Publications
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| we must not forget what we once knew: an exemplar for helping nurses reconnect with their history and rediscover their passion for nursing. | whether it is adhering to the latest regulatory requirements, measuring performance, evaluating the patient's experience of care, or preventing pressure ulcers, nothing is more vital to the success of any initiative than the requisite skill and observations of a professional nurse. yet, for many nurses, getting through the day can be a struggle. feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, and scattered, reshaping the identity and passion once recognized as an individual's "calling" to professional nursin ... | 2010 | 20651302 |
| beliefs of turkish cancer patients on the genesis of cancer: "why do i have cancer?". | to determine the beliefs of turkish cancer patients about the etiology of carcinogenesis. | 2010 | 20658726 |
| from charity to caring: nightingale's experience at harley street. | florence nightingale has been the subject of numerous biographies and topical studies since she became a public figure during the crimean war of 1854-1856. however, both the biographical and the topical literature have given little emphasis to the fourteen months of nightingale's superintendency at the establishment for gentlewomen during illness located on harley street, london. thematic analysis of primary documents including nightingale's quarterly reports to the governors of her nursing home ... | 2010 | 20660907 |
| nightingale theory and intentional comfort touch in management of tinea pedis in vulnerable populations. | vulnerable populations, specifically migrant farm workers and persons experiencing homelessness, are often at an increased risk for foot infections. this risk is related to their working and living conditions, socioeconomic status, limited access to health care, frequent exposure to wet environments, limited access to clean and dry socks and shoes, bathing or laundry facilities, and daily routines that requires them to be on their feet for long periods of time. after years of caring for these po ... | 2010 | 20660909 |
| remembering florence nightingale's panorama: 21st-century nursing--at a critical crossroads. | florence nightingale lived and worked in response to her times--yet also ahead of her time. she insisted on pursuing a career even though her wealthy family could have provided her with a lifetime of leisure. because she was a woman, this choice to work outside her home was all the more unusual. nightingale was also a vanguard woman because she chose nursing, a role that was considered the work of desperate, impoverished women who lived on the street like prostitutes. in addition to these unusua ... | 2010 | 20664022 |
| comparison of diagnostic accuracy of saline infusion sonohysterography, transvaginal sonography and hysteroscopy in postmenopausal bleeding. | to compare the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography (tvs), saline infusion sonohysterography (sis) and hysteroscopy (hs) with respect to pathological diagnosis in the detection of uterine cavity abnormalities associated with abnormal uterine bleeding among postmenopausal women. | 2011 | 20665218 |
| florence nightingale (1820-1910): feminism and hospital reform. 2010. | 2010 | 20671260 | |
| florence nightingale and the crimean war. | 2010 | 20671261 | |
| a history of massage in nurse training school curricula (1860-1945). | guided by florence nightingale, massage nurse training instruction methods were duplicated in the u.s. nurse training curricula. in the 1880s to 1900s massage training and instruction was delivered by physicians, nurses, or masseurs for many disease conditions. in the 1930s to 1940s, influential nurse authors and educators began to recommend specialization in physiotherapy for nurses. scientific and pharmacological solutions for symptoms of disease became popular, thus practicing basic nursing c ... | 2011 | 20682916 |
| re-reading nightingale: notes on hospitals. | 2010 | 20692390 | |
| florence nightingale. cassandra: an essay. 1979. | 2010 | 20705963 | |
| some manuscript notes by florence nightingale. | 1920 | 20769898 | |
| florence nightingale in absentia: nursing and the 1893 columbian exposition. | in 1893, chicago hosted the columbian exposition. this event showcased america's social, cultural, and scientific advances and its growing cultural parity with western europe. this was the first major exposition in which women played a prominent role. integral to the fair was a series of congresses that provided an international platform for discussion of social issues. the congress on hospitals, dispensaries, and nursing, a section of the international congress of charities, correction, and phi ... | 2010 | 20807865 |
| nightingale is not the best role model for today's nurses. | 2010 | 20810414 | |
