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Testing a pain self-management intervention by exploring reduction of analgesics’ side effects in cancer outpatients and the involvement of family caregivers: a study protocol (PEINCA-FAM)

Pain is one of cancer patients’ most frequent and distressing symptoms; however, analgesics’ side effects often increase symptom burden. Further, with the home rapidly becoming the primary cancer care setting,...

Authors: Sabine Valenta, Rebecca Spirig, Christine Miaskowski, Kathrin Zaugg and Elisabeth Spichiger

Nurses’ experiences of caring for patients with intellectual developmental disorders: a systematic review using a meta-ethnographic approach

Research suggests that registered nurses (RNs) do not feel adequately prepared to support patients with intellectual disability disorder (IDD). This is unsurprising, as few European health sciences curricula i...

Authors: Marie Appelgren, Christel Bahtsevani, Karin Persson and Gunilla Borglin

Nursing in an age of multimorbidity

A changing sociodemographic landscape has seen rising numbers of people with two or more long-term health conditions. Multimorbidity presents numerous challenges for patients and families and those who work in...

Authors: Siobhan O’Connor, Christi Deaton, Fiona Nolan and Bridget Johnston

Do demographic factors and a health-promoting lifestyle influence the self-rated health of college nursing students?

To adopt a healthy lifestyle is considered an essential component of nursing education. Self-rated health is a subjective assessment of health status and is consistent with objective health status. Previous st...

Authors: Susan Ka Yee CHOW, Kin-Man LAM, Shih-Hung LIE, Ka-Chun MAK, Ka-Chun MONG, Chun-Man SO and Wai-Yip YUEN

Effects on nurses’ quality of working life and on patients’ quality of life of an educational intervention to strengthen humanistic practice among hemodialysis nurses in Switzerland: a protocol for a mixed-methods cluster randomized controlled trial

Humanistic nursing practice constitutes the cornerstone of the nursing profession. However, according to some authors, such practice tends to fade over time in favour of non-humanistic behaviours. To contrast ...

Authors: Philippe Delmas, Louise O’Reilly, Chantal Cara, Sylvain Brousseau, Jean Weidmann, Delphine Roulet-Schwab, Isabelle Ledoux, Jérôme Pasquier, Matteo Antonini and Tanja Bellier-Teichmann

Impact of a person-centered intervention for patients with head and neck cancer: a qualitative exploration

People affected by head and neck cancer (HNC) experience a variety of multifaceted health-related problems during the treatment process, based on both the disease and side effects, several years after the trea...

Authors: Ingalill Koinberg, Elisabeth Hansson Olofsson, Eric Carlström and Lars-Eric Olsson

Neonatal nasogastric tube feeding in a low-resource African setting – using ergonomics methods to explore quality and safety issues in task sharing

Sharing tasks with lower cadre workers may help ease the burden of work on the constrained nursing workforce in low- and middle-income countries but the quality and safety issues associated with shifting tasks...

Authors: Gregory B. Omondi, George Serem, Nancy Abuya, David Gathara, Neville A. Stanton, Dorothy Agedo, Mike English and Georgina A. V. Murphy

Non-application of the nursing process at a hospital in Accra, Ghana: lessons from descriptive research

Registered nurses in Ghana are trained to plan the care that they provide to their patients in a systematic and organized manner. This scientific approach to care is known as the nursing process. There is evid...

Authors: Joana Agyeman-Yeboah and Kwadwo Ameyaw Korsah

Advancing mobile learning in Australian healthcare environments: nursing profession organisation perspectives and leadership challenges

Access to, and use of, mobile or portable devices for learning at point of care within Australian healthcare environments is poorly governed. An absence of clear direction at systems, organisation and individu...

Authors: Carey Ann Mather, Elizabeth Anne Cummings and Fred Gale

Quality of nursing work life and turnover intention among nurses of tertiary care hospitals in Riyadh: a cross-sectional survey

Nurse turnover has a negative impact on the ability to meet patient needs and provide a high quality of care, which may create more stress on other staff due to increased workloads. This can lead to critical c...

Authors: Bayan Kaddourah, Amani K. Abu-Shaheen and Mohamad Al-Tannir

A hermeneutic study of integrating psychotherapist competence in postnatal child health care: nurses’ perspectives

There is a considerable prevalence of and an increasing attention to emotional problems in families with infants. Yet, knowledge is scant of how to create efficient and accessible mental health services for th...

Authors: Katarina Kornaros, Sofia Zwedberg, Eva Nissen and Björn Salomonsson

Design and evaluation of the StartingTogether App for home visits in preventive child health care

The StartingTogether program (in Dutch SamenStarten) is a family-centred method for early identification of social-emotional and behavioural problems in young children. Nurses in preventive child health care f...

