Journal of clinical nursing
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To investigate the attitudes of nurses caring for hospitalised adult patients towards fever and antipyresis and to identify the predictors of these attitudes. ⋯ These findings highlight the need for continuing education programmes to eliminate fever phobia and improve nurses' competency for individualised fever care.
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Review
Benefits of sensory garden and horticultural activities in dementia care: a modified scoping review.
To provide a review on the benefits associated with the use of sensory gardens and horticultural activities in dementia care. ⋯ To further improve the use of the existing or planned gardens, an educational programme for staff that also includes skill training is recommended.
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To describe nurses' attitudes towards medical devices and the factors influencing these attitudes. ⋯ Healthcare delivery increasingly incorporates the use of medical devices so that understanding nurses' attitudes towards medical devices is essential for their safe implementation.
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To investigate the experiences of patients with acute abdominal pain at discharge from an emergency department observation unit compared with discharge from a surgical assessment unit. ⋯ Units discharging patients with acute abdominal pain could be inspired by scheduled fast-track surgery programmes with structured information about admission, treatment and follow-up and easy access to relevant health professionals after discharge.
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To describe the experience of conversing with clients to provide spiritual care from the perspective of Christian nurses identified as exemplary spiritual caregivers. More specifically, findings presented here describe the goals and strategies of these nurses when conversing with patients about spirituality. ⋯ The Invitation, Connection, Attentive care, Reciprocity mnemonic is offered as a means for nurses to remember essentials for communication with patients about spirituality.