Publications by authors named "Joan Harvey"

The COVID-19 pandemic presented staffing challenges in providing care during the surge of critically ill patients. This qualitative descriptive study was conducted to obtain an understanding of clinical nurses' perspective of staffing in units during the first wave of the pandemic. Eighteen focus groups were conducted with registered nurses who worked on intensive care, telemetry, or medical-surgical units at 9 acute care hospitals.

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Unlabelled: This paper addresses whether eco-driving may be encouraged by providing drivers with feedback, and how eco-driving attitudes fit with other environmental attitudes. Eight focus groups, including fleet drivers, discussed how feedback and other motives might affect driving behaviour. A survey of 350 respondents investigated attitudes towards saving fuel, the role of incentives and use of eco-friendly products.

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Unlabelled: Study Type--Aetiology (case series) Level of Evidence 4. What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? The factors taken into consideration when determining when and where to void are poorly understood. Studies on bladder sensations, obtained during cystometry of from voiding diaries, are proving difficult to transfer to everyday experiences.

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Stakeholder approaches have been applied to the management of companies with a view to the improvement of all areas of performance, including economic, health and safety, waste reduction, future policies, etc. However no agreement exists regarding stakeholders, their interests and levels of importance. This paper considers stakeholder analysis with particular reference to environmental and waste management systems.

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Proactive nursing markedly improves CVA patients' outcomes.

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Second- and fourth-year medical students were surveyed about the influence of medical education on their attitudes towards indigent patients and its role in career planning.

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