Authors: Olivier Anne Blanson Henkemans, Marjolein Keij, Marc Grootjen, Mascha Kamphuis and Anna Dijkshoorn

“I see myself as part of the team” – family caregivers’ contribution to safety in advanced home care

The use of medical technology and the various contributing and interdepending human factors in home care have implications for patient safety. Although family caregivers are often involved in the provision of ...

Authors: Christiane Schaepe and Michael Ewers

Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) as an unknown challenge in a long-term care institution: an embedded single case study

Chronically ill persons experience conditions of life that can become unbearable, resulting in the wish to end their life prematurely. Relatives confronted with this wish experience ambivalence between loyalty...

Authors: Nadine Saladin, Wilfried Schnepp and André Fringer

European Academy of Nursing Science Summer Conference 2018: Leadership in Nursing: challenges for the future

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Patient satisfaction with prehospital emergency care following a hip fracture: a prospective questionnaire-based study

Older patients with a hip fracture require specialized emergency care and their first healthcare encounter before arriving at the hospital is often with the ambulance service. Since 2005 there has been a regis...

Authors: Glenn Larsson, Ulf Strömberg, Cecilia Rogmark and Anna Nilsdotter

The effect of diaries written by relatives for intensive care patients on posttraumatic stress (DRIP study): protocol for a randomized controlled trial and mixed methods study

Critically ill patients and their relatives have complex needs for support during their stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) and the post-ICU rehabilitation period. Diaries written by nurses have proven benef...

Authors: Anne Højager Nielsen, Sanne Angel, Ingrid Egerod and Torben Bæk Hansen

Patient safety culture in nursing homes – a cross-sectional study among nurses and nursing aides caring for residents with diabetes

Due to the high morbidity and disability level among diabetes patients in nursing homes, the conditions for caregivers are exceedingly complex and challenging. The patient safety culture in nursing homes shoul...

Authors: Irit Titlestad, Anne Haugstvedt, Jannicke Igland and Marit Graue

Exploring the perceived factors that affect self-medication among nursing students: a qualitative study

Self-medication is the use of one or more medications without physician’s diagnosis, opinion, or prescription and supervision, which includes the use of herbal or chemical drugs. Todays, self-medication is one...

Authors: Ali Soroush, Alireza Abdi, Bahare Andayeshgar, Afsoon Vahdat and Alireza Khatony

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast Cancer among nurses in hospitals in Asmara, Eritrea

Breast cancer accounted for 1.03% of all deaths in 2014 in Eritrea. Yet the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of the population in general or the health personnel in the country in relation to the diseas...

Authors: Amanuel Kidane Andegiorgish, Eyob Azeria Kidane and Merhawi Teklezgi Gebrezgi

What relatives of older medical patients want us to know - a mixed-methods study

Relatives of acutely hospitalised older medical patients often act as case managers during a hospital trajectory. Therefore, relatives’ experiences of collaboration with staff and their involvement in care and...

Authors: Ditte Maria Sivertsen, Louise Lawson-Smith and Tove Lindhardt

Medium-fidelity simulation in clinical readiness: a phenomenological study of student midwives concerning teamwork

Teamwork during obstetric emergency ensures good outcomes for both the woman and her baby. Effective teams are characterised by mutual respect, support, and cooperation among team members.

Authors: Zukiswa Brenda Ntlokonkulu, Ntombana Mc’deline Rala and Daniel Ter Goon

Predictors of organizational commitment among university nursing Faculty of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Increasing work efficiency, improving psychological health, decreasing turnover, turnover intention, and absenteeism may be dependent on organizational commitment of an employee. This study was carried out to ...

Authors: Rekha Timalsina, Sarala K.C., Nilam Rai and Anita Chhantyal

Surgical patients’ perspectives on nurses’ education on post-operative care and follow up in Northern Ghana

The purpose of the study was to explore surgical patients’ experiences of discharge planning and home care in the Northern part of Ghana.

Authors: Bernard Atinyagrika Adugbire and Lydia Aziato

Systematic development of CHEMO-SUPPORT, a nursing intervention to support adult patients with cancer in dealing with chemotherapy-related symptoms at home

Given the great symptom burden associated with chemotherapy on the one hand and generally poor self-management of symptoms by cancer patients on the other hand, our aim was to develop a nursing intervention to...

Authors: Annemarie Coolbrandt, Hans Wildiers, Bert Aertgeerts, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé, Theo van Achterberg and Koen Milisen

Physical and mental determinants of dropout and retention among nursing students: protocol of the SPRiNG cohort study

The shortage of nursing professionals is of growing concern. The causes of this include the demanding physical and mental workload, leading to a dropout of nurses that may start during their education. However...

