Journal of clinical nursing
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To examine the level of satisfaction with nursing care from nurses' perspectives, as patients and/or as caregivers for hospitalised relatives. ⋯ The findings from this study may help nurses to become more alert for meeting the patients' needs as desired under the best practice.
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To explore patient-centred nursing, compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue from intensive care nurses' perspectives. ⋯ Systematically addressing critical care nurses' needs to successfully balance biomedical with compassionate nursing care may lead to greater well-being in the critical care nursing workforce and improve patient experience of intensive care.
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To explore the core components that constitute nurses' preparedness in an epidemic event. ⋯ This study offers important insights for devising future strategies in enhancing nurses' preparedness and response to an epidemic event. These include recommendations on providing education and training to nurses regarding infectious diseases, fostering institutional assistance and support in an outbreak and revising government policies and planning.
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To explore the pain management experiences of recently discharged adult trauma patients and the discharge practices of the treating hospital. ⋯ By understanding the patient perspective in the pain management of injuries, clinicians are better able to appreciate what hospital discharge practices and information are genuinely required by the trauma patient to manage their pain effectively at home, potentially preventing the long-term consequences of injury pain.