Publications
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| what florence nightingale awards mean. | 2015 | 25643560 | |
| nightingale march 1985 set to celebrate 30-year anniversary. | 2015 | 25627528 | |
| applying nightingale charts to evaluate the heterogeneity of biomedical waste in a hospital. | to evaluate the heterogeneity of biomedical waste (bw) using nightingale charts. | 2014 | 25591088 |
| fetal growth and the ethnic origins of type 2 diabetes. | birthweight is known to differ by ethnicity, with south asian, black african and caribbean, and hispanic ethnic groups having lower birthweight on average, when compared with people of white european ethnicity. birthweight is the most frequently used proxy of fetal growth, and represents the net effect of a host of genetic, physiological and pathophysiological factors. these same ethnic groups that have lower average birthweight also tend to have a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adultho ... | 2015 | 25567103 |
| florence nightingale foundation honours scholars. | 2016 | 25541869 | |
| bioelectrical impedance for detecting and monitoring lymphedema in patients with breast cancer. preliminary results of the florence nightingale breast study group. | the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of bioimpedance spectroscopy for the follow-up of patients with lymphedema in turkey and its benefits in the diagnosis of stage 0, 1, and 2 lymphedema in patients who are under treatment for breast cancer. thirty-seven female patients with breast cancer who underwent surgical procedures in our breast health centre were followed up for lymphedema using bioimpedance, and clinical measurements were taken for a minimum period of 1 year at 3-month in ... | 2015 | 25526543 |
| applying nightingale charts to evaluate the heterogeneity of biomedical waste in a hospital. | to evaluate the heterogeneity of biomedical waste (bw) using nightingale charts. | 2014 | 25517931 |
| florence nightingale and the institution of kaiserswerth on the rhine. | 2014 | 25508279 | |
| variable detours in long-distance migration across ecological barriers and their relation to habitat availability at ground. | migration detours, the spatial deviation from the shortest route, are a widespread phenomenon in migratory species, especially if barriers must be crossed. moving longer distances causes additional efforts in energy and time, and to be adaptive, this should be counterbalanced by favorable condition en route. we compared migration patterns of nightingales that travelled along different flyways from their european breeding sites to the african nonbreeding sites. we tested for deviations from short ... | 2014 | 25505540 |
| brazilian nursing history on the shoulders of giants. | this study describes the route followed by nursing in brazil, through the foundation of nursing organizations and the emergence of nursing leaders and pioneers. | 2015 | 25475384 |
| nightingale march 1975 set to celebrate 40th anniversary. | 2014 | 25467358 | |
| florence nightingale and the institution of kaiserswerth on the rhine. | 2014 | 25464648 | |
| emotion regulation and posttraumatic stress symptoms: a meta-analysis. | emotion regulation (er) has been identified as a critical factor in the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress symptoms (pts; bardeen, kumpula, & orcutt, 2013 [journal of anxiety disorders, 27, 188-196]; marx & sloan, 2005 [behaviour research and therapy, 43, 569-583]; nightingale & williams, 2000 [british journal of clinical psychology, 39, 243-254]). the current meta-analysis aimed to provide a thorough, quantitative examination of the associations between pts and several aspects ... | 2015 | 25421727 |
| sculptures honour wartime surgery. | the florence nightingale museum has marked the centenary of the first world war with a display of life-size sculptures of soldiers from different wars who had reconstructive surgery after experiencing appalling facial injuries. | 2014 | 25388690 |
| bbc rapped over nightingale portrayal. | 2014 | 25294441 | |
| spin-orbit-free topological insulators without time-reversal symmetry. | we explore the 32 crystallographic point groups and identify topological phases of matter with robust surface modes. for n=3,4, and 6 of the c_{nv} groups, we find the first-known 3d topological insulators without spin-orbit coupling, and with surface modes that are protected only by point groups; i.e., the relevant symmetries are purely crystalline and do not include time reversal. to describe these c_{nv} systems, we introduce the notions of (a) a halved mirror chirality, an integer invariant ... | 2014 | 25259991 |
| inspiring senior nurses to lead the delivery of compassionate care. | the enabling compassionate care in practice programme was an innovative development programme for bands 6 and 7 nurses working with older people in all settings. it was commissioned by the department of health from the florence nightingale foundation. a total of 117 nurses participated. they included experienced and newly appointed clinical leaders from medicine, surgery, acute specialties, community services, mental health, emergency departments, hospices and care homes. all participants report ... | 2014 | 25258239 |