Authors: Ellen J. M. Bakker, Jos H. A. M. Kox, Harald S. Miedema, Sita Bierma-Zeinstra, Jos Runhaar, Cécile R. L. Boot, Allard J. van der Beek and Pepijn D. D. M. Roelofs

When east meets west: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to evidence-based practice in Hunan China

Research into evidence-based practice has been extensively explored in nursing and there is strong recognition that the organizational context influences implementation. A range of barriers has been identified...

Authors: Wendy Gifford, Qing Zhang, Shaolin Chen, Barbara Davies, Rihua Xie, Shi-Wu Wen and Gillian Harvey

Understanding why child welfare clinic attendance and growth of children in the nutrition surveillance programme is below target: lessons learnt from a mixed methods study in Ghana

Growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) programmes promote not only child health but serve as a service delivery strategy to enhance coverage for other crucial nutrition-specific interventions. This study compar...

Authors: Faith Agbozo, Esi Colecraft, Albrecht Jahn and Timothy Guetterman

Student evaluation of the impact of changes in teaching style on their learning: a mixed method longitudinal study

Maternal and Child Health Aides are the largest nursing cadre in Sierra Leone providing maternal and child health care at primary level. Poor healthcare infrastructure and persistent shortage of suitably quali...

Authors: Susan Jones, Somasundari Gopalakrishnan, Charles A. Ameh, Brian Faragher, Betty Sam, Roderick R. Labicane, Hossinatu Kanu, Fatmata Dabo, Makally Mansary, Rugiatu Kanu and Nynke van den Broek

“We’ll check vital signs only till we finish the school”: experiences of student nurses regarding intra-semester clinical placement in Ghana

Clinical practicum is an integral part of nursing education because it provides students with opportunities to perform nursing care and practice specific nursing tasks. In Ghana, little is known about the expe...

Authors: Charles Ampong Adjei, Collins Sarpong, Priscilla Adumoah Attafuah, Ninon P. Amertil and Yaw Abayie Akosah

Heart health whispering: A randomized, controlled pilot study to promote nursing student perspective-taking on carers’ health risk behaviors

Lifestyle counseling is described as a “major breakthrough” in the control of chronic diseases. Counseling can be challenging to nurses due their lack of motivation to counsel, hesitancy to appear non-judgment...

Authors: Michelle Lobchuk, Lisa Hoplock, Gayle Halas, Christina West, Cheryl Dika, Wilma Schroeder, Terri Ashcroft, Kathleen Chambers Clouston and Jocelyne Lemoine

Modelling job support, job fit, job role and job satisfaction for school of nursing sessional academic staff

Sessional academic staff are an important part of nursing education. Increases in casualisation of the academic workforce continue and satisfaction with the job role is an important bench mark for quality curr...

Authors: Leanne S. Cowin and Robyn Moroney

Communication in mental health nursing - Bachelor Students' appraisal of a blended learning training programme - an exploratory study

It is important that mental health nursing students at Bachelor level obtain effective communication skills. Many students dread the fact that in the mental health field they will encounter patients and relati...

Authors: Merete Furnes, Kari Sofie Kvaal and Sevald Høye

Registered nurses’ and older people’s experiences of participation in nutritional care in nursing homes: a descriptive qualitative study

The evaluation and treatment of older people’s nutritional care is generally viewed as a low priority by nurses. However, given that eating and drinking are fundamental human activities, the support and enhanc...

Authors: Katarina Sjögren Forss, Jane Nilsson and Gunilla Borglin

Educational program for middle-level public health nurses to develop new health services regarding community health needs: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Developing health services is a key strategy for improving the community health provided by public health nurses. However, an effective educational program for improving their skills in planning such services ...

Authors: Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda, Takafumi Katayama, Misa Shiomi and Noriko Hosoya

Nursing staffs self-perceived outcome from a rehabilitation 24/7 educational programme – a mixed-methods study in stroke care

During the past two decades, attempts have been made to describe nurses’ contributions to the rehabilitation of inpatients following stroke. There is currently a lack of interventions that integrate the divers...

Authors: M. I. Loft, B. A. Esbensen, K. Kirk, L. Pedersen, B. Martinsen, H. Iversen, L. L. Mathiesen and I. Poulsen

Caring for late preterm infants: public health nurses’ experiences

Public health nurses (PHNs) care for and support late preterm infants (LPIs) and their families when they go home from the hospital. PHNs require evidence-informed guidelines to ensure appropriate and consiste...

Authors: Genevieve Currie, Aliyah Dosani, Shahirose S. Premji, Sandra M. Reilly, Abhay K. Lodha and Marilyn Young

Accuracy of pulse oximetry in detection of oxygen saturation in patients admitted to the intensive care unit of heart surgery: comparison of finger, toe, forehead and earlobe probes

Heart surgery patients are more at risk of poor peripheral perfusion, and peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2) measurement is regular care for continuous analysis of blood oxygen saturation in these p...

