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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53517#.VMcrZCzQrzE Author(s)   Beata Bajurna 1 , Anna Galęba 2 , Jerzy T. Marcinkowski 3   Affiliation(s) 1 Chair and Department of Organization and Management in Health Care, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland . 2 Private Practice of Aesthetic Medicine and Anti-Aging in Warszawa and Poznan, Poland . 3 Chair of Social Medicine, Department of Hygiene, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland . ABSTRACT Aim of this work was to present a study indicating the recognized system of values of nursing units in healthcare entities in Poland. Professionally active nurses (249) employed in medicinal entities were subjects in the study. A random selection of individuals was applied in the study, and the participation in the research was declared by respondents consent to participate in it. A survey was used as the main form of measure...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53147#.VLXZKsnQrzE Author(s)   Andrea R. van Schelven 1 , Jeroen Dikken 2* , Linda G. M. Sillekens 3 , Dirkje D. Oldenhuis 4 , Marieke J. Schuurmans 5 , Jita G. Hoogerduijn 2   Affiliation(s) 1 Sonneburgh Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands . 2 Research Group Care for the Chronically Ill, Faculty of Health Care, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands . 3 Orbis Medical Centre, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands . 4 The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands . 5 Department of Rehabilitation, Nursing Science and Sports, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands . ABSTRACT Aims and objectives: The aim of this study is to validate the “Older Patients in Acute Care Survey” (OPACS) in the Netherlands. Background: Worldwide the population of older people with multimorbidity increases which results in an incr...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53025#.VLR_hsnQrzE Author(s)     Muhammad W. Darawad 1* , Hani Nawafleh 2 , Mahmoud Maharmeh 1 , Ayman M. Hamdan-Mansour 1,3 , Saleh N. Azzeghaiby 3   Affiliation(s) 1 Faculty of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan . 2 Faculty of Nursing, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Maan, Jordan . 3 Al-Farabi College for Dentistry and Nursing, Al-Farabi College, Riyadh, KSA . ABSTRACT Burnout among nurses is well documented in literature. Precursors of burnout such as time pressure need further study for better understanding. In Jordan literature, studies regarding time pressure and burnout among Jordanian nurses are scarce. This study aimed to 1) evaluate the relationship between time pressure and burnout, and 2) identify participants’ characteristics that may have relationship with time pressure and burnout. A descriptive correlational desig...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52839#.VKoBqsnQrzE Author(s)    Wegdan Bani-issa 1* , Kamal Eldeirawi 2 , Hanan Al Tawil 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates . 2 Department of Health Systems Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA . ABSTRACT Background: Diabetes is a chronic disease that is associated with high cost and health care utilization. Attitudes of healthcare professionals (HCPs) toward diabetes have a significant impact on quality of diabetes care. Although the prevalence of diabetes in the Arabian Gulf region ...