Journal of clinical nursing
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The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of chronic pain on the partner and family of a person with chronic pain. ⋯ Nurses can help reduce the negative impact of pain by including families in assessment, education, referral and treatment processes, and by offering support and education to partners/families.
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To examine the relationship between patient satisfaction and the incidence of severe and enduring pain through a health board wide hospital satisfaction questionnaire. ⋯ Acute postoperative pain is an ongoing issue for postsurgical patients. It is crucial to understand and recognise issues that can adversely contribute to increased pain severity.
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To examine the association between trait emotional intelligence and learning strategies and their influence on academic performance among first-year accelerated nursing students. ⋯ The concepts of emotional intelligence are central to clinical practice as nurses need to know how to deal with their own emotions as well as provide emotional support to patients and their families. It is therefore essential that these skills are developed among student nurses to enhance the quality of their clinical practice.
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The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of a structured educational programme on the patient-controlled analgesia device in terms of postoperative pain, dose of analgesics used, adverse reactions, patient knowledge and attitudes of patient-controlled analgesia and patient satisfaction with postoperative pain management among gynaecological patients in South Korea. ⋯ Nurses caring for the patients who are using the patient-controlled analgesia should provide a structured educational programme to increase knowledge of pain management with patient-controlled analgesia, patient satisfaction with pain management, as well as more effective management of the pain and adverse reaction caused by patient-controlled analgesia.
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To explore rehabilitation care process in patients who commit self-immolation. ⋯ Although self-immolation requires long-term treatment and social, emotional rehabilitation, such a rehabilitation care process is not clear.