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Nursing management of fatigue in cancer patients and suggestions for clinical practice: a mixed methods study

Fatigue is a complex and frequent symptom in cancer patients, influencing their quality of life, but it is still underestimated and undertreated in clinical practice. The aims of this study were to detect the ...

Authors: Angela Tolotti, Loris Bonetti, Carla Pedrazzani, Monica Bianchi, Laura Moser, Nicola Pagnucci, Davide Sari and Dario Valcarenghi

The relationship between occupational stress, job burnout and quality of life among surgical nurses in Xinjiang, China

Nursing is a high-risk occupation that involves exposure to stress. The physical and mental health of nurses is directly related to the quality of medical services, so the quality of life of nurses cannot be i...

Authors: Xue Li, Ting Jiang, Jian Sun, Lingyun Shi and Jiwen Liu

Level of anxiety symptoms and its associated factors among nurses working in emergency and intensive care unit at public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Anxiety is a common phenomenon in some professions including medical emergency settings. Nurses deal with grief and other psychological disturbances when they lost clients due to death at clinical settings. Th...

Authors: Zelalem Belayneh, Abriham Zegeye, Eshetu Tadesse, Biksegn Asrat, Getnet Ayano and Birhanie Mekuriaw

Academic service-learning nursing partnerships in the Americas: a scoping review

Academic service-learning nursing partnerships (ASLNPs) integrate instruction, reflection, and scholarship with tailored service through enriched learning experiences that teach civic responsibility and streng...

Authors: Adelais Markaki, Ong-on Prajankett, Allison Shorten, Maria R. Shirey and Doreen C. Harper

Iranian nurses’ attitudes towards the necessity and barriers to developing nurse prescribing roles

Prescribing medication by nurses as an approach to rational drug prescription has been proposed in many countries. Nursing prescribing is an effective measure in the management of critically ill patients admit...

Authors: Azam Naderi, Maryam Janatolmakan, Rostam Jalali, Bahare Andayeshgar and Alireza Khatony

Psychometric properties of a clinical reasoning assessment rubric for nursing education

Clinical reasoning is a vital competency for healthcare providers. In 2014, a clinical reasoning assessment rubric (CRAR) composed of analysis, heuristics, inference, information processing, logic, cognition a...

Authors: JuHee Lee, Chang Gi Park, Sung Hae Kim and Juyeon Bae

How registered nurses balance limited resources in order to maintain competence: a grounded theory study

Nurses have limited time outside of work for continuing professional development. Consequently, strategies need to be explored to enable them to better maintain their competence. This article describes recent ...

Authors: Sharon Rees, Helen Farley and Clint Moloney

Development of an on-job mentorship programme to improve nursing experience for enhanced patient experience of compassionate care

Evidence suggests improvement in nursing staff satisfaction, competence, and retention after implementation of evidence-based mentorship programmes. When guided by a framework of compassion, mentoring as a car...

Authors: Alma Arshad Hookmani, Naureen Lalani, Noureen Sultan, Aly Zubairi, Ayesha Hussain, Babar S. Hasan and Muneera A. Rasheed

Challenges, coping responses and supportive interventions for international and migrant students in academic nursing programs in major host countries: a scoping review with a gender lens

International and migrant students face specific challenges which may impact their mental health, well-being and academic outcomes, and these may be gendered experiences. The purpose of this scoping review was...

Authors: Lisa Merry, Bilkis Vissandjée and Kathryn Verville-Provencher

Implementation of active learning methods by nurse educators in undergraduate nursing students’ programs – a group interview

Modern and active learning methods form an important part in the education of Nursing students. They encourage the development of communication and critical thinking skills, and ensure the safe health care of ...

Authors: Sanela Pivač, Brigita Skela-Savič, Duška Jović, Mediha Avdić and Sedina Kalender-Smajlović

Developing an integrated curriculum for patient safety in an undergraduate nursing program: a case study

Nursing students’ practical training should begin when students can apply core knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to patient safety. This necessitates an integrated curriculum in nursing education that l...

Authors: Yoonjung Ji, Hyeonkyeong Lee, Taewha Lee, Mona Choi, Hyejung Lee, Sanghee Kim, Hyunok Kim Do, Sunah Kim, Sang Hui Chu, Jeongok Park, Young Man Kim and Soyoon Park

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of nurse’s role in primary care settings: an integrative review

The rapid evolution of the epidemiological picture and the recent SARS-COV-2 pandemic has expressed the vulnerabilities of health systems and focuses attention on the population’s needs.

Authors: Erica Busca, Alessia Savatteri, Tania Lorenza Calafato, Beatrice Mazzoleni, Michela Barisone and Alberto Dal Molin

Primary care nurses’ perceptions and experiences of patients being overweight or obese as well as visions and attitudes about working with lifestyle issues: a qualitative interview study

Authors: Marie Bräutigam Ewe, Cathrine Hildingh, Jörgen Månsson and Marie Lydell

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.

Authors: Munirah Bangee, Cintia Mayel Martinez-Garduno, Marian C. Brady, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Simeon Dale, Margaret A. Hurley, Elizabeth McInnes, Sandy Middleton, Tahera Patel, Caroline L. Watkins and Elizabeth Lightbody

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...