| nightingale initative for global health. | 2010 | 20863027 | |
| non-pharmacological interventions used by cancer patients during chemotherapy in turkey. | although there are many non-pharmacological practices being recommended for symptom management, most patients prefer to use pharmacological interventions. this study assesses the non-pharmacological interventions used by cancer patients for symptom management during chemotherapy and the factors affecting its use. | 2010 | 20863758 |
| florence nightingale in buckinghamshire [abstract]. | 1976 | 20919248 | |
| science, healing, and courage: the legacy of florence nightingale. | 2014 | 20960978 | |
| the death of florence nightingale: bjn 100 years ago. | this august marks the centenary of the death of florence nightingale, who died at 2 o'clock on saturday 13 august 1910 at her home, 10 south street, park lane, london. the following are some snippets which appeared in the bjn of the 20 and 27 august 1910. it was not until the announcement of her death in the morning papers of monday 15 august that the country heard about nightingale's death. in her last hours she was attended by sir thomas barlow and two nurses from the nursing sisters' institut ... | 2010 | 20966869 |
| why florence nightingale still matters. | 2010 | 20975431 | |
| the health of hospitals and lessons from history: public health and sanitary reform in the dublin hospitals, 1858-1898. | the aim was to examine, critically, 19th century hospital sanitary reform with reference to theories about infection and contagion. | 2010 | 21029230 |
| sound advice demands a receptive audience. | adrian popplewell, an associate at a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy ramboll acoustics, discusses the importance of good acoustics in the design of truly fit-for-purpose 21st century healthcare buildings, agreeing that, as florence nightingale wrote in 1859: "unnecessary noise is the most cruel absence of care which can be inflicted on the sick or well". | 2010 | 21058626 |
| editorial--a world in progress... | this year was the centennial of florence nightingale's death and in commemoration, was designated as the international year of the nurse (iynurse) by the honor society of nursing, sigma theta tau in the u.s., the nightingale initiative for global health in canada, and the florence nightingale museum in england. 2010 iynurse is "a collaborative, grassroots global initiative honoring nurses' voices, values, and wisdom-to act as catalysts for achieving a healthy world." in this "celebration of comm ... | 2010 | 21071358 |
| the nightingale prize 2010 for best mbec paper in 2009 awarded. | 2010 | 21080092 | |
| lynn mcdonald: champion of florence nightingale. | 2010 | 21086772 | |
| catastrophic events and older adults. | the plight of older adults during catastrophic events is a societal concern. older persons have an increased prevalence of cognitive disorders, chronic illnesses, and mobility problems that limit their ability to cope. these disorders may result in a lack of mental capacity and the ability to discern when they should evacuate or resolve problems encountered during a catastrophe. some older persons may have limited transportation options, and many of the elderly survivors are at increased risk fo ... | 2010 | 21095558 |
| preventing abuse of older people. | the author travelled to the united states on a florence nightingale travel scholarship to study the systems in place to respond to and prevent elder abuse. she visited centres in orange county, california, and new york city that are involved in dealing with the issue. this article provides a summary of her findings, with emphasis on education and training strategies for healthcare professionals working with older people, and provides recommendations for developments in safeguarding older people ... | 2010 | 21137704 |
| promoting innovation. interview by jenny knight. | being awarded a florence nightingale foundation scholarship had a major effect on elizabeth robb. she is now the foundation's chief executive. | 2016 | 21140770 |
| an exploration of the nature of caring relationships in the writings of florence nightingale. | the purpose of this qualitative, historical field study was to identify the nature and attributes of caring relationships as depicted in the writings of florence nightingale. latent content analysis was the methodology used for the discovery and analysis of words, ideas, and themes from selected nightingale works. five themes were identified that represented a caring relationship: attend to, attention to, nurture, competent, and genuine. these themes are congruent with nightingale's threefold co ... | 2010 | 21149554 |
| commentary on "nightingale in absentia: nursing and the 1893 columbian exposition". | 2010 | 21149557 | |
