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S S Poe

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Healthcare needs scale for patients with HIV/AIDS: content validation.

The authors of this study adapted Peters' (1987) community health specifications of patients' nursing requirements so they could be applied to patients with HIV/AIDS in hospital, dedicated outpatient HIV clinic, home care, and long-term care settings. The authors then collected validity evidence on the revised specifications, developed a sample of 62 multiple-choice items, and obtained content-related validity evidence via a judgmental review panel. The results produced: (a) a set of specifications for the environmental, psychosocial, physiological, and health behaviors domains; and (b) a 44-item scale of patient characteristics related to four levels of healthcare needs.

Community Health Nursing↗
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A national survey of infection prevention practices on bone marrow transplant units.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To identify and describe bone marrow transplant (BMT)-specific infection prevention measures in the United States. DESIGN: Survey design using a mailed questionnaire. SETTING: BMT programs across the United States. SAMPLE: 91 BMT programs (80.5% response rate). METHODS: A questionnaire containing both closed- and open-ended items was mailed to identified nurse contacts following introductory phone calls. Descriptive statistics were computed on responses to closed-ended questions; content analysis was performed on responses to open-ended questions. FINDINGS: Although all programs used some type of protected environment, practices varied considerably. Wide variation existed in cover-garment and hand-washing practices, regardless of the type of protected environment in use. Other protective measures included skin decontamination (69%), gut decontamination with oral nonabsorbable antibiotics (30%), antifungal therapy (73%), acyclovir therapy (82%), immunotherapy (73%), granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor therapy (58%), and modified microbial diets (66%). Numerous mouth care regimens, visitor and patient precautions, and environmental maintenance routines were described. CONCLUSION: Little standardization of infection-prevention practices exists nationwide. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Efforts should be made to test the cost effectiveness and benefits of the various measures in use prior to the development of national standards.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗
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Scanner technology for data-based decision making.

Scanner systems offer several benefits to nurse executives. Clinical, educational, and administrative data can guide the nurse executive's decisions providing greater control over patient care outcomes. Information from large patient care data sets provides a powerful tool for persuading executives in other departments. Additionally, the nurse executive who can eliminate the need for personnel to conduct time consuming and costly manual data entry, may be able to justify financial support for continued development of the nursing department's information system and technological training for the staff. In this way, scanner technology meets the immediate need for information and serves as an entry to more advanced communications systems.

Electronic Data Processing↗