lack of resources and outdated patterns of care and health systems delivery Potential solutions: ... medicine and the care of older people, and that professionals are supported to keep up to date; demand and invest in high standards in palliative care for older people, including pain and symptom ... pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual Palliative care provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms, affirms life and regards dying as a normal process, and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... standardised measures of emotional and social wellbeing and quality of life and self-reported outcomes, and how could such measures be used in economic appraisals? What are the most effective and ... older people and provide health advice and information on the benefits of walking • Encourage and support older people to participate fully according to health and mobility needs, and personal ... skills councils and other organisations responsible for developing training programmes and setting competencies, standards and continuing professional development schemes • NHS and local authority...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20