Authors: Ann-Chatrin Leonardsen, Siri Brynhildsen, Mette Tindvik Hansen and Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl

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...

Authors: Bin Xu, Jian Yu, Suyuan Li, Lu Chen and Zheng Lin

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...

Authors: Raziyeh Ghafouri, Sara Lotfi-Bajestani, Malihe Nasiri, Kayoko Ohnishi and Foroozan Atashzadeh-Shoorideh

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...

Authors: Zhen Yang, Fengmin Chen, Yingying Lu and Huijun Zhang

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...

Authors: Mitsunobu Matsuda and Ayumi Kohno

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...

Authors: Ramzi Shawahna

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,...

Authors: Elisabeth Diehl, Sandra Rieger, Stephan Letzel, Anja Schablon, Albert Nienhaus, Luis Carlos Escobar Pinzon and Pavel Dietz

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...

Authors: Kristin Hjorthaug Urstad, Esther Navarro-Illana, Bjørg Oftedal, Katharine Whittingham, Santiago Alamar, Richard Windle, Atle Løkken, Michael Taylor, Marie Hamilton Larsen, Melanie Narayasanamy, Javier Sancho-Pelluz, Pedro Navarro-Illana and Heather Wharrad

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 ...

Authors: Cate Nagle, Olumuyiwa Omonaiye and Paul N Bennett

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...

Authors: Kristin Laugaland, Kari Kaldestad, Elin Espeland, Brendan McCormack, Kristin Akerjordet and Ingunn Aase

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...

Authors: Abukari Kwame and Pammla M. Petrucka

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...

Authors: M. Gbareen, S. Barnoy and M. Theilla

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...

Authors: Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Ahmad Hasyim Wibisono, Kelly-Ann Allen, Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh and Yee Bit-Lian

“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...

Authors: Sue Anne Bell, Sarah Dickey and Marie-Anne Rosemberg

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 ...

Authors: Angelo Dante, Vittorio Masotta, Alessia Marcotullio, Luca Bertocchi, Valeria Caponnetto, Carmen La Cerra, Cristina Petrucci, Celeste Marie Alfes and Loreto Lancia

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...

Authors: Sarah Berdot, Aurélie Vilfaillot, Yvonnick Bezie, Germain Perrin, Marion Berge, Jennifer Corny, Thuy Tan Phan Thi, Mathieu Depoisson, Claudine Guihaire, Nathalie Valin, Claudine Decelle, Alexandre Karras, Pierre Durieux, Laetitia Minh Maï Lê and Brigitte Sabatier

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.

Authors: Huijuan Ma, Li Lin, Suofei Zhang, Lei Lei, Jinyu Huang, Fang Lu and Yu Luo

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 ...

Authors: Zahra Farsi, Seyedeh Azam Sajadi, Effat Afaghi, Andrew Fournier, Shahla Aliyari, Yazdan Ahmadi and Ebrahim Hazrati

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...

Authors: Inger K. Holmström, Elenor Kaminsky, Ylva Lindberg, Douglas Spangler and Ulrika Winblad

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...

Authors: Wayne Varndell, Margaret Fry and Doug Elliott

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...

Authors: Jiamin Xu and Azadeh T. Stark

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...

Authors: Lin Wu, Lei Ren, Yifei Wang, Kan Zhang, Peng Fang, Xufeng Liu, Qun Yang, Xiuchao Wang, Shengjun Wu and Jiaxi Peng

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...

Authors: Tobias Krick

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...

Authors: Zahra Mandegari Bamakan, Khadijeh Nasiriani, Farzan Madadizadeh and Fatemeh Keshmiri

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...

Authors: Xue Li, Hongjuan Chang, Quanying Zhang, Jianli Yang, Rui Liu and Yajie Song

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...

Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Mohammadi, Nahid Dehghan Nayeri, Shokoh Varaei and Arezoo Rasti

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 ...

Authors: Mirko Prosen, Andreja Kvas, Sandra Bošković and Sabina Ličen

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.

Authors: Yun Liu, Chunyan Yang and Guiyuan Zou

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...

Authors: Hosein Zahednezhad, Nasrin shokrollahi, Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh and Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar

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 ...

Authors: Beata Jankowska-Polańska, Monika Czyrniańska, Kathie Sarzyńska, Natalia Świątoniowska-Lonc and Mariusz Chabowski

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...

Authors: Fariba Mazhari and Zohreh Khoshnood

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...

Authors: Panagiotis Papantoniou

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...

Authors: Na Zhang, Jingjing Li, Xing Bu and Zhen-Xing Gong

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...

Authors: Christel T. A. J. Derks, Marjo M. G. M. Hutten - van den Elsen, Lysette J. Hakvoort, Mariëlle P. J. van Mersbergen, Marieke J. Schuurmans and Jeroen Dikken

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...

Authors: Shahram Zaheer, Liane Ginsburg, Hannah J. Wong, Kelly Thomson, Lorna Bain and Zaev Wulffhart

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...

Authors: Yuanfei Liu, Nianqi Cui, Yuping Zhang, Xiyi Wang, Hui Zhang, Dandan Chen, Shunxia Sun and Jingfen Jin