Journal of clinical nursing
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Review Meta Analysis
The nurse's role in palliative care: A qualitative meta-synthesis.
To explore how nurses, across various health systems, describe their role in providing palliative care for patients with life-threatening illnesses. ⋯ Nurses need knowledge and training, guidance and support to fulfil their role.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The important role of positioning in nasogastric tube insertion in unconscious patients: A prospective, randomised, double-blind study.
To investigate whether positioning the body in a lateral decubitus position will facilitate nasogastric tube insertion in unconscious patients. ⋯ This study provides an effective method for nasogastric tube insertions in unconscious patients.
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Multicenter Study
Nurses' knowledge on diabetic foot ulcer disease and their attitudes towards patients affected: A cross-sectional institution-based study.
To assess nurses' knowledge on diabetic ulcer disease and their attitudes towards patients suffering from it and to identify factors which influence them. ⋯ Wound care training should be made mandatory to improve quality of care given by nurses to patients with diabetic ulcers. Continuous professional development, evidence-based practices and wound care research should be encouraged.
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To explore the incidence of delirium in cerebrovascular patients admitted in our Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit and analyse the risk factors leading to delirium. ⋯ Cerebrovascular patients in the Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit showed a high incidence of delirium. There are many risk factors leading to delirium, some of which are independent predictors of intensive care delirium. Patients with delirium will suffer various adverse effects upon their short-term clinical outcomes. Therefore, nurses should pay close attention to changes in a patient's mental state and learn about the risk factors associated with delirium, in order to be able to take early measures to prevent delirium.
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Review
New graduate registered nurses' knowledge of patient safety and practice: A literature review.
To critically appraise available literature and summarise evidence pertaining to the patient safety knowledge and practices of new graduate registered nurses. ⋯ Understanding the knowledge of a new graduate registered nurse upon entering clinical practice may assist in organisations providing appropriate clinical and theoretical support to these nurses during their transition.