Qualitative descriptions have been used to obtain straight and minimally theorized answers to specific and relevant questions to aid practitioners (Sandelowski, 2000). Furthermore, qualitative descriptions value
Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) [14], and (11) degree of satisfac- tion caused by this life experience, assessed based on the answers to two questions asked after childbirth: (a) How would you rate your childbirth experience in a scale where 0 would be very negative and 10 very ...
(Teacher) The supervising mentors feel that they contribute towards being a link between the uni- versity and the fieldwork. I think that the university doesn't have time to keep up with the major changes that take place outside it, but one becomes a link between the two. I think that...
Background Numbers of the elderly have been on a steady increase both in Poland and other countries of the world. As they age, their health declines and they need help with their housekeeping. This, coupled with the transformation of intergenerational in
All participating nursing homes collaborate in the Nijmegen University Nursing Home Network of the Radboud Uni- versity Nijmegen Medical Center. After admission patients are provided with oral information from the treating physician or nurse. In addition, all patients and their caregivers receive written...
Ethics Approval for this study was provided by the Head of the Institute at the University, the responsible person for quality assurance at the University and the students' asso- ciation. Both of the researchers are employed at the Uni- Table 1: Categories emerged from the analyzed data ...
Eighteen out of twenty invited informants chose to participate and two declined participation. The studied sample consisted of nine men and nine women from four different hospitals; one uni- versity hospital (n = 11), two county hospitals (n = 6) and one district hospital (n = 1). ...