Journal of clinical nursing
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To describe how acute care nurse practitioners affect perceptions of team effectiveness. ⋯ The nurse practitioner role was believed to be particularly important to improve team communication and care coordination. This constitutes an added value of acute care nurse practitioners roles in healthcare teams. Nurse practitioner roles contribute to patient-centred care and can improve the quality and safety of the care provided to patients and families.
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To understand the relationship of individual characteristics, perceived worksite support and perceived personal creativity to clinical nurses' innovative outcome (receiving the Nursing Innovation Award). ⋯ Although worksite support did not have effect on clinical nurses' innovative outcome, it was related to individual characteristics. Hospital administrators or nursing directors can foster a supportive environment where creative nurses would be more likely to work and engage in innovative activities.
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To explore the consistency between the perceptions and actual practice of preoperative patient teaching and also the factors affecting the provision of teaching from the perspective of nurses working in surgical wards. ⋯ Healthcare organisations and nurse managers should periodically review the existing clinical resources so that sufficient preoperative teaching strategies can be provided. Nurses' perceptions and satisfaction towards preoperative teaching can be compared with those of the patients in further studies so that the insights for developing an effective preoperative teaching programme can be more comprehensive.
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To synthesise current evidence about the experience of older people with cancer pain and consider how exploration of this may inform clinical practice and research. ⋯ Understanding the complexity and nature of older people's cancer pain experience should inform appropriate effective care that improves quality of life and promotes independence and dignity. Culturally sensitive training in communication may enhance understanding of the needs of older people with cancer pain.
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To determine whether the use of a nurse-driven protocol in the haemodialysis setting is as safe and effective as traditional physician-driven approaches to anaemia management. ⋯ Using a nurse-driven protocol in practice supports the independent nursing role while contributing to safe patient outcomes.