| expanding our nightingale horizon: seven recommendations for 21st-century nursing practice. | today's global health problems may seem insurmountable. antibiotic-resistant microbes are increasing, and more economic, environmental, and social factors are affecting health. health care costs keep rising. hot politics and the chronic global nursing shortages all threaten the future of health care delivery. also, diseases in many war-torn regions clearly place all humanity's health at risk. how can nurses possibly address these larger "global" challenges? to consider this question--and what nu ... | 2010 | 21149558 |
| commentary on "expanding our nightingale horizon: seven recommendations for 21st-century nursing practice". | 2010 | 21149559 | |
| florence nightingale's contribution to contemporary nursing ethics. | florence nightingale brought nursing from a disreputable and immoral vocation into the honest and ethical profession that is enjoyed today by emphasizing strict morals in the personal and work lives of her nursing students. in modern day, ethical principles guide the nursing profession and have many relevant connections to nightingale's morals. just as the high moral character of nightingale's nurses helped nursing rise to a profession in her day, teaching and following ethical principles is cru ... | 2010 | 21149560 |
| integrating healthcare design research into practice: setting a new standard of practice. | it seems safe to conclude that nearly 150 years ago, "the lady with the lamp," florence nightingale, set a course that practice-based healthcare researchers continue to follow today. in her book, notes on nursing (1860), nightingale identified light, ventilation, noise, and sanitation as elements of the environment that affected the well-being of soldiers in her care. today, we attempt to study these same relationships: those that exist between the built environment of healthcare settings, and t ... | 2010 | 21162432 |
| the empty carriage: lessons in leadership from florence nightingale. | florence nightingale made a profound statement about leadership when she returned from the crimean war without the fanfare offered to her. promoters paraded her empty carriage around the city of southampton england to applaud her accomplishments in the war. her absence signaled a new leadership, one of quiet determination, humility, and political strategy to improve quality of life. the lessons to be learned for today's nurse leaders revolve around mindfulness, clarity of purpose, reverence for ... | 2011 | 21220570 |
| florence nightingale: the legend continues. | 2016 | 21305950 | |
| florence nightingale a hundred years on: who she was and what she was not. | this article reviews florence nightingale's work 100 years after her death, based on surviving writing compiled for the collected works of florence nightingale. described are her founding of a new profession for women, based on patient care, her pioneering work in statistics and data analysis and her bold reform of the workhouse infirmaries. a section on historiography focuses on the negative impact of f. b. smith's attack on nightingale in 1982 and monica baly's progressively more negative inte ... | 2010 | 21344737 |
| fractures of the fingers missed or misdiagnosed on poorly positioned or poorly taken radiographs: a retrospective study. | missed fractures, the most common diagnostic error in emergency departments, are usually the result of a misread radiograph or the failure to obtain a radiograph. however, a poorly positioned or poorly taken radiograph may also result in diagnostic errors. we sought to analyze the frequency of missed or misdiagnosed finger fractures that could be attributed to inadequate radiographs. | 2011 | 21378584 |
| the lingering presence of the nightingale legacy. | the history of the nursing profession is still evolving. one-hundred years ago, nightingale died, leaving a legacy of philosophical cornerstones that still infuses the profession. her idealism flows through her writings, as fresh today as 150 years ago. the initiatives of nursing today had their roots in nightingale ideals. the alignment of current trends in nursing with nightingale constructs is striking. contemporary nurses are challenged to propel these ideals forward. the author here tracks ... | 2011 | 21471040 |
| the ongoing quality improvement journey: next stop, high reliability. | quality improvement in health care has a long history that includes such epic figures as ignaz semmelweis, the nineteenth-century obstetrician who introduced hand washing to medical care, and florence nightingale, the english nurse who determined that poor living conditions were a leading cause of the deaths of soldiers at army hospitals. systematic and sustained improvement in clinical quality in particular has a more brief and less heroic trajectory. over the past fifty years, a variety of app ... | 2011 | 21471473 |
