Bovine Colostrum Applications in Sick and Healthy People: A Systematic Review.

Colostrum is the first secretion of mammalian glands during the early period after birth giving. Its components are biologically active and have beneficial effects on new-born growth and well-being. Bovine colostrum has the highest concentration of these substances and its supplementation or application may provide health benefits.

Undergraduate healthcare students' personal experiences with older adults : A qualitative description study.

Background: Understanding students' experiences with regard to older adults is important for educators in developing specific educational strategies to encourage future healthcare professionals to consider the geriatric field as a career choice.

Objectives: The study explored Italian university healthcare students' experiences with older people and their perceptions of them at the beginning of their course.

Design: A qualitative descriptive design.

Exploring Nurses' Involvement in Artificial Nutrition and Hydration at the End of Life: A Scoping Review.

This review aimed to summarize existing nursing literature to provide an overview of the extent, range, and nature of nurses' involvement in artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) at the end of life and to map the key concepts underpinning nurses' involvement in ANH. A scoping review was designed following the methodological framework guidelines of Arksey and O'Malley and the recommendations for advancing the methodology by Levac et al. An inductive qualitative content analysis was conducted according to the guidelines by Elo and Kyngäs.

Finding meaning in life: an exploration on the experiences with dependence on care of patients with advanced cancer and nurses caring for them.

Purpose: Patients with advanced cancer are likely to face increasing levels of care dependence. Adult patients who become care dependent on others can experience this condition as one of suffering and humiliation. The nurse-patient relationship plays a key role in the experience of dependence.

Nursing care dependence in the experiences of advanced cancer inpatients.

Purpose: Increasing burden of cancer in Europe and socio-demographic trends imply that more cancer patients will face high levels of dependency. Care dependency is often perceived as a distressing experience by cancer patients who are concerned about becoming a burden to others. The experience of care dependence has been scarcely investigated in advanced cancer patients, especially in the hospital setting.