Association Between Type of Face Mask and Visual Analog Scale Scores During Pain Assessment.

Aims: To examine the association between the type of mask worn by health care professionals and assessment of pain intensity in patients after orthopedic surgery using the visual analog scale (VAS).

Design: A nonrandomized controlled trial conducted among 176 patients hospitalized in an orthopedic department of a hospital located in northern-central Israel from January to March 2021.

Methods: In the intervention group (n = 83), pain assessment using the VAS was performed by a health care professional wearing a transparent face mask, while in the control group (n = 93), pain assessment was performed by a health care professional wearing a standard nontransparent face mask.

Awareness, Knowledge, and Screening for Intimate Partner Violence Among Orthopedic Surgeons in Israel.

This study examines factors associated with screening of female patients for intimate partner violence (IPV) by orthosurgeons in a sample of 100 Israeli orthosurgeons. Findings reveal positive attitudes toward screening female patients but a significant lack of knowledge. Arab orthosurgeons held slightly more negative attitudes toward screening for IPV and had a more prominent lack of knowledge regarding screening for IPV, compared to their Jewish counterparts.

Characteristics of those who fall during orthopedic hospitalization - A retrospective case-control study.

Background: The causes of falls are heterogeneous and represent an interaction between patient and environmental factors. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of patients who fell in an in-patient orthopedic department and explore possible reasons for their falls.

Methods: A retrospective case-control study of adults in an orthopedic in-patient setting at a major hospital, who sustained a fall.

Hip Fracture Following a Fall among Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: Little is known regarding the impact of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the incidence of hip fractures among older adults.

Objectives: To compare the characteristics of patients with a hip fracture following a fall during the COVID-19 pandemic year and during the preceding year.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of older patients who had undergone surgery for hip fracture repair in a major 495-bed hospital located in northern central Israel following a fall.

Retrospective study of older patient characteristics that increase the likelihood that a fracture was associated with abuse.

Searching for clinical manifestations of elder abuse may help healthcare professionals identify cases of elder abuse. The aim of the present study was to explore characteristics of older patients with fractures that increase the likelihood that the fracture was associated with abuse. This is a retrospective chart review study of 1,000 patients aged 65 and older who presented to an emergency department in northern-central Israel with a fracture during 2019.

Effect of nurses' resilience on fall prevention in acute-care hospital: A mixed-methods qualitative study.

Aims: To understand the distinctive experience and use of strategies of high- and low-resilience nurses aiming to prevent patient falls.

Background: Falls among inpatients continue to threaten patient safety in the hospital. Nurses may have the greatest impact on reducing patient falls.

Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Before Treatment Completion: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: Patients leaving the emergency department (ED) before treatment completion (LBTC) is a common universal occurrence. We hypothesized that the characteristics of the Israeli health care system, as well as its policy, intended to reduce the burden of nonurgent ED visits, may have an impact on factors associated with LBTC.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore factors associated with LBTC in the Israeli context.

Nursing work environment, professional self-actualization and marketing of the nursing profession: Cross-sectional study.

Aim: To explore associations between nurses' sense of professional self-actualization, nursing work environment and their involvement in promotion and marketing of the nursing profession.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Methods: 144 nurses from various clinical fields completed a promotion and marketing activity questionnaire, selected items from the Brief Index of Self-Actualization and a part of the Revised Nursing Work Index.

Comparison of two fall-risk assessment tools used in a long-term care facility.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare the ability of the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) and Farmer's fall-risk assessment tool (FFAT) to identify correlations between risk factors and falls among older adult long-term care (LTC) facility residents.

Design/methodology/approach: This was a correlational retrospective study. 200 medical records of older adults hospitalized in a LTC facility in central Israel, from January 2017 to January 2018, were examined.

Ageist attitudes among healthcare professionals and older patients in a geriatric rehabilitation facility and their association with patients' satisfaction with care.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of ageist attitudes among older adults hospitalised in a geriatric rehabilitation facility, as well as the association between satisfaction with care and ageist attitudes. In addition, this study also explores the prevalence of ageist attitudes among healthcare professionals.

Background: An ageist environment may potentially increase internalisation of stereotypes by older adults, which in turn may have a negative impact on care outcomes.

A coordination project for improvement of osteoporosis medication use among patients who sustained an osteoporotic fracture: The Israeli experience.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine whether coordination between healthcare providers at an inpatient rehabilitation facility and healthcare providers in a community setting improves osteoporosis medication use in the community.

Methods: In 2012, a coordination project between an inpatient geriatric rehabilitation facility located in north-central Israel and general practitioners in the community setting was initiated. In this retrospective pseudo-experimental study, we compared osteoporosis medication use among patients who were hospitalized at the facility following an osteoporotic fracture during 2011-2012, and who constituted the control group (n=120), and patients who were hospitalized at the facility during 2013-2015, and who constituted the trial group (n=129).

Compassion fatigue among nurses working in a long-term care facility: The Israeli experience.

Nurses working in a long-term care facility could be at risk of developing compassion fatigue due to the nature of their work. In this descriptive, cross-sectional survey, we explored the level of compassion fatigue among nurses working in a long-term care facility, as well as the associated sociodemographic and occupational factors. In total, 103 nurses employed in various departments of a long-term care facility in central Israel completed the Hebrew version of the Professional Quality of Life Scale R-IV.

Breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and perception of support from educational institutions among nursing students and students from other faculties: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Background: Nursing education aims to promote positive health practices among the general population as well as among nurses themselves. Breastfeeding is one of these important health practices. However, to date there is little evidence regarding the extent to which nursing education affects nursing students' attitudes, knowledge, intentions, and their perception of institutional support regarding breastfeeding.