| sir almroth wright: pioneer immunologist. | this year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of almroth edward wright, whose pioneer work in immunology saved countless lives, especially in the first world war, but whose name and work are all but forgotten today. wright was born in 1861 in middleton tyas, yorkshire, where his father, an irish protestant and considerable hebrew scholar, was the minister. almroth's swedish mother, the daughter of nw almroth, governor of the mint in stockholm, was responsible for his unusual first name. she ... | 2011 | 21475098 |
| florence nightingale and her legacy for global nursing: part ii. | 2010 | 21509993 | |
| florence nightingale: the biostatistician. | 2011 | 21540464 | |
| [one hundred books which built up neurology.(51) florence nightingale "notes on nursing: what it is and what it is not" (1859)]. | 2011 | 21568133 | |
| ecological character displacement in the face of gene flow: evidence from two species of nightingales. | ecological character displacement is a process of phenotypic differentiation of sympatric populations caused by interspecific competition. such differentiation could facilitate speciation by enhancing reproductive isolation between incipient species, although empirical evidence for it at early stages of divergence when gene flow still occurs between the species is relatively scarce. here we studied patterns of morphological variation in sympatric and allopatric populations of two hybridizing spe ... | 2011 | 21609448 |
| the relevance of nightingale today. | 2011 | 21647025 | |
| national school nurse day: reflections from a relative of florence nightingale. | 2011 | 21675297 | |
| florence nightingale (1810-1856): expanding societal limits. | 2011 | 21717938 | |
| standardizing sepsis screening and management via a tele-icu program improves patient care. | this article evaluates the feasibility of a tele-intensive care unit (icu) nurse-driven early identification and treatment process for severe sepsis patients in improving compliance to evidence-based practice. | 2011 | 21718115 |
| remembering florence nightingale. | 2016 | 21727850 | |
| exposure of birds to cholinesterase-inhibiting pesticides following a forest application for tick control. | a mixture of malathion (4%), carbaryl (2%) and cypermethrin (4%) was applied as dry powder to forest and grasslands at a rate of 5kg/ha for tick control in 1500ha of a deer hunting estate in the south of spain. the effect on plasma cholinesterase (che) of house sparrow and nightingale, and brain che of red-legged partridge was studied. plasma che was lower after the treatment in passerine birds, but brain ache was not affected in partridges. the body condition of house sparrows was significantly ... | 2007 | 21783779 |
| "we should not dismiss the value of nightingale wards". | 2011 | 21800521 | |
| "we can read nightingale as a credo for compassion today". | 2011 | 21800761 | |
| environmentally safe health care agencies: nursing's responsibility, nightingale's legacy. | florence nightingale and subsequent nurse scholars have written about the impact of the environment on human health. nightingale described, and staked out, the nurse's role in optimizing environments for healing. since nightingale's time numerous scholars have documented that environmental conditions play a major role in the health of individuals and populations. as nurses become more informed about the environment as a determinant of human health, they will be able to advocate more effectively ... | 2007 | 21848348 |
| bullying in a caring profession: reasons, results, and recommendations. | the theories of florence nightingale and jean watson provide a framework for the caring work of nurses. ironically, this caring profession struggles with bullying. bullying has both physiological and psychological ramifications for the person being bullied and a negative impact on the organization and patient care. strategies to address bullying include education, developing codes of acceptable conduct for the workplace, and a zero-tolerance policy. mental health nurses have a vital role in help ... | 2011 | 21919429 |
| has the legend grown stale? | academics and nurses have accused television programme makers of drawing uncritically on inaccurate sources to portray florence nightingale in a damaging light. they say she was not a saint but her achievements deserve recognition. | 2016 | 22013827 |
| [spiritual character and self-identity in nurses]. | florence nightingale gave us an image of nurses as providers of loving care to the world. to be a good nurse, one needs to be compassionate. to provide good care, one needs training to learn proper techniques. nursing is more than providing care; it is a profession that requires an inner willingness to serve others. this is known as professionalism and spirituality. how does one decide to serve others? unless a sense of calling is experienced, one cannot commit oneself to helping others. nurses ... | 2011 | 22024800 |
| the icf and florence nightingale - bringing data to statistical proof. | 2011 | 22031352 | |
