Problem: In Austria, one in four adolescents suffers from a mental health problem, yet there is a lack of adequate care structures. Therefore, the personal recovery of these adolescents is of particular interest. The aim of the study was to explore, from a Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (CAPMHN) perspective, how adolescent users of mental health services in Vienna, Austria experienced personal recovery after a stay in hospital, and to discover what had influenced the personal recovery of adolescent users of mental health services in Vienna.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuality characteristics in 24-hour care from the perspective of those affected. Results of a pilot study in Austria Of the almost 460 000 recipients of care allowance in Austria, 80 % are cared for at home. In 2018, more than 32 000 people were cared for at home by a total of almost 65 000 24-hour caregivers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The concrete application of research findings in nursing practice is a multidimensional process. In Austria, there are currently no results available that explain the impact of and association with the implementation of research in hospitals.
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate influences and relationships of individual attitudes towards research utilization, availability of research results and institutional support of nurses in Austrian hospitals with respect to research application.
Background And Purpose: In nursing practice, research results have to undergo a systematic process of transformation. Currently in Austria, there is no empirical data available concerning the actual implementation of research results. An English validated questionnaire was translated into German and tested for validity and reliability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn home nursing care, professionally qualified personnel have to make many decisions based on the best available evidence. The systematic review "social isolation" was carried out to evaluate the nursing diagnosis as used by the home care provider Red Cross Austria. It was examined if the interventions of the diagnosis "social isolation" were based on scientific evidence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn home nursing care, professionally qualified nurses make decisions on their own which must be based on the latest scientific research. The goal of this systematic literature review was to examine if the interventions of the diagnosis "Risk of Pneumonia" as used by a home care service provider in Austria are based on scientific evidence. Based on the research question "Can the interventions of the diagnosis 'risk of pneumonia' be found in the scientific nursing literature?", four evidence-based guidelines from various databases and institutes were identified and evaluated using a standardized checklist.
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