Journal of clinical nursing
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To understand the challenges that clinicians face in communicating with patients and other clinicians within a Hong Kong trilingual emergency department. ⋯ The findings of this study may shed light on the unique conditions faced by clinicians, particularly in relation to communication, in the complex trilingual healthcare context of an emergency department similar to those in Hong Kong, and provide potential policy solutions for barriers to improve communication in such settings.
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To investigate parents' experiences, coping ability and quality of life while monitoring their sick child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome at home. ⋯ Healthcare professionals must be aware of parents' needs during this vulnerable interstage period and to provide psychosocial and nursing support.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The impact of evidence-based sepsis guidelines on emergency department clinical practice: a pre-post medical record audit.
To explore the number of patients presenting with sepsis before and after guideline implementation; the impact of sepsis guidelines on triage assessment, emergency department management and time to antibiotics. ⋯ The use of evidenced-based guidelines can impact clinical decision-making and behaviour, resulting in the translation and support of best practice and improving patient care.