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Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:170
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Oral care practices in stroke: findings from the UK and Australia
To examine current practice, perceptions of healthcare professionals and factors affecting provision for oral care post-stroke in the UK and Australia.
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Supervising students in a complex nursing practice- a focus group study in Norway
The supervisory role of registered nurses and intellectual disability nurses will be even more essential in the future, to support the education of competent newly graduated candidates. To our knowledge few st...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:168 -
Factors influencing the coping abilities in clinic nursing students under public health emergency (COVID-19): a cross-sectional study
Public health emergencies are serious social problems, threatening people’s lives, causing considerable economic losses, and related to all mankind life and health and safety. Nurses are essential in the fight...
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Psychometrics of the moral distress scale in Iranian mental health nurses
One of the challenges that nurses often face in ethical decision-making situations is moral distress. Moral distress is caused by the conflict between professional and individual values in decision-making situ...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:166 -
Psychometric evaluation of medication safety competence scale for clinical nurses
Nurses are the most important members of the health care system for medication safety, there are few tools to evaluate their medication safety competence. This study aimed to translate the Medication Safety Co...
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Development of a blended learning system for nurses to learn the basics of psychoeducation for patients with mental disorders
Psychoeducation should be practiced by various professionals. However, many Japanese psychiatric nurses recognize that psychoeducation should be practiced by other professionals, and show passive attitudes tow...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:164 -
Knowledge, attitude, and use of protective measures against COVID-19 among nurses: a questionnaire-based multicenter cross-sectional study
During this pandemic, nurses have always been on the frontline and are probably the first healthcare providers to interact with patients presenting with symptoms of COVID-19. The main aim of this multicenter s...
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Burdens, resources, health and wellbeing of nurses working in general and specialised palliative care in Germany – results of a nationwide cross-sectional survey study
Palliative care in Germany is divided into general (GPC) and specialised palliative care (SPC). Although palliative care will become more important in the care sector in future, there is a large knowledge gab,...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:162 -
Usability and value of a digital learning resource in nursing education across European countries: a cross-sectional exploration
Higher education is responsible for providing education that meets international benchmarks relevant to the needs of the international community. Due to the increase of digital tools in higher education, the p...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:161 -
Valuing nurse and midwifery unit managers’ voices: a qualitative approach
Nurse and Midwifery Unit Managers (NMUMs) play pivotal roles in quality patient care, nurse and midwife satisfaction and retention. NMUMs are expected to be both leaders and managers simultaneously, which may ...
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Nursing students’ experience with clinical placement in nursing homes: a focus group study
A renewed interest in nursing homes as clinical placement settings for nursing students has been prompted by the growing healthcare needs of an ageing population. However, if future nurses are to be enthusiast...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:159 -
A literature-based study of patient-centered care and communication in nurse-patient interactions: barriers, facilitators, and the way forward
Providing healthcare services that respect and meet patients’ and caregivers’ needs are essential in promoting positive care outcomes and perceptions of quality of care, thereby fulfilling a significant aspect...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:158 -
Subjective and objective nutritional assessment: nurses’ role and the effect of cultural differences
Even though the nutritional assessment of chronically ill patients has a significant effect on outcomes, nurses’ time constraints in clinical encounters may make the process impractical. Also, cultural backgro...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:157 -
Exploring the experiences of nurses’ moral distress in long-term care of older adults: a phenomenological study
Moral distress is a poorly defined and frequently misunderstood phenomenon, and little is known about its triggering factors during ICU end-of-life decisions for nurses in Iran. This study aimed to explore the...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:156 -
“You get three different hats on and try to figure it out:” home based care provision during a disaster
Home based care is a vital, and growing, part of the health care system that allows individuals to remain in their homes while still receiving health care. During a disaster, when normal health care systems ar...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:155 -
The lived experiences of intensive care nursing students exposed to a new model of high-fidelity simulation training: a phenomenological study
In postgraduate intensive care nursing courses, high-fidelity simulation is useful to prepare students to guarantee safe and quality care of critically ill patients. Surprisingly, this issue has not attracted ...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:154 -
Effectiveness of a ‘do not interrupt’ vest intervention to reduce medication errors during medication administration: a multicenter cluster randomized controlled trial
The use of a ‘do not interrupt’ vest during medication administration rounds is recommended but there have been no controlled randomized studies to evaluate its impact on reducing administration errors. We aim...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:153 -
Exploring competencies of military nurses in general hospitals in China: a qualitative content analysis
Military nurses should possess the competency to provide quality care in both clinical and military nursing contexts. This study aimed to identify the competencies of military nurses in general hospitals.
