Health attitudes

Abstract The capstone project aimed to determine whether there was a heightened comprehension of OT among hospital staff following educational training sessions, all with the aim of enhancing care at Da Nang Psychiatric Hospital. Through qualitative inquiry, the project assessed staff understanding and attitudes toward occupational therapy, comparing perceptions between Da Nang Psychiatric Hospital and Da Nang Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Hospital. The methods included case and cross-case...

Introduction [excerpt] The public interest in healthcare information from the media presents nursing with its greatest opportunity to make sure nursing research and practice is known to the public. It is the opportunity to demonstrate how in-tune nursing is with the health care needs of the 21st century, to gain a voice on how health care ought to be organized in this country and to be a full-fledged "player" (Buresh, 1998). "A profession's public status and legitimacy is...