Journal of advanced nursing
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Multicenter Study
Opportunities and barriers to successful learning transfer: impact of critical care skills training.
This paper is a report of a study to assess the impact on nursing practice of critical care skills training for ward-based nurses. ⋯ Course design should be a collaborative activity between education providers and commissioners to ensure the impact of training on practice. Relevance of material, time to practise skills and new learning, and organizational, rather than merely individual, support are essential for successful training interventions.
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This paper is a report of a study to explore family members' perspectives and experiences of waiting rooms in adult intensive care units. ⋯ Future research should focus on the impact of the interior design of waiting rooms on the comfort and welfare of family members and on identifying needs of family members across different cultures.
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This paper is a report of the development of an instrument to measure nurses' views on the use, quality and user satisfaction with electronic medical records systems. ⋯ The final instrument incorporates 34 items from the original 44-item pool. Initial validity results were positive and therefore the instrument can be used in evaluating electronic medical records in hospitals.
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This paper is a report of a literature review to explore the concept of personal resilience as a strategy for responding to workplace adversity and to identify strategies to enhance personal resilience in nurses. ⋯ Our findings suggest that nurses can actively participate in the development and strengthening of their own personal resilience to reduce their vulnerability to workplace adversity and thus improve the overall healthcare setting. We recommend that resilience-building be incorporated into nursing education and that professional support should be encouraged through mentorship programmes outside nurses' immediate working environments.
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This paper is a report of the development and validation of two questionnaires assessing ease of caring for patients receiving patient controlled analgesia from the perspectives of nurses and physical therapists. ⋯ These instruments may be valuable for assessing the impact of patient controlled analgesia modalities on patient care for these healthcare providers.