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:152 -
Explaining the experiences of nursing administrators, educators, and students about education process in the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has severely influenced various aspects of human life, particularly education. This study aimed to explain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing education from ...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:151 -
The perspectives of Swedish registered nurses about managing difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres: a qualitative descriptive study
Telephone triage at emergency medical dispatch centres is often challenging for registered nurses due to lack of visual cues, lack of knowledge about the patient, and time pressure – and making the right decis...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:150 -
Applying real-time Delphi methods: development of a pain management survey in emergency nursing
The modified Delphi technique is widely used to develop consensus on group opinion within health services research. However, digital platforms are offering researchers the capacity to undertake a real-time Del...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:149 -
A conceptual model of nurses’ workplace social capital: a theory synthesis
Research has confirmed the importance of workplace social capital in the nursing workforce. Integration of the empirical evidence about nurses’ workplace social capital into a scientific collection can provide...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:148 -
The item network and domain network of burnout in Chinese nurses
As a common social phenomenon, nurses’ occupational burnout has a high incidence rate, which seriously affects their mental health and nursing level. The current assessment mostly uses the total score model an...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:147 -
Evaluation frameworks for digital nursing technologies: analysis, assessment, and guidance. An overview of the literature
The evaluation of digital nursing technologies (DNT) plays a major role in gaining knowledge about certain aspects of a technology such as acceptance, effectiveness, or efficiency. Evaluation frameworks can he...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:146 -
Effect of an aged wearing suit on nursing student’s knowledge and attitude
The knowledge and attitude of health care providers are important and influential factors in providing care services to the elderly and need to be considered during the training course. Simulation in geriatric...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:145 -
Relationship between emotional intelligence and job well-being in Chinese clinical nurses: multiple mediating effects of empathy and communication satisfaction
Nursing work is associated with great pressure, and nurses are often overwhelmed. Therefore, correct emotional regulation is essential to improve nurses’ job well-being and promote better engagement in nursing...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:144 -
The nurse without a nurse: the antecedents of presenteeism in nursing
Presenteeism describes the state in which staff who lack the conditions for being present at work and need rest and leave for various reasons (such as illness, low spirits, fatigue, etc.) are present at the wo...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:143 -
Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Slovenian version of the nurse professional competence scale
The competency-based approach to the assessment of nursing practice has been adopted as a key policy in the developed world. The continual self-assessment of competence gives nurses the opportunity to reflect ...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:142 -
Self-esteem, job insecurity, and psychological distress among Chinese nurses
Many studies investigate the variables relating to psychological distress among nurses, but little is known about the underlying mechanism(s) among job insecurity, self-esteem, and psychological distress.
