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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Comparative Study
Effects of a surgical ward care protocol following open colon surgery as part of an enhanced recovery after surgery programme.
To investigate the effects of a standardised care protocol as part of an enhanced recovery after surgery programme on the management of patients who underwent open colon surgery at the University Hospital, South Korea. ⋯ We present a care protocol that enables effective management using consistent and standardised education providing bedside care for patients who undergo open colon surgery. This care protocol empowers long-term patient self-care capacity, which contributes to increasing the effectiveness of clinical nursing care.
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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.