Journal of advanced nursing
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This paper reports an exploratory study of nurses' experiences of caring for families who have relatives in adult intensive care units. ⋯ Registered Nurses caring for families who have relatives in adult intensive care units face a fundamental conflict both between role expectations and patient care and between professional ideals and being a human. This not only highlights a disparity between nurses everyday family care practice and the underpinning theories but also may contribute to occupational stress.
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This paper is a report of a systematic review to answer the question: what is the relevance, acceptability, validity and effectiveness of tools designed to screen for postnatal depressed mood for South Asian women living in the UK? ⋯ None of the tools are currently sufficiently evaluated for clinical practice. Questions are raised specifically about use of language-based tools to measure postnatal depressed mood in this population and about the extent to which focused interviews could be used as an alternative for specific sub-sections of population groups.
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This paper presents a concept analysis of the phenomenon of postoperative recovery. ⋯ The concept of postoperative recovery lacks clarity, both in its meaning in relation to postoperative recovery to healthcare professionals in their care for surgical patients, and in the understanding of what researchers in this area really intend to investigate. The theoretical definition we have developed may be useful but needs to be further explored.
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Nurses' perception of shift handovers in Europe: results from the European Nurses' Early Exit Study.
This paper reports a study exploring nurses' perceptions of the shift handover and the possible reasons for reported dissatisfaction in 10 European countries. ⋯ In several (but not all) European countries, shift handovers may be a frequent cause for nurses' irritation. The underlying causes appear to be of an organizational nature. The findings have implications for solutions. Further debate and research should clarify the different purposes of shift handovers and relate them to handover style and to the quality of patient care.
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This paper reports a study to explore how cancer survivors talk about, experience and manage time in everyday life. ⋯ With an increasing number of people being cured following a cancer diagnosis, nurses and oncology nurse specialists who work with cancer survivors must be aware of the fact that time is a central theme in understanding cancer survivors' lives, and they must know how to guide these survivors in their new lives and take care of their well-being.