Authors: Sohila Seifi, Alireza Khatony, Gholamreza Moradi, Alireza Abdi and Farid Najafi

Nurses’ attitude and perceived barriers to pressure ulcer prevention

The presence or absence of pressure ulcers has been generally regarded as a performance measure of quality nursing care and overall patient health. The aim of this study- wasto explorenurses’ attitude about pr...

Authors: Werku Etafa, Zeleke Argaw, Endalew Gemechu and Belachew Melese

Effects of interprofessional education for medical and nursing students: enablers, barriers and expectations for optimizing future interprofessional collaboration – a qualitative study

To ensure high quality patient care an effective interprofessional collaboration between healthcare professionals is required. Interprofessional education (IPE) has a positive impact on team work in daily heal...

Authors: Sabine Homeyer, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Peter Hingst, Roman F. Oppermann and Adina Dreier-Wolfgramm

Perceptions of perioperative nursing competence: a cross-country comparison

Throughout many countries, professional bodies rely on yearly self-assessment of competence for ongoing registration; therefore, nursing competence is pivotal to safe clinical practice. Our aim was to describe...

Authors: Brigid M. Gillespie, Emma B. Harbeck, Karin Falk-Brynhildsen, Ulrica Nilsson and Maria Jaensson

Challenges faced by nurses in using pain assessment scale in patients unable to communicate: a qualitative study

One helpful strategy adopted for pain management in non-verbal, intubated patients is the use of a proper pain assessment scale. The purpose of the present study is to achieve a better and deeper understanding...

Authors: Kolsoum Deldar, Razieh Froutan and Abbas Ebadi

Birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women in Tehulederie district, Northeast Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Motherhood is a time of anticipation of joy for a woman, her family, and her community. In spite of this fact, it is not as enjoyable as it should be because of numerous reasons. Insufficiency or lack of birth...

Authors: Demlie Belete Endeshaw, Lema Derseh Gezie and Hedija Yenus Yeshita

Proportion of medication error reporting and associated factors among nurses: a cross sectional study

A medication error (ME) is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm. Voluntary reporting has a principal role in appreciating the extent and impact of medica...

Authors: Abebaw Jember, Mignote Hailu, Anteneh Messele, Tesfaye Demeke and Mohammed Hassen

From apprehension to advocacy: a qualitative study of undergraduate nursing student experience in clinical placement in residential aged care

Undergraduate nursing placement in aged care is forecast to grow in importance with the increasing aging population, and to help to reverse trends in student lack of interest in gerontology careers. However, t...

Authors: Heather Moquin, Cydnee Seneviratne and Lorraine Venturato

Lessons learnt in recruiting disadvantaged families to a birth cohort study

Dental decay in early childhood can be prevented by a model based on shared care utilising members of primary care team such as Child and Family Health Nurses (CFHNs) in health promotion and early intervention...

Authors: Amit Arora, Narendar Manohar, Dina Bedros, Anh Phong David Hua, Steven Yu Hsiang You, Victoria Blight, Shilpi Ajwani, John Eastwood and Sameer Bhole

To what extent has doctoral (PhD) education supported academic nurse educators in their teaching roles: an integrative review

A doctoral degree, either a PhD or equivalent, is the academic credential required for an academic nurse educator position in a university setting; however, the lack of formal teaching courses in doctoral prog...

Authors: Carol Bullin

Developing and evaluating an instrument to measure Recovery After INtensive care: the RAIN instrument

Measuring and evaluating patients' recovery, following intensive care, is essential for assessing their recovery process. By using a questionnaire, which includes spiritual and existential aspects, possibiliti...

Authors: Ingegerd Bergbom, Veronika Karlsson and Mona Ringdal

Impact of the introduction of an endotracheal tube attachment device on the incidence and severity of oral pressure injuries in the intensive care unit: a retrospective observational study

Endotracheal tube (ETT) fasteners such as the AnchorFast™ claim to assist with the prevention of oral pressure injuries in intubated patients, however evidence to support their clinical efficacy is limited. Th...

Authors: Jaye Hampson, Cameron Green, Joanne Stewart, Lauren Armitstead, Gemma Degan, Andrea Aubrey, Eldho Paul and Ravindranath Tiruvoipati

Nursing education challenges and solutions in Sub Saharan Africa: an integrative review

The Lancet Commission and the Global Health Workforce Alliance reported that professional education has generally not kept up the pace of health care challenges. Sub Saharan Africa needs an effective and effic...

Authors: Thokozani Bvumbwe and Ntombifikile Mtshali