Pain Assessment and Management by Nurses in a Geriatric Setting: Discrepancies between Guidelines and Documented Practice.

Background: Pain is a common subjective symptom among older adults in general and among older adult residents in long-term geriatric facilities in particular. Pain diminishes older adults' quality of life and may impair their ability to recover from various illnesses. Therefore, the Israeli Ministry of Health has issued guidelines on effectively assessing and treating pain in this population.

Factors associated with intention of Israeli-born women and immigrant women from the Former Soviet Union to take folic acid before and during pregnancy.

Aim: Folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy decreases rates of neural tube defects. However, many women fail to adhere to folic acid supplementation recommendations. This study explored factors associated with women's intention to take folic acid before and during pregnancy, using the Theory of Planned Behaviour, with an emphasis on differences between Israeli-born women and immigrant women from the Former Soviet Union.

The clock-drawing test: normative data in adult and elderly Israeli Arabs.

Aim: Despite the widespread use of the clock-drawing test (CDT), normative data and information regarding the influence of sociodemographic factors on test performance by adult and elderly Israeli Arabs are lacking. The current study aimed to establish normative data for this population group by exploring the impact of sociodemographic factors such as age, education, and gender on CDT performance. In addition, this study examined the association between CDT performance and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores.

The Impact of Mental Health Reform on Mental Illness Stigmas in Israel.

This study examined public perception of stigmas relating to mental illness six months after a reform, which integrated mental health care into primary care in Israel. The results reveal that the public feels uncomfortable seeking referral to mental health services through the public health system, with Arab Israelis and men expressing lower levels of comfort than did Jewish Israelis. The current reform has not solved the issue of public stigma regarding mental health care.

Factors affecting nursing students' intention to report medication errors: An application of the theory of planned behavior.

Background: Medication errors are common among nursing students. Nonetheless, these errors are often underreported.

Objectives: To examine factors related to nursing students' intention to report medication errors, using the Theory of Planned Behavior, and to examine whether the theory is useful in predicting students' intention to report errors.

Prediction of geriatric rehabilitation outcomes: Comparison between three cognitive screening tools.

Aim: Comparison between the predictions of functional rehabilitation outcomes at a department of geriatric rehabilitation using three cognitive screening tools - Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE).

Methods: This study is a prospective study. The study participants were 212 patients aged 65 and older admitted to rehabilitation departments at a geriatric facility in central Israel, from April 2016 to October 2016.

Intention to receive the seasonal influenza vaccine among nurses working in a long-term care facility.

The factors affecting influenza vaccine uptake among nurses might vary between different medical facilities. The purpose of the present study was to explore factors that affect the intention of nurses at a long-term care facility to receive the influenza vaccine and whether the health belief model predicts this intention. In this cross-sectional quantitative correlational study, a convenience sample of 150 nurses employed at a large long-term care facility in central Israel completed a questionnaire based on the health belief model.

Intention of Mothers in Israel to Vaccinate their Sons against the Human Papilloma Virus.

Purpose: This study investigated the intention of mothers in Israel to vaccinate their sons against HPV, using the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a framework, while comparing between Arab and Jewish mothers.

Design And Methods: The study has a quantitative cross-sectional design. A convenience sample of 200 Jewish and Arab mothers of boys aged 5-18 completed a questionnaire based on the HBM.

Factors That Influence Israeli Muslim Arab Parents' Intention to Vaccinate Their Children Against Influenza.

Unlabelled: The purpose of the current study was to explore factors related to the intention of parents from the Muslim Arab ethnic minority in Israel to vaccinate their children against influenza, using the Health Belief Model (HBM).

Design And Methods: This study is a cross sectional quantitative study. A convenience sample of 200 parents of children aged 12 and younger completed a questionnaire based on the HBM.

Women׳s intention to exclusively breast feed: The Israeli perspective.

Background: research reveals that there are numerous factors related to women׳s intention to exclusively breast feed (EBF). Moreover, several studies do not differentiate between exclusive and partial breast feeding.

Objective: the aim of the present study was to identify factors associated with Israeli women׳s intention to EBF their next baby based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), within the context of Israeli ethnic and cultural diversity.

Associative stigma related to psychiatric nursing within the nursing profession.

This study deals with stigmas towards mental illness, individuals with mental illness, psychiatric nurses, and the role of psychiatric nursing within the nursing profession. Responses from 108 psychiatric nurses and 108 non-psychiatric nurses indicated that stigmas towards mental illness, individuals with mental illness, and the role of psychiatric nursing, are more prevalent among non-psychiatric nurses; associations between these stigmas were found among both psychiatric and non-psychiatric nurses. The findings suggest that both psychiatric and non-psychiatric nurses harbor associative stigma related to the practice of psychiatric nursing.

Clinical supervision and nursing students' professional competence: support-seeking behaviour and the attachment styles of students and mentors.

Aims: To examine whether the interdependent attachment style of students is positively related to their support-seeking behaviour during supervision and whether their over-dependent and counter-dependent attachment styles are negatively related to it. Second, to determine whether the mentors' attachment styles moderate the relationship between the students' support-seeking behaviours and their professional competence, such that this relationship is stronger when supervisors are characterized by higher independent attachment style.

Background: The mentor-student encounter during nursing clinical supervision is expected to create a supportive environment aimed at promoting support-seeking behaviours and subsequent positive supervision outcomes.