Journal of advanced nursing
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To explore emergency nurses' and physicians' experience of collaboration and collective decision-making when triaging older Emergency Department patients within the interprofessional team triage system. ⋯ Emergency Department leaders need to consider nurses' and physicians' values and beliefs to promote interprofessional collaboration in team triage.
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Review Meta Analysis
The effectiveness of interventions to improve pain assessment and management in people living with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analyses.
To synthesize and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for nurses to improve the assessment and management of pain in people living with dementia. ⋯ Various pain assessment tools have been considered to assist identification and management of pain in people living with dementia. Nevertheless, challenges exist when caring for people living with dementia in pain. These findings support the development of a comprehensive pain model, which may be a more effective strategy than routine use of a pain tool alone for nurses to improve pain management in dementia care.