Experiences with being diagnosed with and treated for testicular cancer
It is an ordeal to be diagnosed with and treated for testicular cancer. Various resources can help patients to handle the difficult situation more easily.
It is an ordeal to be diagnosed with and treated for testicular cancer. Various resources can help patients to handle the difficult situation more easily.
Both students in clinical nursing education and their preceptors think that the assessment form, which is based on the principles of the AssCE form, can be used as a model to assess the students.
This study shows that there is no large reserve of nurses. The vast majority hold relevant positions, but without direct patient contact.
The bereaved felt that they maintained a bond with their deceased family member through diaries that had been kept for the patients during their stay in ICU. The diaries also helped impart structure on a chaotic time and made it easier for the bereaved to vent their feelings.
The women in this study wanted information and confirmation that their pregnancy was progressing normally in the first trimester. For them, a private ultrasound examination was a good investment.
Guidelines that were not regarded as professionally sound, logical and relevant or in keeping with one’s own clinical experiences or feelings were more difficult to follow.
Inadequate post-stroke follow-up of dental health led to reduced oral health and loss of teeth. Better interdisciplinary follow-up could probably have prevented it.
Interventions such as reminders, direct observations and hand hygiene facilitation lead to fewer outbreaks.
Nurses can experience moral stress and feel a sense of shame when they are torn between a patient’s needs and the requirements of the treatment system. Ethical reflection in supervision can help.
Today, nurses working in the offshore industry include staff who have specialised in intensive care or anaesthetic nursing as well as staff with no particular specialty. Are there differences between their own perceived competence levels?