| plato, nightingale, and nursing: can you hear me now? | a historical perspective on how the writings of plato influenced florence nightingale in the formation of nursing as a respected profession for women. comparing nightingale's life and legacy to platonic philosophy demonstrates how philosophy continues to speak to the profession of nursing practice as guardians of society in the 21st century. | 2015 | 25243354 |
| rebuttal from l. e. k. ratcliffe, w. pijacka, f. d. mcbryde, a. p. abdala, d. j. moraes, p. a. sobotka, e. c. hart, k. narkiewicz, a. k. nightingale and j. f. r. paton. | 2014 | 25225256 | |
| learn it now, sing it later? field and laboratory studies on song repertoire acquisition and song use in nightingales. | in many bird species, song changes with age. the mechanisms that account for such changes are only partially understood. common nightingales luscinia megarhynchos change the size and composition of their repertoire between their first and second breeding season. to inquire into mechanisms involved in such changes, we compared the singing of 1-year-old and older free-living nightingales. older males have more song types in common than have 1-year olds. certain song types frequently sung by older ... | 2014 | 25204724 |
| ik brunel's crimean war hospital. | "those wonderful huts…" (florence nightingale). this is the story of the british civil hospital, erected in 1855 at renkioi on the south dardanelles coast of turkey. the spectacular hospital was a portable one designed by british engineer ik brunel. it was his only health-related project, and it was known as a civil hospital because its staff were all civilians, despite its patients being military. | 2014 | 25196954 |
| topological indices for open and thermal systems via uhlmann's phase. | two-dimensional topological phases are characterized by thouless-kohmoto-nightingale-den nijs integers, which classify bloch energy bands or groups of bloch bands. however, quantization does not survive thermal averaging or dephasing to mixed states. we show that using uhlmann's parallel transport for density matrices [rep. math. phys. 24, 229 (1986). | 2014 | 25170720 |
| [phaleristics of sisters of charity]. | in 1912 international committee of the red cross and red crescent established a medal in honor of florence nightingale, still the most honorable award for nurses. in our country, there are no separate awards for nurses, they are awarded in the system of national awards, but medical authorities, major military medical institutions and public organizations have developed their own system of awarding the best nurses. reader offered some graphic images of existing award marks contained documents rev ... | 2014 | 25046939 |
| stereotactic vacuum-assisted core biopsy results for non-palpable breast lesions. | the increase in breast cancer awareness and widespread use of mammographic screening has led to an increased detection of (non-palpable) breast cancers that cannot be discovered through physical examination. one of the methods used in the diagnosis of these cancers is vacuum-assisted core biopsy, which prevents a considerable number of patients from undergoing surgical procedures. the aim of this study was to present the results of stereotactic vacuum-assisted core biopsy for suspicious breast l ... | 2014 | 25040970 |
| karmanos cancer center clinical nurse specialist receives oakland university's nightingale award for clinical excellence. | 2014 | 25039080 | |
| validating the 8 cpcssn case definitions for chronic disease surveillance in a primary care database of electronic health records. | the canadian primary care sentinel surveillance network (cpcssn) is canada's first national chronic disease surveillance system based on electronic health record (ehr) data. the purpose of this study was to develop and validate case definitions and case-finding algorithms used to identify 8 common chronic conditions in primary care: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd), dementia, depression, diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis, parkinsonism, and epilepsy. | 2014 | 25024246 |
| leading advocate for health care quality becomes patron of the florence nightingale foundation. | 2014 | 25007470 | |
| find the evidence, make it work. | florence nightingale foundation (fnf) chief executive elizabeth robb says that when she joined the organisation in 2010, the largest number of applications for its awards were concerned with scholarly activities - an aspect of its work the foundation needed to increase its capacity in. | 2014 | 25005420 |
| eric nightingale campbell milne, mb, chb, ffr, dmrd, frcr. | 2014 | 24956056 | |
| rules of parameter variation in homotype series of birdsong can indicate a 'sollwert' significance. | various bird species produce songs which include homotype pattern series, i.e. segments composed of a number of repeated vocal units. we compared such units and analyzed the variation of their parameters, especially in the time and the frequency domain. in addition, we examined whether and how serial changes of both the range and the trend of variation were related to song constituents following the repetitions. data evaluation showed that variation of specific serial parameters (e.g., unit pitc ... | 1996 | 24896079 |
