Journal of advanced nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Forced air warming to maintain normoTHERMIa during SEDation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: protocol for the THERMISED pilot randomized controlled trial.
To determine whether applying forced air warming attenuates the impact of sedation-induced impairment of thermoregulation on body temperature of patients who are sedated during interventional procedures in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. ⋯ ACTRN12616000013460.
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Review Meta Analysis
Meta-analysis: effectiveness of forced-air warming for prevention of perioperative hypothermia in surgical patients.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of forced-air warming for preventing perioperative hypothermia. ⋯ Forced-air warming prevents perioperative hypothermia more effectively than passive insulation and circulating-water mattresses, whereas there is no statistically significant difference in its effectiveness compared with circulating-water garments, resistive heating blankets and radiant warming systems.
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To explore patients' and family caregivers' experiences and perceptions of Hospice at Home care. ⋯ This study has provided additional insights as to the value of Hospice at Home care where Hospice Nurses are helping to bring Hospice care into the home. This is helping to support older people who are dying and their caregivers, to live as well as possible and facilitate their wish to be cared for and die in their own home.
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To identify, evaluate and describe the psychometric properties of instruments that measure learning outcomes in healthcare students. ⋯ The systematic review produced a synthesis of the psychometric properties of tools that measure learning outcomes in students of healthcare disciplines. Measuring learning outcomes is very important when educating health professionals. The identified tools may constitute a starting point for the development of other assessment tools.
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To describe what characterizes residents with higher levels compared with those with lower levels of thriving in nursing homes using the Thriving of Older People Assessment Scale. ⋯ Nursing home residents who experience thriving have a higher level of functioning in activities of daily living, a higher quality of life and are less physically and cognitively impaired.