Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
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Patient participation is fundamental to nursing care and has beneficial effects on patient outcomes. However, it is not well embedded yet and little is known on how nurses could effectively stimulate patient participation in hospital care. The Tell-us Card is a communication tool for inviting patients to talk about their preferences and needs, and to increase patient participation in daily care. ⋯ This pilot study showed a positive early effect of the Tell-us Card communication tool on patient participation, although integration in daily nursing care appeared to be complex and an optimal fit has not yet been reached. Patients were positive about the intervention and wrote meaningful issues on the Tell-us Cards. More research is needed on how to incorporate patient participation effectively in complex hospital care.
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Timely identification of patients with palliative care needs is a prerequisite for being able to carry out effective and equal palliative care. The Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT) identifies patients likely to benefit from a palliative approach. ⋯ The SPICT-SE has now been successfully translated, culturally adapted and content validated in a Swedish healthcare context.
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Telephone nursing is expanding worldwide, but a little is known about nurses' interactions with callers and the factors that affect these interactions. ⋯ Based on the results of this study, telenurses could benefit from training that focuses on the communication skills that are needed for telephone nursing and the tools needed to meet individual callers' needs. Work environments could also better support caller-nurse interactions. Organisations should provide more resources for telephone nursing in order to promote positive interactions.
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To describe telenurses' experiences of monitoring calls in telephone advice nursing to parents of children with gastroenteritis. ⋯ This study shows that many parents feel insecure when their child has gastroenteritis, and the use of monitoring calls may be an effective approach to help them feel more secure at home with their sick child.
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To explore women's traumatic childbirth experiences in order to make maternity care professionals more aware of women's intrapartum care needs. ⋯ Women's intrapartum care needs cohere with the concept of woman-centred care, including personalised care and reflecting humanising values. Care should include informed consent and shared decision-making. Maternity care professionals need to continuously evaluate whether the woman is consistently part of her own childbearing process. Maternity care professionals should maintain an ongoing dialogue with the woman, including women's internalised ideas of birth.