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N Edwards

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Comparison of liaison and staff nurses in discharge referrals of postpartum patients for public health nursing follow-up.

The purpose of this study was to compare hospital staff nurses to public health liaison nurses in the accuracy and cost of postpartum referrals for public health nursing follow-up in the community. In the before phase of the study, public health liaison nurses assessed 304 mothers to determine the need for a follow-up visit by the public health nurse. In the after phase, staff nurses assessed 326 mothers. Public health nurses, unaware of the identity of the referring nurse and the referral decision, judged whether their visit had been required. Staff nurses correctly identified a higher proportion of referrals requiring public health nurse follow-up than liaison nurses. Although they referred more clients who did not require a public health nurse visit, costs of referrals by staff nurses remained lower.

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The implications of day surgery for in-patient hospital wards.

Day surgery is seen as cost-effective and it has reduced waiting list times. This paper shows, however, that its effects on in-patient wards, nurses' workload and emergency medical occupancy of surgical beds have given rise to unexpected problems and that nurses' roles in hospitals and in the community are affected by these changes.

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Implementing breast cancer screening guidelines: results of the Ontario Health Status Survey.

INTRODUCTION: The Ontario Health Status Survey (OHS) was undertaken by the Ontario Ministry of Health in 1990 to provide data on factors related to health and health service use in a province of 10 million inhabitants. OHS analyses for this report focused on patterns of breast screening behaviors in relation to physician contact and various sociodemographic and psychological variables. METHODS: The OHS was a probability sample survey using a multistage stratified cluster design to gather household-level data. SUDAAN was used to obtain population estimates for study variables. Data analyses were restricted to women 40 years of age and older. RESULTS: Although over 85% of respondents reported contact with their physicians in the previous 12 months, most women did not adhere to recommended breast screening guidelines. Educational achievement, income adequacy, and smoking status were important factors explaining differences in screening behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians should not overlook opportunities to recommend mammography screening, where appropriate, and include breast examinations as part of regular physical exams. The involvement of educationally or economically disadvantaged women in the design of appropriate recruitment strategies for breast cancer screening would be informative.

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