Journal of clinical nursing
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To ascertain whether there is a relationship between the perceived importance of pain management tasks and the quality of an individual nurse's practice. ⋯ The evidence to guide nurses' pain management practices is readily available. However, children's nurses' pain management practices seem to fall short of the ideal. Possible reasons for this need to be explored so that practice can be improved.
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To describe nurse burnout, job dissatisfaction and quality of care in Japanese hospitals and to determine how these outcomes are associated with work environment factors. ⋯ Staff nurses should engage supervisors and medical staff in discussions about retaining more experienced nurses at the bedside, implementing strategies to enhance clinical staffing and identifying ways to improve nurse-physician working relations.
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To provide in-depth understanding of the meaning for parents who were present or absent during a resuscitation attempt on their child in the PICU. ⋯ Recognition of the parents' compelling need to stay will improve nurses' understanding of how witnessing this event may assist family coping and functioning. Ways in which parents may be better supported in making the decision to stay or leave during resuscitation are identified.
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To describe the experiences of families, whose children have life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and who have complex healthcare needs, of receiving respite care at home or in a hospice. ⋯ High-quality respite care for families involves more than just organising a respite session. Healthcare professionals organising and providing care could manage a service more effectively, if taking the above issues into consideration.
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The aim of this study was to initiate an exploration of parents' understanding and experiences of their child's reconstructive genital surgeries for ambiguous genitalia. ⋯ These early findings help increase awareness of parents' experiences and of the problems and emotional challenges that parents face when their child is born with genital ambiguity.