International recruitment is an important means by which healthcare services in England
have sought to compensate for shortages of domestically trained healthcare workers. This …

Introduction Supporting care receivers in Activities of Daily Living (ADL), irrespective of
diagnosis, setting, or cultural background, lies at the heart of fundamental nursing care. The …

Abstract Background and Objectives Personal care interactions can provide vital
opportunities for caregivers to engage with a person living with advanced dementia …

Background: Intimate care is not facilitated in South African nursing education and training.
Nursing students encounter it for the first time in clinical practice, where they see and touch …

Purpose: Preference assessment is integral to person-centered treatment planning for older
adults with communication impairments. There is a need to validate photographs used in …

Background: Physical distancing, personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene
were encouraged during the pandemic of COVID-19. However, personal hygiene …

Background: Male nursing students remain a minority group in nursing education and
training programmes. They are thought to have diverted from their prescribed roles as men …

The main objective of this work is to find the clinical concepts in unstructured medical
records related to disease prediction using Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Logistics …

Facilitating intimate care and touch in the digital age advocates for quality humanistic care
that is culturally, socially and religiously acceptable. The chapter attempts to create …

Background: Hospital admission can be a traumatic and humiliating experience for patients
due to the institutionalised attire they must wear. Intimate care may trigger experiences of …