| the "eastern-woman question": martineau and nightingale visit the harem. | 1999 | 22039643 | |
| attitudes regarding chronic fatigue syndrome: the importance of a name. | undergraduates from diverse academic backgrounds and medical trainees were assessed regarding their attitudes about and familiarity with chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs). we explored whether different names given to chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs, myalgic encephalopathy, or florence nightingale disease) were associated with differences in attributions regarding its cause, nature, severity, contagion, prognosis, and treatment. participants' attributions toward the illness varied with the names used ... | 2001 | 22049238 |
| [florence nightingale (1820-1910), 101 years after her death]. | we herein describe florence nightingale's life and work. she is considered one of the pioneers in nursing practice. her greatest success was during the crimean war when, along with 38 voluntary nurses, she cleaned and refurbished the hospital in scutari and reduced the mortality rate from 40 to 2%. she used to make rounds at night in the wards under the light of a lamp, and therefore she was named "the lady with the lamp". queen victory gave her the royal red cross and she was the first woman wh ... | 2011 | 22051764 |
| does age matter in song bird vocal interactions? results from interactive playback experiments. | the song of oscines provides an extensively studied model of age-dependent behaviour changes. male and female receivers might use song characteristics to obtain information about the age of a signaller, which is often related to its quality. whereas most of the age-dependent song changes have been studied in solo singing, the role of age in vocal interactions is less well understood. we addressed this issue in a playback study with common nightingales (luscinia megarhynchos). previous studies sh ... | 2011 | 22071317 |
| a history that lives on. | the contribution of florence nightingale and mary seacole was immense. their similarities and differences are described in this article. | 2011 | 22073740 |
| Exploration of clinical nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care. | Florence Nightingale emphasized the need for nurses to honor the psychological and spiritual aspects of patients to promote patients' health. Whereas study of a public hospital in Singapore presented similar findings, few studies have explored clinical nurses' perceptions of spirituality. | 2011 | 22089650 |
| the nightingale prize 2011 for best mbec paper in 2010. | 2011 | 22095317 | |
| nursing leadership... from the board room to the bedside. | nurses running hospitals is not new. florence nightingale could be considered the first hospital administrator. what is changing is the growth of rn chief executive officers (ceos), from 10% in 2004 to 18% in 2010. furthermore, nearly 20% of chief nursing officers (cnos) aspire to be ceos. is this a natural growth of cno to vice president of patient care services to chief operating officer...to rn ceo? the research on rn ceos is very small. therefore, the author set out to obtain a journalistic ... | 2011 | 22157785 |
| Effects of alopecia on body image and quality of life of Turkish cancer women with or without headscarf. | PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to find out the effects of chemotherapy-related alopecia on body image and quality of life of Turkish women who have cancer with or without headscarves and factors affecting them. METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted with 204 women who received chemotherapy at the Istanbul University Institute of Oncology, Turkey. The Patient Description Form, Body Image Scale and Night ... | 2011 | 22179546 |
| the nightingale murder. | queen's nursing institute director rosemary cook has published a book on the unsolved murder of florence nightingale shore, an eminent early 20th century nurse and god-daughter of her famous namesake. ms shore's remarkable nursing career provides an insight into the profession during the victorian/edwardian era. | 2012 | 22259966 |
| editorial: what has florence nightingale ever done for clinical nurses? | 2012 | 22320394 | |
| the voice of florence nightingale on advocacy. | modern nursing is complex, ever changing, and multi focused. since the time of florence nightingale, however, the goal of nursing has remained unchanged, namely to provide a safe and caring environment that promotes patient health and well being. effective use of an interpersonal tool, such as advocacy, enhances the care-giving environment. nightingale used advocacy early and often in the development of modern nursing. by reading her many letters and publications that have survived, it is possib ... | 2012 | 22320877 |
