Journal of clinical nursing
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To better understand chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients' informational needs and associated factors using the Predisposing, Reinforcing and Enabling Causes in Educational Diagnosis and Evaluation model. ⋯ Healthcare professionals need to be sensitive to the fact that treatment-related information was not the top priority of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Healthcare professionals also need to target the special subpopulation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with greater total informational need to maximise educational impact.
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To identify and synthesise the available research evidence in order to generate an explanatory framework for nursing practice in stroke rehabilitation. ⋯ Integrating stroke-specific rehabilitation skills in nurses' practice could contribute substantially to improving outcomes for stroke survivors. The explanatory framework developed from the review findings identifies issues which will need to be addressed in order to maximise nurses' contribution to the rehabilitation of stroke survivors.
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To develop a gender-sensitive measure of women's mental health and to evaluate the measure's psychometric properties. ⋯ The Women's Mental Health Scale appears to be a gender-sensitive measure to assess the positive mental health potentials among women population.
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To describe changes and transitions in everyday life in the first two years following an intracranial aneurysm rupture. ⋯ Patients experiencing transitions in the recovery period after intracranial aneurysm rupture may benefit from nursing interventions that support them through the transitional process. Nurse-led follow-up care by a specialist nurse from the neurosurgical clinic may be a possible way to provide support.
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To evaluate a holistic assessment tool for palliative care practice. This included identifying patients' needs using the holistic tool and exploring the usability, applicability and barriers and facilitators towards implementation in practice. ⋯ A holistic assessment tool can support patient assessment and identification of patients' needs in the 'real world' of palliative care practice, but the 'tool' is merely an aid to assist professionals to discuss difficult and sensitive aspects of care.