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:141 -
Does heavy mental workload affect moral sensitivity among critical care unit nursing professionals? a cross-sectional study
Moral sensitivity creates the basic attitude in providing effective ethical care to patients. Heavy mental workload is a major concern of critical care nursing professionals, which could adversely affect nursi...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:140 -
Impact of fatigue on nursing care rationing in paediatric haematology and oncology departments – a cross-sectional study
Rationing of nursing care is a relatively new concept. It refers to an error of omission and has a direct influence on the quality of nursing care and treatment outcomes. Nurses who experience chronic fatigue ...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:139 -
Exploring the care needs of Iranian patients with cancer: a qualitative content analysis
Cancer is currently one of the most critical health problems worldwide. Different studies have shown that disease can reduce people’s ability to take care of themselves and this makes them face many needs. The...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:138 -
Are male nurses sexually harassed? A cross-sectional study in the Greek Health System
The #MeToo and #Times Up movements have put a global spotlight on the phenomenon of sexual harassment in healthcare. Yet, most studies have explored sexual harassment among female professionals. This study dep...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:137 -
The relationship between ethical climate and nursing service behavior in public and private hospitals: a cross-sectional study in China
Workplace climate is a great significant element that has an impact on nurses’ behavior and practice; moreover, nurses’ service behavior contributes to the patients’ satisfaction and subsequently to the long-t...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:136 -
Hospital nurses’ knowledge regarding older patients: a multicenter study
Nursing care in hospitals increasingly involves older adults. A nursing workforce able to care for the ageing population is therefore critical for ensuring quality older adult care. Gaining insight in the know...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:135 -
Acute care nurses’ perceptions of leadership, teamwork, turnover intention and patient safety – a mixed methods study
This study contributes to a small but growing body of literature on how context influences perceptions of patient safety in healthcare settings. We examine the impact of senior leadership support for safety, s...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:134 -
Psychometric properties of the ethical conflict in nursing questionnaire critical care version among Chinese nurses: a cross-sectional study
Ethical conflicts are common in the critical care setting, and have compromised job satisfaction and nursing care quality. Using reliable and valid instruments to measure the ethical conflict is essential. Thi...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:133 -
Nurses’ trust in managers and its relationship with nurses’ performance behaviors: a descriptive- correlational study
Organizational trust is one of the most important issues in human relations that its importance in organizations is well known. Effective communication and cooperation between individuals require trust. On the...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:132 -
The stakeholders’ perceptions of the requirements of implementing innovative educational approaches in nursing: a qualitative content analysis study
Improving the competencies of nurses requires improving educational methods through the use of novel methods in teaching and learning. We aim to explore the perceptions of stakeholders (including nursing educa...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:131 -
Development of clinical competence – a longitudinal survey of nurse practitioner students
In order to achieve a sustainable standard of advanced clinical competence for nurse practitioners leading to a credible role, it is important to investigate the development of clinical competence among nurse ...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:130 -
Psycho-social components determining the strategies of coping with stress in undergraduate Polish nursing students
In order for the nursing students to fully benefit from the clinical experience, it is necessary for them to be able to handle education-related stress. It is important to establish the importance of personal ...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:129 -
Factors influencing nurses participation in the health policy-making process: a systematic review
Nurses as the majority of the health care workforce help in the health systems strengthening. Nurses’ involvement in health policy making is clear; however, still few are involved in policy-making processes, e...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:128 -
Process evaluation of a programme to empower community nurse leadership
The Nurses in the Lead (NitL) programme consists of a systematic approach and training to 1) empower community nurses in implementing evidence, targeted at encouraging functional activities of older adults, an...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:127 -
Psychometric properities of the Polish version of clinical learning environment inventory
Clinical experience is a crucial activity for nursing students. The way students` perceive clinical placement exerts an immense influence on the learning process. This study aims to test the psychometric prope...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:126 -
Factors influencing the patient safety climate in intensive care units: cross-sectional study
Measuring the patient safety climate of a health service provides important information about the safety status at a given time. This study aimed to determine the factors influencing the patient safety climate...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:125 -
The relationship between empathy and altruistic motivations in nursing studies: a multi-method study
The efficient management of relational competences in healthcare professionals is crucial to ensuring that a patient’s treatment and care process is conducted positively. Empathy is a major component of the re...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:124 -
Fear of future workplace violence and its influencing factors among nurses in Shandong, China: a cross-sectional study
Fear of workplace violence has become a critical issue worldwide, which can lead to burnout, low levels of job satisfaction, and turnover. However, to date, little attention has been directed toward fear of wo...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:123 -
Cultural adaptation, the 3-month efficacy of visual art training on observational and diagnostic skills among nursing students, and satisfaction among students and staff- a mixed method study
Visual art training is a student-led approach using Western art pieces as the main teaching resources. It has been developed and applied in nursing and medical education in the United States. This study aimed ...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:122 -
Specific autonomy recovery programme in a comprehensive rehabilitation on functionality and respiratory parameters in oncological patients with dyspnoea. Study protocol
Survival in cancer patients has increased exponentially in recent years, with multiple side effects caused by treatments. Cancer-related asthenia and dyspnea are among them, which represent a serious health pr...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2021 20:120
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