Journal of advanced nursing
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To examine whether nurses' location of employment, demographics, or training influences their perceptions of what constitutes optimal care for dying patients in hospital. ⋯ The findings may be useful to guide education and policy initiatives in Asian and Western countries that stress that end-of-life care is more than symptom management. Indicators can be used to collect data that help quantify differences between optimal care and the care actually being delivered, thereby determining where improvements might be made.
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Review Meta Analysis
Diagnostic test accuracy of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
To evaluate the diagnostic test accuracy of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale through a systematic review and meta-analysis. ⋯ With the best evidence of the accuracy of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale, we recommend nursing leaders to use this easy-to-use and validated tool for daily screening of delirium in any hospital setting, which possibly contribute to an early detection of delirium and, ultimately, assist to obtain an accurate estimation of prevalence of delirium.
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This paper is a report of a study conducted to evaluate, from the patients' perspective, a Liaison and Continuity of Care Programme coordinating care provision between a hospital and primary care centres. ⋯ The preparation and education of patients and family members should be improved before discharge, and appropriate written information must be given, especially if a patient has pain or requires complex care.