Journal of clinical nursing
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To compare the psychometric properties of the original dichotomously scored Nurses' Knowledge of Heart Failure Self-Management Education Principles Survey with a Likert scored version. ⋯ Teaching HF self-management skills to patients is challenging and it is important to identify nurses' gaps in knowledge of self-management principles. The psychometrically sound Likert scored version of the survey potentially may be used to identify nurses' knowledge gaps and inform staff development in-services.
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To present data on Swedish ICU nurses' attitudes to brain death and organ donation and to test a questionnaire designed to explore these issues in terms of validity and reliability. ⋯ All nurses working in ICUs are obliged to participate in organ donation and are therefore included in these results.