Multiple brief training sessions to improve nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and confidence regarding nursing care of older adults with depression in long-term care facilities.

In long-term care facilities (LTCFs), nurses are key healthcare providers for older residents who have depressive symptoms or depression; therefore, they need accurate knowledge of late-life depression, positive attitudes towards depression, and confidence in providing depression care. This cluster-randomized trial was designed to examine the effectiveness of multiple, face-to-face, brief training sessions in improving nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in providing late-life depression care in LTCFs. Nine LTCFs were included in the study.

Nursing process decision support system for urology ward.

Purpose: We developed a nursing process decision support system (NPDSS) based on three clinical pathways, including benign prostatic hypertrophy, inguinal hernia, and urinary tract stone. NPDSS included six major nursing diagnoses - acute pain, impaired urinary elimination, impaired skin integrity, anxiety, infection risk, and risk of falling. This paper aims to describe the design, development and validation process of the NPDSS.

Physical activity levels of school-age children with congenital heart disease in Taiwan.

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a common childhood health problem. The incidence of CHD is estimated between 8 and 10 per 1,000 children in Taiwan. Evidence indicates that exercise capacity for children with CHD can reach the level of children with no CHD after surgical repair.

[The nursing experience of a drug abuse patient complicated with rhabdomyolysis].

A lot of complications are caused by inappropriate use of drugs and one potentially fatal complication is rhabdomyolysis. This is a case study of the care of a patient with rhabdomyolysis induced by glue sniffing, during the period between August 7 and August 18, 2003. Roy's nursing assessment was applied as an index to evaluate the patient.