| ticks of the hyalomma marginatum complex transported by migratory birds into central europe. | hyalomma ticks are well-known vectors transmitting infectious agents, which can result in severe and potentially fatal diseases in humans. migratory birds may carry infected ticks over long distances. here, we report on records of ticks of the h. marginatum complex in birds from central europe during the spring migration in 2008-2012. a total of 1172 birds belonging to 32 species, 16 families, and 3 orders was examined for ticks. sixteen individuals of 6 passerine species were found to transport ... | 2014 | 24877976 |
| pride in nightingale legacy shines at westminster abbey. | more than 2,000 people attended the annual florence nightingale commemoration service at westminster abbey, london, last month. | 2014 | 24870420 |
| eric nightingale campbell milne, m.b., ch.b. 1929–2013. | 2014 | 24860887 | |
| how did florence nightingale survive being a trauma coordinator? | 2014 | 24828767 | |
| proud to carry the nightingale lamp. | 2014 | 24823548 | |
| the use of network analysis to study complex animal communication systems: a study on nightingale song. | the singing of song birds can form complex signal systems comprised of numerous subunits sung with distinct combinatorial properties that have been described as syntax-like. this complexity has inspired inquiries into similarities of bird song to human language; but the quantitative analysis and description of song sequences is a challenging task. in this study, we analysed song sequences of common nightingales (luscinia megarhynchos) by means of a network analysis. we translated long nocturnal ... | 2014 | 24807258 |
| improving the health of the world. | the hard work, dedication and professionalism of nurses will be marked worldwide on international nurses' day, with many events highlighting principles and values that go back to the days of florence nightingale. | 2014 | 24802435 |
| nursing empire: travel letters from africa and the caribbean. | this essay analyses colonial nurses' travel letters, written from west africa and the caribbean between the turn of the century and 1920, in order to better understand the role of nurses in forming satellite versions of home. though their primary function was to 'nurse empire' by helping to repair and maintain the bodies needed for imperial labour, nurses also contributed to written discourses supporting britain's economic interests and political goals. through careful consideration of primary a ... | 2013 | 24764748 |
| florence nightingale and irish nursing. | to challenge statements made about 'careful nursing' as a 'distinctive system' of nursing established by the irish sisters of mercy, prior to florence nightingale, and which is said to have influenced her. | 2014 | 24702796 |
| first isolation of salmonella enterica serovar napoli from wild birds in italy. | salmonella enterica serovar napoli (s. napoli) is an emerging serovar in italy. it accounts for 2-4% of all serovars isolated from human infections. the zoonotic origin of this serovar is still unknown and this makes difficult to apply any control intervention. we report here the isolation of s. napoli from a river nightingale (cettia cetti, temminck 1820) which represents the first description of this serovar from wild birds. this finding adds knowledge to the ecology of s. napoli and addresses ... | 2014 | 24695259 |
| individual migration timing of common nightingales is tuned with vegetation and prey phenology at breeding sites. | the timing of migration substantially influences individual fitness. to match peak requirements with peak resource availability, we hypothesized that individual migrants schedule spring migration in close relation to seasonal changes in environmental conditions along the route and particularly, at the breeding destination.to test this hypothesis, we investigated the timing of spring migration in male common nightingales luscinia megarhynchos, a small palearctic-african long-distance migrant, by ... | 2014 | 24650177 |
| florence nightingale: her legacy to humankind. | 2014 | 24624575 | |
| florence nightingale (1820-1910) and sir john forbes (1787-1861): neighbours in old burlington street, westminster. | the year 2010 marks the centenary of the birth of florence nightingale and will, no doubt, be universally remembered. her life and nursing career have recently been fully described by bostridge. it is less well known that her neighbour from november 1856 was the distinguished scottish physician sir john forbes md edin frcp lond frs dcl oxon. although they never met, they exchanged copies of each other's books and shared a mutual respect. | 2015 | 24585600 |
| changing landscape of nursing homes in singapore: challenges in the 21st century. | the ageing population is posing new challenges to singapore's healthcare system. the rise of dual income and the decline of extended families, as well as an increase in age-related degenerative disorders due to increased longevity render it difficult for the family to remain the primary social safety net to care for our elderly in their own homes. consequently, nursing homes may become increasingly relevant for resource and expertise-challenged families to cope with the burden of caring for a fr ... | 2014 | 24557465 |
