A qualitative systematic review on the lived experience of men in nursing.

Aim: This qualitative systematic review was conducted to describe the lived experience of men in nursing.

Design: A systematic review of qualitative studies.

Methods: Five databases (Scopus, CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Embase) were systematically searched.

Health problems among breast cancer survivors after completing conventional treatments: A cross-sectional study.

This cross-sectional design study aimed to explore health problems among breast cancer survivors after completing conventional treatments. Purposive sampling was adopted to recruit 160 breast cancer survivors from a regional tertiary care hospital and hospital with a specialist cancer center in southern Thailand. STROBE checklist of items for cross-sectional studies is applied to report the study.

Situational Analysis: Community Care for Survivors of Stroke and Suggestions for Improving the Provision of Care.

This descriptive qualitative study aimed to analyze the community care situation for survivors of stroke and provide suggestions for improving care. The study was conducted in a district of Chiang Mai Province. Purposive sampling was employed based on inclusion criteria to select 51 key informants comprised of 1) three health personnel, 2) 13 community leaders, 3) three local government officers, 4) 13 village health volunteers, and 5) 13 caregivers who took care of survivors of stroke.

Verifying quantitative stigma and medication adherence scales using qualitative methods among Thai youth living with HIV/AIDS.

HIV/AIDS-related stigma has been linked to poor adherence resulting in drug resistance and the failure to control HIV. This study used both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine stigma and its relationship to adherence in 30 HIV-infected Thai youth aged 14 to 21 years. Stigma was measured using the HIV stigma scale and its 4 subscales, and adherence was measured using a visual analog scale.

Factors influencing the development of a Thai health-promoting faculty of nursing: an ethnographic exploration.

Universities can make a significant contribution to improve population health through encouraging faculty members and universities to focus on health promotion, using a health-promoting framework. This qualitative study explored factors influencing the development of a health-promoting nursing faculty in a Thai university. Data were collected via in-depth interviews of 15 nursing academics and four academic support staff, and fieldwork observations.

Perceived nursing service quality in a tertiary care hospital, Maldives.

The present study explored nurses' and patients' expectations of nursing service quality, their perception of performance of nursing service quality performed by nurses, and compared nursing service quality, as perceived by nurses and patients. The sample consisted of 162 nurses and 383 patients from 11 inpatient wards/units in a tertiary care hospital in the Maldives. Data were collected using the Service Quality scale, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Mann-Whitney U-test.

Transformational leadership: effect on the job satisfaction of Registered Nurses in a hospital in China.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between the transformational leadership of nurse managers and job satisfaction among clinical Registered Nurses at a tertiary care hospital in China.

Background: The healthcare system is changing rapidly. Research in Western countries has shown that transformational leadership affects job satisfaction.

Knowledge and involvement of nurses regarding health policy development in Thailand.

The purpose of this descriptive study was to explain the levels of knowledge about and involvement in national health policy development by nurses in Thailand. The study used quantitative and qualitative means to gather data about the topic from two groups of professional nurses: 2121 nurses who worked in hospitals around the country and 26 nurse leaders who were members of steering committees in nursing professional organizations. A self-administered questionnaire and an interview guide regarding knowledge and involvement in national health policy were used for collecting the data.

Asia-Pacific nursing scholarship development: qualitative exploration of nurse scholars in Taiwan (Republic of China).

Aim: From the perspective of scholars, to describe a contemporary view of the development, facilitators of and barriers to nursing scholarship in Taiwan, to enhance policy-making about research, education and practise development.

Background: Nursing scholarship in the Asia-Pacific region is in different stages of development, depending on in-country resources and socio-economic conditions. Little is known about the facilitators or barriers to nursing scholarship in some of these countries, including Taiwan, where nursing education has changed considerably over the last decade.

Illness perspectives of Thais diagnosed with schizophrenia.

This study explored the perceptions of 18 people diagnosed with schizophrenia from 1-10 years to uncover how they perceived themselves and their illness. It also involved 12 family members who added their perceptions. The data were collected using in-depth interviews, reflective journaling, and observations.

Factors influencing fatigue in Chinese nurses.

Factors predicting fatigue in Chinese nurses were examined in a descriptive, correlational study. The participants were 581 nurses working in general hospitals in Chengdu City, China. The study instruments included the Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery Scale, the Job Content Questionnaire, the Exposure to Hazards in Hospital Work Environments Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Job Dissatisfaction Scale, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the Beck Depression Inventory.

Development of indicators to assess the quality of nursing care in Thailand.

In Thailand, quality of nursing care has been defined. The next step is to determine how to measure quality. Given the limited resources to provide health care and the demands to justify the use of registered nurses, there is an urgent need to demonstrate how professional nursing care makes a difference to outcomes of care.