Journal of clinical nursing
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To evaluate the effect of an educational programme on registered nurses' knowledge and attitude in delirium care for hospitalised older adults with and without dementia, and to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the programme from the participants' perspectives. ⋯ Registered nurses in South Korea should need not only appropriate education, but also adequate resources, policies and guidelines as well as support from managers and from all other healthcare professionals.
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To identify whether patients with advanced cancers were at high risk of peripherall"y inserted central catheter-related complications when treated with concurrent chemo-radiotherapy. ⋯ Doctors need to be aware of the risk of peripherally inserted central catheter-related complications in patients with advanced cancers.
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To conduct an integrative review of the current literature on using life review as an intervention to address the spiritual need of patients with terminal illnesses. ⋯ This review adds weight to the need of a better understanding on the use of life review in addressing the spiritual needs of patients with terminal illness. Such understanding would provide evidence for the use of life review as an alternative approach in palliative care delivery.