Journal of clinical nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of virtual reality distraction on pain among patients with hand injury undergoing dressing change.
To assess the effect of virtual reality distraction on pain among patients with a hand injury undergoing a dressing change. ⋯ Virtual reality distraction can effectively relieve pain without side effects and is not reliant on a doctor's prescription. This tool is convenient for nurses to use, especially when analgesics are unavailable.
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Multicenter Study
Nurses' views of forensic care in emergency departments and their attitudes, and involvement of family members.
To describe Nurses' views of forensic care provided for victims of violence and their families in EDs, to identify factors associated with Nurses' attitudes towards families in care and to investigate if these attitudes were associated with the involvement of patients' families in care. ⋯ These results can inspire clinical forensic care interventions in emergency departments. Educational efforts for nurses and policies for all groups of victims of violence are needed. Emergency departments may need to rethink how family members are included in their organisation.
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Controlled Clinical Trial
The effect of facilitated tucking on procedural pain control among premature babies.
To determine the effectiveness of facilitated tucking in reducing pain when venepuncture is being performed on preterm infants. ⋯ The findings of this study suggest that facilitated tucking is able to alleviate pain; therefore, nurses must be able to carry out facilitated tucking when necessary.
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To understand how people who present on multiple occasions to the emergency department experience their health professionals' moral comportment (ethic of care and duty of care); and to understand the consequences of this for 'people who present on multiple occasions' ongoing choices in care. ⋯ Findings carry implications for emergency department care of people who present on multiple occasions and for emergency department health professionals to increase awareness of their moral comportment in care.
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To explore bereaved family carers' perceptions and experiences of a hospice at home service. ⋯ The emergence of hospice at home services has resulted in more options for patients and their families, when the increased amount of care a family member has to provide in these circumstances needs to be adequately supported, with the provision of a flexible service tailored to individual needs and delivered by appropriately trained staff.