| views on the future of nursing and home healthcare: the future of nursing in home healthcare is now. | "my view you know is that the ultimate destination is the nursing of the sick in their own homes. ... i look to the abolition of all hospitals and workhouse infirmaries. but it is no use to talk about the year 2000." -florence nightingale, 1867 (). | 2012 | 22391656 |
| communication in the third dimension: song perch height of rivals affects singing response in nightingales. | many animals use long-range signals to compete over mates and resources. optimal transmission can be achieved by choosing efficient signals, or by choosing adequate signalling perches and song posts. high signalling perches benefit sound transmission and reception, but may be more risky due to exposure to airborne predators. perch height could thus reflect male quality, with individuals signalling at higher perches appearing as more threatening to rivals. using playbacks on nightingales (luscini ... | 2012 | 22448215 |
| [florence nightingale and the risorgimento: her way of thinking through her correspondence, 1837- 1872]. | florence nightingale was a great admirer of our country. she deeply loved the italian culture, as demonstrated by her repeated trips in our country and her knowledge of the language and the ancient roman's culture. the analysis of her letters concerning her journeys in italy are very interesting because you can find reviews, descriptions and confirmation of her involvement in our risorgimento, in terms of shared values and support the cause. the correspondence gives an overview of feeling and ac ... | 2012 | 22463748 |
| ["the grandest hero who has ever lived": an unpublished letter written by florence nightingale about garibaldi]. | in the year of the 150th anniversary of the unity of italy, italian nurses cannot forget that florence nightingale herself, founder of modern nursing , was a fervid support of the risorgimento and of italian unity. an unpublished letter, signed by her and conserved in the state archives of pistoia, illustrates her feelings about the process of unity under way in the country where she was born. | 2012 | 22463749 |
| speech by her excellency, the president of india, shrimati pratibha devisingh patil at the presentation of the national florence nightingale awards for nursing personnel. | 2011 | 22482305 | |
| moving boundaries--the nightingale twins and transplantation science. | 2012 | 22533575 | |
| a&e project was 'like completing a jigsaw'. | 'one of the most complex multi-phase construction projects i have ever worked on', is how main contractor mansell's neil rowlands, project manager on a 17 million sterling pounds project to re-build and extend the accident & emergency department and fracture clinic at essex's busy basildon university hospital, describes the now almost completed procure21 scheme. hej editor, jonathan baillie recently visited the impressive new facility, to find out more from mansell, the trust, and architects, ni ... | 2012 | 22574465 |
| exploring compassion: implications for contemporary nursing. part 1. | the origin of compassion is firmly rooted in religious ideologies. in 19th century great britain, christianity was the prominent religion and scripture advocated that followers should always be compassionate in their deeds and actions. florence nightingale was a christian and translated her ideals into the characterization of the professional nurse. the image of the ministering angel, performing the work of god, was perpetuated for some time. however, as the profession of nursing advanced to dev ... | 2016 | 22584655 |
| memory-dependent adjustment of vocal response latencies in a territorial songbird. | vocal interactions in songbirds can be used as a model system to investigate the interplay of intrinsic singing programmes (e.g. influences from vocal memories) and external variables (e.g. social factors). when characterizing vocal interactions between territorial rivals two aspects are important: (1) the timing of songs in relation to the conspecific's singing and (2) the use of a song pattern that matches the rival's song. responses in both domains can be used to address a territorial rival. ... | 2013 | 22677884 |
| [personality and work of florence nightingale--creator of modern nursing and public health pioneer]. | through her "calling to service", florence nightingale worked as a nurse, manager, researcher, reformer, writer and teacher. the aim of this study is to present florence nightingale in all these roles, pointing out all complexity and multidimensionality of nursing profession. | 2016 | 22730715 |
| the challenge of achieving interprofessional collaboration: should we blame nightingale? | the goal of implementing true interprofessional collaboration within the health care system seems to be elusive. the historical role of medicine as primary clinical leader and decision maker is particularly entrenched in the western health care system. florence nightingale, the acknowledged founder of modern, western nursing, is often blamed for the subservient role of nursing and other female-dominated health and social care professions. is it fair to lay the blame on nightingale? this paper se ... | 2012 | 22734936 |
