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Issues raised by participants have been discussed in the nursing literature for several years yet nurses still experience these negative aspects of nursing. It appears there is a significant gap between what is known about the practice environment, recommendations for change and change occurring: the management equivalent of the theory-practice gap, resulting in nurses intending to leave the profession.
In this study patients with NUD responding to ranitidine were characterized by frequent short reflux episodes in the absence of numerous long reflux episodes.