Exploring Reasons for Satisfaction with Job Assignments Among Travel Nurses.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore factors related to a travel nurse completing or extending an assignment or leaving before the end of an assignment.

Background: Hospitals use various options for staffing shortages. One option is to contract with travel nurses.

Decision-Making of Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators at End of Life: Family Members' Experiences.

Introduction: Many patients with advanced heart failure (HF) experience the life-extending benefits of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), but at the end stage of HF, patients may experience shocks with increasing frequency and change the plan for end-of-life (EOL) care including the deactivation of the ICD. This report describes family members' experiences of patients with ICD making decisions at EOL. Understanding the decision-making of patients with ICD at EOL can promote informed decision-making and improve the quality of EOL care.

Using an interdisciplinary approach to identify factors that affect clinicians' compliance with evidence-based guidelines.

Objective: Our objective was to identify factors that affect clinicians' compliance with the evidence-based guidelines using an interdisciplinary approach and develop a conceptual framework that can provide a comprehensive and practical guide for designing effective interventions.

Design: A literature review and a brainstorming session with 11 researchers from a variety of scientific disciplines were used to identify theoretical and conceptual models describing clinicians' guideline compliance. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the bibliographies of the papers identified were used as data sources for identifying the relevant theoretical and conceptual models.

African American women living with HIV/AIDS: families as sources of support and of stress.

This article presents findings from interviews conducted with 18 African American women living with HIV/AIDS. It presents their perceptions of ways in which their families function as a source of support and as a source of stress in their dealings with HIV/AIDS issues. The article provides information on supportive aspects provided by family in emotional, concrete, and cognitive/informational areas.