| [two famous female nurses during the crimean war]. | during the crimean war outbroken in 1854, there were massive death tolls due to delayed treatment of the injuries and shortage of battlefield medical workers. nightingale, assigned by the government, and mary seacole, voluntarily went to the battlefield, to join the rescuing of the injured soldiers. these two nurses, with different family background and race, saved the lives of many injuries and patients. they were highly praised after the relevation by the media. the name of nightingale was rem ... | 2013 | 24524640 |
| the nightingale study: rationale, study design and baseline characteristics of a prospective cohort study on shift work and breast cancer risk among nurses. | evidence for the carcinogenicity of shift work in humans is limited because of significant heterogeneity of the results, thus more in-depth research in needed. the nightingale study is a nationwide prospective cohort study on occupational exposures and risks of chronic diseases among female nurses and focuses on the potential association between shift work and risk of breast cancer. the study design, methods, and baseline characteristics of the cohort are described. | 2014 | 24475944 |
| professional nurse coaching: advances in national and global healthcare transformation. | nurse coaches are responding to the mandate of florence nightingale (1820-1910)-the foundational philosopher of modern nursing-to advocate, identify, and focus on factors that promote health, healthy people, and healthy communities that are recognized today as environmental and social determinants of health.(1) (,) (2) the institute of medicine report(3) and other health initiatives suggest the need for increased education and leadership from nurses to address the healthcare needs of our nation ... | 2013 | 24416681 |
| florence nightingale and mary seacole: which is the forgotten hero of health care and why? | this paper aims at correcting misinformation in circulation portraying mary seacole as a nurse, crimean war heroine, and health care pioneer, even, for some, a replacement for florence nightingale, who really was a health care pioneer as well as being the major founder of the modern profession of nursing. | 2014 | 24413931 |
| nursing education's response to the 1995 institute of medicine report: nursing, health, and the environment. | although environmental health has been central to nursing practice since the work of florence nightingale, the inclusion of environmental health concepts into nursing education has, for the most part, been confined to public health and occupational health nursing. the 1995 institute of medicine report, nursing, health, and the environment, clearly stated that environmental health was an important aspect of nursing practice, but nurses were not adequately educated to address such in their practic ... | 2016 | 24397834 |
| nursing in the sardinian-piedmontese army during the crimean war. | contemporary history considers the crimean war one of the most important european military campaign between the napoleonic wars and world war i. for the history of nursing this is an historical landmark, where, thanks to florence nightingale, the professional nursing was born. at the moment, the organization of health care and nursing of the sardinian piedmontese army has not been the subject of extensive study. this report is meant to start the analysis of their commitment. through analysis of ... | 2014 | 24388158 |
| florence nightingale: nurse, writer, and consummate politician. | 2014 | 24379318 | |
| lost in transition: child to adult cancer services for young people. | cancer nursing care across the uk has dramatically improved for children and young people with cancer over the past 20 years (department of health, 2007). around 70% of young people diagnosed with cancer survive into adulthood, albeit with long-term health complications (scottish government, 2012). this raises the contemporary concern of how best to transition these patients to an adult-focused care regime (national cancer survivorship initiative, 2012). with support from a florence nightingale ... | 2016 | 24335869 |
| quiet at night: implementing a nightingale principle. | 2013 | 24284585 | |
| the arduous and challenging journey of improving patient safety and quality of care. | the 20th century has seen dramatic improvements in quality, efficiency, and productivity of the industrial, manufacturing, and selected service sectors through the redesign of the management and production processes. moreover, the health care sector, plagued by overuse, underuse, and misuse of care remained a laggard in adopting needed changes to improve quality, effectiveness, and delivery. the change agent may have been the 2001 report by the institute of medicine, which shocked the collective ... | 2013 | 24267627 |
| florence nightingale and mary seacole on nursing and health care. | the purpose of this article is to correct inaccurate information about both mary seacole and florence nightingale, material that promotes seacole as a pioneer nurse and heroine, while either ignoring nightingale or trivializing her contribution. | 2014 | 24224570 |
