Journal of clinical nursing
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Comparative Study
The effects of giving pacifiers to premature infants and making them listen to lullabies on their transition period for total oral feeding and sucking success.
This research aimed to assess the effect of giving pacifiers to premature infants and making them listen to lullabies on the transition period to total oral feeding, their sucking success and their vital signs (peak heart rate, respiration rate and oxygen saturation). ⋯ Neonatal intensive care nurses can accelerate premature infants' transition to oral feeding and develop their sucking success by using the methods of giving them pacifiers and making them listen to lullabies during gavage feeding.
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Comparative Study
Differences in clinical reasoning among nurses working in highly specialised paediatric care.
The aim of the study was to examine differences in clinical reasoning among novice, experienced and specialist paediatric nurses. ⋯ Nurses' reasoning in clinical paediatric care is related to experience and training.
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To explore the care needs of older patients in the intensive care units. Background. As the numbers of older patients admitted to the intensive care units are growing, care quality of critically ill older patients has become an important issue. However, there are few studies directly investigating perceived care needs of hospitalised older patients and the studies on care needs of older patients in the intensive care units are even fewer. The identification of care needs from older patients' perspective will help develop qualified nursing practice. ⋯ Nurses have an important role in meeting intensive care units older patients' care needs. Intensive care units nurses should conduct comprehensive assessment regarding older patients' needs at the beginning and at various points in their intensive care units stay and match these needs with appropriate nursing interventions.
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Comparative Study
Using narrative inquiry with older people to inform practice and service developments.
The aim of the study was to examine the usefulness of narratives of older peoples' hospitalisation experiences as a focus for informing practice and service developments. ⋯ Narrative inquiry is a valuable methodology for understanding older peoples' experiences of health care. Stories developed from older peoples' hospitalisation experiences are a useful basis for identifying aspects of practice that could be developed.
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The goal of this study was to describe how persons with fibromyalgia manage their lives given the multiple symptoms they experience, in particular how they use non-pharmacologic strategies, or how they incorporate these strategies along with pharmacologic agents. ⋯ Our findings suggest that nurses should discuss the self-management strategies found with persons who have fibromyalgia in the context of individual patient experiences.