| 'notes on nursing: what it is and what it is not'. (1860): by florence nightingale. | 2012 | 22766202 | |
| time to be proud of our profession. | international nurses' day this year is moving beyond hospitals and healthcare settings to reach children in schools and people in the wider community. florence nightingale foundation director elizabeth robb explains how the celebrations are an opportunity to show what nurses do, promote nursing as a career choice and get across public health messages. | 2016 | 22808597 |
| nightingale legacy keeps on giving. | 2016 | 22808605 | |
| the integer quantum hall effect of a square lattice with an array of point defects. | the electronic properties of a square lattice under an applied perpendicular magnetic field in the presence of impurities or vacancies are investigated by the tight-binding method including up to second nearest neighbor interactions. these imperfections result in new gaps and bands in the hofstadter butterfly even when the second order interactions break the bipartite symmetry. in addition, the whole spectrum of the hall conduction is obtained by the kubo formula for the corresponding cases. the ... | 2012 | 22850432 |
| ancestral polymorphism at the major histocompatibility complex (mhciiß) in the nesospiza bunting species complex and its sister species (rowettia goughensis). | the major histocompatibility complex (mhc) is an important component of the vertebrate immune system and is frequently used to characterise adaptive variation in wild populations due to its co-evolution with pathogens. passerine birds have an exceptionally diverse mhc with multiple gene copies and large numbers of alleles compared to other avian taxa. the nesospiza bunting species complex (two species on nightingale island; one species with three sub-species on inaccessible island) represents a ... | 2012 | 22894748 |
| a comparison of men and women's experiences of chemotherapy-induced alopecia. | the effect of alopecia on men and women has not been fully documented in the literature, especially for turkish cancer patients. the aim of this study was to determine the incidence of chemotherapy-related alopecia and how it affects the body image and quality of life of turkish male and female cancer patients, in order to identify variables that may be important in the perception of this problem. | 2013 | 22901547 |
| tick-borne zoonotic pathogens in ticks feeding on the common nightingale including a novel strain of rickettsia sp. | we examined 77 ixodes ricinus ticks found on 33 out of 120 common nightingales (luscinia megarhynchos) sampled in the czech republic in 2008 for the presence of borrelia spirochetes, anaplasma phagocytophilum, rickettsia spp., and babesia spp. we detected borrelia garinii (in 4% of ticks), a. phagocytophilum (1%), rickettsia helvetica (3%), a novel strain of rickettsia sp. (sister taxon of r. bellii; 1%), and babesia sp. eu1 (1%). thus, we conclude that nightingales are unlikely to be important ... | 2012 | 22906497 |
| trauma nursing development in england: insight from south africa. | national data found that patients with major trauma receive inadequate care. the effectiveness of regional trauma networks in improving mortality and outcomes for patients presenting with major trauma has been recognised and being established. in parallel, it is recognised that trauma training for nurses must be further developed. an observational study tour to south africa trauma units, to document trauma practice was sponsored by the florence nightingale foundation and general nursing council ... | 2013 | 23006532 |
| buzzwords in females' ears? the use of buzz songs in the communication of nightingales (luscinia megarhynchos). | differences in individual male birds' singing may serve as honest indicators of male quality in male-male competition and female mate choice. this has been shown e.g. for overall song output and repertoire size in many bird species. more recently, differences in structural song characteristics such as the performance of physically challenging song components were analysed in this regard. here we show that buzz elements in the song of nightingales (luscinia megarhynchos) hold the potential to ser ... | 2012 | 23028759 |
| a coupled kinematics-energetics model for predicting energy efficient flapping flight. | a new computational model based on an optimal power, wake-only aerodynamics method is presented to predict the interdependency of energetics and kinematics in bird and bat flight. the model is divided into offline, intermediate and online modules. in the offline module, a four-dimensional design space sweep is performed (lift, thrust, flapping amplitude and flapping frequency). in the intermediate stage, the physical characteristics of the animal are introduced (wing span, mass, wing area, aspec ... | 2013 | 23084891 |
