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From:Annals of African Medicine (Vol. 12, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedByline: Danjuma. Bello, Zuwaira. Hassan, Tolulope. Afolaranmi, Yetunde. Tagurum, Oluwabunmi. Chirdan, Ayuba. Zoakah Background: Supportive supervision is a form of supervision that promotes quality at all levels of...
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From:Nursing Economics (Vol. 32, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedExecutive Summary * The group visit approach to improve chronic illness self-management appears promising in terms of selected outcomes, but little information is available about best ways to organize and implement...
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From:Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (Vol. 40, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA Family Health Team (FHT) is a multi-disciplinary primary healthcare model that may be an ideal setting to engage patients in physical activity. An environmental scan was conducted to determine the prevalence and...
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From:Current Gerontology and Geriatrics ResearchPeer-ReviewedBackground. Recently, the percentage of older adults in developing countries has increased significantly. Objective. This study examined patterns and factors associated with primary health care services utilization in...
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From:Primary Health Care (Vol. 22, Issue 4)LEADING NURSE researchers have put forward a five-point plan to strengthen the primary care nursing workforce and boost care quality. The ideas are contained in an International Council of Nurses' report which...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 26, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY The transfer of NHS community services to social enterprises is controversial. Small enterprises are working well, but their future is uncertain. Keywords Social enterprises * Community services * 'Any...
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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedRCN SCOTLAND has welcomed the publication by the Scottish government of its blueprint document, Delivering Quality in Primary Care. The strategy for primary care aims to tackle concerns highlighted recently by...
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From:Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (Vol. 15, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction: We sought to assess the care experience of primary health care users, to determine whether users' assessments of their experience vary according to the geographical context in which services are obtained,...
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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 17, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe coalition government's white paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, discusses the role of primary care practitioners, particularly GPs. Primary care has also been subject to reform recently in the...
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From:Primary Health Care (Vol. 20, Issue 9)Childhood obesity November 11 2010, Belfast Queen's University Belfast conference 'Taking Action on Childhood Obesity'. Website: www.qub.ac.uk/sites/childhoodobesityconference Nursing challenge...
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From:Contemporary Pediatrics (Vol. 32, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedJamila, an 8-year old asthma patient, barely made it to the emergency department (ED) this time. This was the closest she had been to irreversible respiratory failure. In spite of multiple ED visits and...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 46, Issue 6)FROM JAMA Two behavioral interventions for primary care clinicians cut the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections significantly, a study showed. Compared with a control...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 66, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedMood or anxiety concerns, when explored, may reveal associated OCD symptoms. Pharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy have proven effective. * THE CASE Ms. L is a 26-year-old woman in acute distress...
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From:Original Internist (Vol. 24, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedHistorically doctoring, as many other human endeavors, has been of an arrogant lot. Human nature is such that if you discover something or find a trend/fad that catches your fancy you have a tendency to either want to...
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From:Nursing Economics (Vol. 36, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed* A systematic review of the methodologies was employed in six published cost analyses of increasing scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). * Despite differences in how the costs analyses...
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From:Pediatric Nursing (Vol. 44, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedCase Presentation Thomas is a nine-month-old Caucasian male, presenting to the primary care clinic for a routine well-child visit. His mother's chief complaint is "he is breathing faster than usual, and has had a...
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From:Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Vol. 91, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of unknown cause that is seen worldwide and occurs mainly in patients between the ages of 20 and 60 years. It can be difficult to diagnose because it can mimic...
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From:Medicare & Medicaid Research Review (Vol. 4, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedObjective: Determine the association between access to primary care by the underserved and Medicare spending and clinical quality across hospital referral regions (HRRs). Data Sources: Data on elderly fee-for-service...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 25, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedHealth is concerned with the state of a person as a whole, including physical, mental and social wellbeing. These contributing elements can be affected by many factors. Modifiable contributors include the choices...
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From:Primary Health Care (Vol. 22, Issue 6)Abstract Most fungi live harmlessly in the environment, but some species can cause disease in the human host. Nurses working in primary care are likely to see patients with superficial fungal infections and are well...