Journal of clinical nursing
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The aim of this study was to describe characteristics in burn injuries in children (zero to six years old), consulting primary care and hospital-based care in Malmö, Sweden. Burn-injured children consulting the University Hospital or the 21 Health Centres, during year 1998 and year 2002, were included. ⋯ Our data demonstrate the importance of developing a programme for the prevention of paediatric scalds with education of family members to be aware of the danger. With present study the knowledge about the occurrence of injuries in scald accidents in children has become deeper. This knowledge may contribute to more individual adept child accident prevention programme, to use in the child health care.
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The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions of nurses who work in critical care units about positive and negative effects related to the use of technological equipment and identify relationships between these perceptions and demographic characteristics of participants. ⋯ Recognition of positive and negative effects of machines through the investigation of perceptions of nurses is the first step before looking for ways of maximizing advantages and facing disadvantages of equipment use.
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This aim of this study was designed to investigate how a select cohort of nursing students experienced their first practice placement in a large Irish teaching hospital. The objectives of this study were to investigate whom do students learn from, what skills they learnt during their first practice placement and to identify if the use of clinical skills laboratories before their first practice placement helped students relate theory to practice during their first practice placement. The aim of this paper is to discuss if the sessions taught in the clinical skills laboratory prior to the first placement helped students integrate theory to practice during their first practice placement. ⋯ Nursing students must be adequately prepared to carry out clinical skills competently and efficiently. Educators and practitioners must display the knowledge and skills required to promote theory-practice integration, to enhance nursing students education, which in turn will optimize high standards of patient care. Relevance to clinical practice. Clinical skills laboratories are essential to help students develop the collaborative skills required for a profession like nursing. It is essential that students are adequately prepared to carry out clinical skills during their first practice placement, and have the ability to link theory to practice.