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The nurse-led program with post-discharge education was associated with significantly reduced outpatient visits with clinical problems, compared to usual care and the existing nurse-led program. We also found a significantly longer time until first unplanned rehospitalization in the nurse-led program with post-discharge education group, compared to the usual care group.

This study identified the heart transplantation-specialized nurse-led discharge and subsequent post-discharge education as an effective strategy for positive clinical outcomes within one year after heart transplantation.

This study identified the heart transplantation-specialized nurse-led discharge and subsequent post-discharge education as an effective strategy for positive clinical outcomes within one year after heart transplantation.A focus group methodology was employed to elicit information from Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) about their views of the personality, social, institutional and cultural factors that affect the success or failure of elders' adaptation to nursing home life. The focus group (N = 6) was conducted in one long-term care facility. CNAs identified three themes that represent the process of successful adaptation to the nursing home. Emotional displacement was followed by a period of assimilation and acceptance. Resident personality, social, institutional and cultural characteristics that may affect each stage of the process are described. This study supports previous findings regarding the contribution of social-environmental elements in the adjustment process. CNA perceptions of factors that assist elders during the transition process proved to be a valuable source of information.

Due to a lack of literature about US critical care nurses caring for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the aim of this study was to examine their experiences caring for these patients.

COVID-19 placed nurses at the forefront of battling this pandemic in the intensive care unit (ICU). Emerging international evidence suggests nurses experience psychological and physical symptoms as a result of caring for these patients.

A qualitative descriptive design was used. Using purposive sampling, 11 nurses from one ICU participated in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were recorded and coded; data were analyzed using content analysis. An audit trail was maintained and member checking was employed.

The experiences among critical care nurses caring for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were categorized into five themes and subthemes. Emotions experienced was subcategorized into anxiety/stress, fear, helplessness, worry, and empathy. Physical symptoms was subcategorized into sleep disturbances,D-19 in a challenging care environment. Outside of work, nurses faced pandemic-induced societal changes and divergent public perceptions of them.

To describe frailty, to identify its determinants, and to examine how it affected functioning in Korean patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This analysis was based on datasets from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).

Most of what is known about the prevalence and determinants of frailty in patients with COPD has come from countries other than Korea. Examining this issue with a representative sample of COPD patients in Korea will shed light on frailty in this population.

This cross-sectional study, a secondary data analysis, used datasets from the KNHANES VI (2015) and VII (2016) to understand frailty in 417 patients with COPD (mean age=65.36; FEV1%predicted value=78.91). Demographic and clinical data, symptoms, self-rated health, frailty, and functioning were collected in health interviews and health examinations. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.

One hundred forty-eight participants (35.5%) were frail, 156 (37.4%) were pre-frail, and 113 (27.1%) exhibited no frailty. Multivariate logistic regression showed that self-rated health, stage of COPD based on the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, pain/discomfort, and arthritis were significant predictors of frailty. Multivariate logistic regression also showed that frail participants were more likely to experience limitations in usual activities, after controlling for other covariates.

Health care providers who know the determinants of frailty and its relationship with poor functioning will be better prepared to identify at-risk patients with COPD who might benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation.

Health care providers who know the determinants of frailty and its relationship with poor functioning will be better prepared to identify at-risk patients with COPD who might benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation.

Covid-19 has brought healthcare workers in general and nurses in particular into the limelight as never before. LXH254 mw It is important to study the intensity of the impact of this pandemic on the profession.

This study aims to assess the occupational satisfaction during the pandemic of Covid-19 among the nurses in Israel, to shed light on conditions of work and to identify factors associated with low occupational satisfaction.

Cross-sectional study of 130 Israeli nurses. Minnesota Satisfaction and Measure of Job Satisfaction questionnaire with 28 items was used to assess occupational satisfaction.

In the multivariable model, nurses working in the community had higher occupational satisfaction than those working in hospitals (β=0.24, p=.032); nurses who took care of patients who tested positive for Covid-19 had significantly lower occupational satisfaction than others (β=-0.48, p=.009). Most of the sample reported lack of personal protective equipment (PPE). Nurses who experienced lack of PPE reported lower occupational satisfaction than those who did not (3.4 vs. 3.8, p=.039). Occupational satisfaction was mainly based on the component, built by the intrinsic characteristics of the occupation related to the personal accomplishment. Most of nurses had to increase their workload as a result of staff shortages, but the elevation of the workload was not associated with lower occupational satisfaction.

Even under the circumstances of the pandemic, the most important nurses` occupational values are worthwhile accomplishments, importance of professional challenge, diversity and interest in the job, personal growth and development and independence in their practice.

Even under the circumstances of the pandemic, the most important nurses` occupational values are worthwhile accomplishments, importance of professional challenge, diversity and interest in the job, personal growth and development and independence in their practice.