Hospitals, Teaching
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Iranian nurses' preparation for loss: finding a balance in end-of-life care.

10 Nov 2009 AIM: To explore the nurse-patient interaction in terminally ill situations in acute care, focusing on the nurses' preparation for loss. BACKGROUND: Caring for dying patients can be a distressing and sometimes even threatening experience for nurses. ... Read more...

Is there a relationship between high-quality performance in major teaching hospitals and residents' knowledge of quality and patient safety?

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: The relationship of the quality of teaching hospitals' clinical performance to resident education in quality and patient safety is unclear. The authors studied residents' knowledge of these areas in major teaching hospitals with higher- and ... Read more...

The PRaCTICaL study of nurse led, intensive care follow-up programmes for improving long term outcomes from critical illness: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

14 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that nurse led follow-up programmes are effective and cost effective in improving quality of life after discharge from intensive care. DESIGN: A pragmatic, non-blinded, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hospitals, Teaching'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Iranian nurses' preparation for loss: finding a balance in end-of-life care. 10 Nov 2009
• Is there a relationship between high-quality performance in major teaching hospitals and residents' knowledge of quality and patient safety? 30 Oct 2009
• Peace is not simply the absence of war. 30 Oct 2009
• Invited commentary. 30 Oct 2009
• The PRaCTICaL study of nurse led, intensive care follow-up programmes for improving long term outcomes from critical illness: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. 14 Oct 2009
• Hospital and societal costs of antimicrobial-resistant infections in a Chicago teaching hospital: implications for antibiotic stewardship. 13 Oct 2009
• Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes. 10 Oct 2009
• Teaching and learning in the hospital ward. 7 Oct 2009
• High occupancy increases the risk of early death or readmission after transfer from intensive care. 29 Sep 2009
• Implementation of a mandatory checklist of protocols and objectives improves compliance with a wide range of evidence-based intensive care unit practices. 29 Sep 2009
• Meningitis in elderly patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Can we improve length of hospitalization in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention? 29 Sep 2009
• Modeling procedure and surgical times for current procedural terminology-anesthesia-surgeon combinations and evaluation in terms of case-duration prediction and operating room efficiency: a multicenter study. 29 Sep 2009
• Limb amputations in adults in an Ivorian teaching hospital. 30 Aug 2009
• Evidence-based pain management: analyzing the practice environment and clinical expertise. 30 Aug 2009
• An evaluation of compliance with an antibiotic policy in surgical wards at a general teaching hospital in northern ireland. 30 Aug 2009
• Colonization with multiple Staphylococcus aureus strains among patients in European intensive care units. 30 Aug 2009
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization of house officers. 30 Aug 2009
• [Privatization of university hospitals. A promising option?: Giessen's experience from the viewpoint of research and teaching] 30 Aug 2009
• Benefits of mock oral examinations in a multi-institutional consortium for board certification in general surgery training. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Hospitals, Teaching'

Definition: Hospitals engaged in educational and research programs, as well as providing medical care to the patients.

Descriptor UI: D006784

Alternative terms: Hospitals, Teaching; Hospital, Teaching; Teaching Hospital; Teaching Hospitals;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.020.300; N02.278.421.639;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: coord IM with special hosp (e.g., HOSPITALS, CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; etc.) or med specialty (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog; consider also INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY