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  • - The advancements in treating abdominal aortic aneurysms over the last 15 years have led to the need for a reassessment of the quality assurance guidelines for nursing personnel training in intensive care in Germany, which currently mandates a 50% specialist training quota that lacks empirical backing.
  • - A diverse group of 37 experts participated in a modified Delphi process involving literature searches, surveys, and discussions to assess and redefine training quotas for nursing staff, ultimately reaching a consensus.
  • - The expert panel recommended lowering the required specialist training quota to 30% and emphasized the need for structured programs to maintain and elevate nursing staff qualifications in intensive care units managing abdominal aortic aneurysms.
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Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has an impact on the wellbeing of health care workers. The influence of a work-related sense of coherence as well as perceived organizational support on the level of burnout and the intention to leave the job is largely unknown, especially for physicians in German hospitals.

Method: In December 2020 and January 2021, physicians of 81 hospitals in Hessian (Germany) participated in an online survey using the BAT (Burnout Assessment Tool), Work-SoC (Work-related Sense of Coherence), the POS-s (Perceived Organizational SUPPORT - short version) and literature-based items based.

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[Residents with Parkinson's disease in the institutional care : A cross-sectional survey of nursing homes in Germany].

Z Gerontol Geriatr

August 2022

Fakultät Soziale Arbeit, Gesundheit und Pflege, Hochschule Esslingen, Esslingen, Deutschland.

Background: The illness trajectory of Parkinson's disease leads to a higher need for care. Little is known about the prevalence of residents with Parkinson's disease in nursing homes, the care situation and the expertise of nurses in these institutions.

Objective: This study examined the prevalence rate of residents with Parkinson's disease in nursing homes in Germany.

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Background: Due to demographic changes an increasing prevalence of hospitalized patients suffering from cognitive impairments must be assumed. To enable the best possible treatment a routine procedure is necessary to detect this group of patients early on admission.

Method: The current study assessed the prevalence rate of cognitive impairment in inpatients >65 years who were tested by the mini mental state examination (MMSE) during admission.

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