International emergency nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Nurse-initiated radiographic-test protocol for ankle injuries: A randomized controlled trial.
Nurse-initiated radiographic-test protocol was compared with usual practice in reducing unnecessary ankle and foot radiographic-test requests and shortening patients' length of stay (LOS) in an emergency department (ED) by reducing their waiting time for physician reassessment. ⋯ Implementing the nurse-initiated radiographic-test protocol reduced unnecessary ankle and foot radiographic-test requests and shortened patients' LOS in the ED by reducing their waiting time for physician reassessment.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of family presence on pain and anxiety during invasive nursing procedures in an emergency department: A randomized controlled experimental study.
Patients generally prefer to have their family present during medical or nursing interventions. Family presence is assumed to reduce anxiety, especially during painful interventions. ⋯ Family presence does not influence the participants' pain and anxiety during an invasive nursing procedure. Thus, the decision regarding family presence during such procedures should be based on patient preference.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Reach and effectiveness of a computer-based alcohol intervention in a Swedish emergency room.
This study evaluates a computerized alcohol intervention implemented in a Swedish emergency department (ED) with regard to the effectiveness of two different types of tailored brief feedback on patients' drinking patterns and the reach of the intervention. ⋯ The computerized intervention reached 41% of the target population. Those who completed the computerized test and received the feedback were younger than those who did not receive the intervention. Among those who could be followed up, the feedback was effective in reducing the patient's weekly alcohol consumption and the number of heavy episodic drinking occasions. The long feedback was slightly more effective than the short feedback, but the differences were not statistically significant.