| [clostridium difficile epidemic, chile 2012: report of the chilean society for infectious diseases. a scientific historical analysis]. | a summary report from the chilean society for infectious diseases regarding the presence of a clostridium difficile epidemic with several fatalities in chile's premier emergency public hospital in santiago is used to make a scientific historical analysis of the situation. this summary report identifies several hygienic and sanitary shortcomings that may have played a role in triggering this major epidemic. these include deficiencies in hand washing policies, overcrowding of beds in wards, relaxa ... | 2012 | 23096554 |
| conceived to have a community feel. | last month over 100 service users moved into a new purpose-designed and built modern mental healthcare centre, the redwoods centre, near the 'old' shelton hospital on the outskirts of shrewsbury, a new 46 million sterling pounds facility for adults with acute mental healthcare needs and organic (brain impairment) mental health conditions. it has been designed and built under procure21 by bam construction. hej editor, jonathan baillie, visited the new facility, plans for which were first mooted i ... | 2012 | 23140014 |
| rickettsiae of spotted fever group, borrelia valaisiana, and coxiella burnetii in ticks on passerine birds and mammals from the camargue in the south of france. | ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods that have a limited mobility, but can be transported over large geographical distances by wild and domestic mammals and birds. in this study, we analyze the presence of emerging zoonotic bacteria in ticks collected from passerine birds and mammals present in the camargue, in the south of france, which is a major rallying point for birds migrating from eurasia and africa. the presence of coxiella burnetii, rickettsia, borrelia, and bartonella was examin ... | 2012 | 23141104 |
| quantitative vibration perception threshold in assessing diabetic neuropathy: is the cut-off value lower for indian subjects? [q-vadis study]. | the aim was to compute a normative data of vpt [vibration perception threshold], compare results of vpt among type 2 diabetes patients with and without neuropathy, validate vpt taking nds [neuropathy disability scores] as gold standard and suggest a cut off value for the indian population. | 2012 | 23153975 |
| florence nightingale: light to illuminate the world from the woman with the lantern. | the ottoman-russian war of 1853 to 1855 was significant not only as a war, but also in response to a reflex from the west brought with itself novel approaches related to care of patients under severe health conditions. florence nightingale and her associates assigned at that time to care for soldiers in istanbul who were severely ailing as a result of battle conditions were instrumental in the emergence of a hitherto unknown profession. this article examines the progress of events in the london- ... | 2013 | 23159649 |
| the nightingale prize for best mbec paper in 2011. | 2012 | 23184171 | |
| embedding a culture of evidence-based practice. | evidence-based practice (ebp) can improve patient outcomes, cost effectiveness and staff satisfaction, and nursing care should be based on the best available evidence. however, this does not happen consistently. a study tour to the us, funded by the florence nightingale foundation, was undertaken to identify methods of embedding effective ebp in nursing culture. this article presents the findings specifically related to leadership and discusses implications for practice. | 2012 | 23189530 |
| drought in africa caused delayed arrival of european songbirds. | despite an overall advancement in breeding area arrival, one of the latest spring arrivals in northwest europe since 1950 of several trans-saharan songbird species occurred in 2011. year-round tracking of red-backed shrikes and thrush nightingales revealed that the cause of the delay was a prolongation of stopover time during spring migration at the horn of africa, which was affected by extreme drought. our results help to establish a direct link at the individual level between changes in local ... | 2012 | 23224549 |
| theoretical foundations of nursing practice in poland. | this authors of this column explore the use of nursing theory in poland. a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study was conducted to explore what, if any nursing theories were used by nurses in poland, and if an education program on nursing theory increased the use of nursing theory. the study found that while there were discrepancies between the nurses' theoretical knowledge base and their use of these theories in practice, there is evidence of the use of the ideas and theory of nightingale, o ... | 2013 | 23247354 |