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The Role of Culture in Designing Environments for People with Dementia A Study of Russian Jewish Immigrants

Author(s): Day, K., Cohen, U.
Added December 2014

Suicide and self-harm in inpatient psychiatric units: a study of nursing issues in 31 cases

Author(s): Gournay, K., Bowers, L.
A significant number of incidents of suicide and self-harm occur in in-patient facilities. This study comprises of the review and audit of 31 suicide cases, each case being the subject of legal action brought by patients and/or their families.
Key Point Summary
Added April 2014

Sleep in Acute Care Settings: An Integrative Review

Author(s): Redeker, N. S.
Despite three decades of research, little is known about sleep in acute care settings. Yet, for many adults in these settings, disturbed sleep is common. This literature review looks at studies of hospitalized patients in intensive care and medical surgical units.
Key Point Summary
Added February 2014

Single Room Maternity Care and Client Satisfaction

Author(s): Janssen, P.A., Klein, M.C., Harris, S.J., Soolsma, J., Seymour, L.C.
Maternity care has evolved from the traditional practice of admitting women to labor rooms, moving them to delivery rooms, and then transferring them to postpartum wards, to a family-centered model where intrapartum and post partum care is provided in a single room, under the care of one nurse. The traditional model was directed at economy for the institution, however, for the mother, this could result in feelings of disorientation, anxiety, lack of space, and repeated adjustment to new caregivers.
Key Point Summary
Added October 2012

Environmental quality and healing environments: A study of flooring materials in a healthcare telemetry unit.

Author(s): Harris, D.
Added October 2012

Culture Shock At The Hospital

Author(s): Drover, L.
Added October 2012

Healing gardens and coping with stress at a children's hospital: A multimethod evaluation

Author(s): Whitehouse, S.L.
Added October 2012

Children in hospital: A design question

Author(s): Vavili, F.
Added October 2012

Kid's ambulance -- a less scary trip

Author(s): Page, D.
Added October 2012

"State-of -the-art-care- and what a view!!:The patient room of the future."

Author(s): Murphy, E.
Added October 2012

Parent Assessment of Family-Centered Care Practices in a Children's Hospital

Author(s): Macnab, A., Thiessen, P., McLeod, E., Hinton, D.
Added October 2012

Patients' perception of sound levels in the surgical suite

Author(s): Liu, E.H., Tan, S.
Added October 2012

ICU Bedside Environment. A Nursing Perspective

Author(s): Jastremski, C.A.
Added October 2012

Understanding the Effects of Nurses, Patients' Hospital Rooms, and Patients' Perception of Control in the Perceived Quality of a Hospital

Author(s): Gotlieb, J.B.
Added October 2012

Creating a healing environment: the importance of the service setting in the new consumer-oriented healthcare system

Author(s): Fottler, M.D., Ford, R.C., Roberts, V., Ford, E.W.
Added October 2012

Consumer health informatics

Author(s): Eysenbach
Added October 2012

Effects of a multicomponent intervention on functional outcomes and process of care in hospitalized older patients: a randomized controlled trial of Acute Care for Elders (ACE) in a community hospital

Author(s): Counsell, S.R., Holder, C.M., Liebenauer, L.L., Palmer, R.M., Fortinsky, R.H., Kresevic, D.M., Quinn, L.M., Allen, K.R., Covinsky, K.E., Landefeld, C.S.
Added October 2012

Music Therapy as a Nursing Intervention for Patients Supported by Mechanical Ventilation

Author(s): Chlan, L.
Added October 2012

Management of adolescents in pediatric hospitals. A national survey

Author(s): Caflisch, M., Alvin, P.
Added October 2012

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Fall Prevention Strategies in Old Peoples™ Homes.

Author(s): McMurdo, M.E.T., Millar, A.M., Daly, F.
Added October 2012