| [the role and future task of the occupational health nurse]. | the industrial safety and health act was enacted focusing on occupational disease prevention in 1972. it has been revised over the years to include consideration of work associated diseases, and the participation and cooperation of employer and employees. from now, positive participation of employer-and-employees in occupational health activity becomes important in order to achieve the expanded purpose of the law. it is necessary to empower all workers to be able to perform occupational health a ... | 2013 | 24107335 |
| building the nightingale initiative for global health--nigh: can we engage and empower the public voices of nurses worldwide? | the nightingale initiative for global health (nigh) is a major grassroots-to-global movement of "daring, caring and sharing" of nursing and others around the world inspired by the outstanding legacy of florence nightingale. the nightingale initiative envisions and emulates what nightingale might have accomplished if she lived in the digital age and with international agencies such as the united nations and world health organization. it challenges nurses everywhere to think and act both locally a ... | 2013 | 24085676 |
| evaluating the impact of scholarships. | the florence nightingale foundation offers scholarships in travel, research and leadership for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. an evaluation revealed scholars considered the programmes of great value, allowing them the opportunity to develop personally and professionally. | 2016 | 24079095 |
| 2013 nightingale luminary awards. | 2013 | 24049987 | |
| nightingale, seacole and cavell to be included on curriculum. | 2013 | 24044811 | |
| investigation of musicality in birdsong. | songbirds spend much of their time learning, producing, and listening to complex vocal sequences we call songs. songs are learned via cultural transmission, and singing, usually by males, has a strong impact on the behavioral state of the listeners, often promoting affiliation, pair bonding, or aggression. what is it in the acoustic structure of birdsong that makes it such a potent stimulus? we suggest that birdsong potency might be driven by principles similar to those that make music so effect ... | 2014 | 24036130 |
| nightingale regional air ambulance. | 2013 | 24001911 | |
| draft curriculum finds room for two nurse icons, but omits nightingale. | 2016 | 23987846 | |
| leadership lessons in global nursing and health from the nightingale letter collection at the university of alabama at birmingham. | this article analyzes the components of florence nightingale's visionary leadership for global health and nursing within the historical context of great britain's colonization of india. the descriptive study used the qualitative approach of narrative analysis to analyze selected letters in the nightingale letter collection at the university of alabama at birmingham that nightingale wrote to or about dr. thomas gillham hewlett, a physician and health officer in bombay, india. the authors sought t ... | 2014 | 23926214 |
| strong migratory connectivity and seasonally shifting isotopic niches in geographically separated populations of a long-distance migrating songbird. | whether migratory animals use similar resources during continental-scale movements that characterize their annual cycles is highly relevant to both individual performances and population dynamics. direct knowledge of the locations and resources used by migrants during non-breeding is generally scarce. our goal was to estimate migratory connectivity of a small palaearctic long-distance migrant, the common nightingale luscinia megarhynchos, and to compare resources used in non-breeding areas with ... | 2013 | 23839267 |
| nightingale's environmental theory. | this author extracts the environmental theory from florence nightingale's writings and recorded experiences. as nightingale's experiences broadened to other cultures and circumstances, she generated an ever-widening commitment to redress unjust social policies imperiling human health. she mobilized collaborators, shaped public awareness, and championed the cause of those suffering as a result of unjust policies. nightingale challenged nurses to create environments where population health is a re ... | 2013 | 23818466 |
| community suffering. | 2013 | 23818465 | |
| what would florence nightingale say? | 2016 | 23752630 | |
| interventional patient hygiene: discussion of the issues and a proposed model for implementation of the nursing care basics. | more than 140 years ago, florence nightingale wrote "it may seem a strange principal to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm." data suggests that 63% of all preventable errors are related to clinical problems that are within nursing's independent scope of practice. many of these fall in the category of "interventional hygiene" activities and include prevention of skin injury, post-operative respiratory complications and failure to rescue. as nu ... | 2013 | 23746440 |
| long-range order in canary song. | bird songs range in form from the simple notes of a chipping sparrow to the rich performance of the nightingale. non-adjacent correlations can be found in the syntax of some birdsongs, indicating that the choice of what to sing next is determined not only by the current syllable, but also by previous syllables sung. here we examine the song of the domesticated canary, a complex singer whose song consists of syllables, grouped into phrases that are arranged in flexible sequences. phrases are defi ... | 2013 | 23658509 |
| nurse endoscopists: the unsung florence nightingales. | 2013 | 23616130 | |
| florence nightingale: a pioneer of self-reflection. | 2013 | 23598626 | |
| the causes and evolutionary consequences of mixed singing in two hybridizing songbird species (luscinia spp.). | bird song plays an important role in the establishment and maintenance of prezygotic reproductive barriers. when two closely related species come into secondary contact, song convergence caused by acquisition of heterospecific songs into the birds' repertoires is often observed. the proximate mechanisms responsible for such mixed singing, and its effect on the speciation process, are poorly understood. we used a combination of genetic and bioacoustic analyses to test whether mixed singing observ ... | 2013 | 23577089 |
| edith cavell: 'the poor man's nightingale'? | 2013 | 23574911 | |
| speech of shri ghulam nabi azad, union minister of health & family welfare on the occasion of presentation of national florence nightingale awards to meritorious nursing personnel at vigyan bhavan, delhi on 12 may 2010. | 2010 | 23520820 | |
| national florence nightingale award ceremony 2010. | 2010 | 23520819 | |
| the outcomes movement and evidence-based medicine in plastic surgery. | evidence-based medicine is analyzed from its inception. this article takes the reader through the early formation of scientific medicine that has evolved into the multipurpose tool it has become today. early proponents of evidence-based medicine and the outcomes movement, and their intentions, are presented. the work of david sackett, gordon guyatt, florence nightingale, ernest codman, and archie cochrane is discussed, regarding how they perceived the need for better clinical outcomes that led t ... | 2012 | 23506764 |
| the timeless wisdom of florence nightingale. | 2013 | 23505851 | |
| dsm-5: historical perspectives. | the first major attempts to categorize psychiatric disorders in the united states occurred in the mid-1800s, when census data were collected that included "insanity" and "idiocy" of household members. in europe, florence nightingale promoted the use of non-fatal disease classification for morbidity and treatment in 1860. by the late 1800s, kraepelin categorized disorders, and his sixth edition of the compendium der psychiatrie was widely adopted by both europeans and americans. in 1952, the amer ... | 2013 | 23451736 |
| role models face class expulsion. | there are plans to drop mary seacole and florence nightingale from the curriculum taught in schools, according to leaked reports. here, nurse leaders protest that this would rob young people of valuable role models and undermine the image of the profession. it is also suggested that a person's contribution to society is more important than their personality. | 2016 | 23427681 |
| evaluation of reproductive health and sexual behaviors of university students: case study from istanbul. | young people are affected to a higher extent by early and unprotected sexual relations in turkey. they do not have healthy sexual attitudes, are ignorant about reproductive health and engage in risky practices and behavior. it is therefore necessary to provide effective and confidential reproductive health services to young people. | 2012 | 23343232 |
| florence nightingale--never more relevant than today. | 2013 | 23311910 | |
| 'a model for the country': letters from florence nightingale to the architect, thomas worthington, on hospitals and other matters 1865-1868. | between 1865 and 1868 the manchester architect, thomas worthington and florence nightingale corresponded about hospital design. worthington was involved in building hospitals for two poor law unions in manchester. the designs of both hospitals were based on the 'pavilion' principle of which nightingale became a vocal national champion. through five letters written by nightingale to worthington, the paper explores nightingale's views focussing on her admiration for the designs, and examines the i ... | 2013 | 23250286 |
| it is time we took a firm stand in the battle for safe staff levels. | nursing standard and the florence nightingale foundation invited experts to come together to discuss how evidence about nurse staffing can be used to fight workforce cuts. they agreed a statement spelling out the principles of safe staffing. this will be promoted through the care campaign run jointly by nursing standard and the patients association. the campaign aims to improve fundamental nursing care. | 2016 | 23248946 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| the nightingale prize for best mbec paper in 2011. | 2012 | 23184171 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| [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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |