Journal of clinical nursing
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The aim of this study was to develop a potential scoring algorithm for interventions in a chronic heart failure management programme--the Heart Failure Intervention Score--to facilitate quality improvement and programme auditing. ⋯ The Heart Failure Intervention Score is an evidence-based tool that can be easily used by heart failure programme coordinators to ensure that their programme is evidence-based, which will improve the quality of their programme and potentially programme outcomes.
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This study will describe the oral health status of critically ill children over time spent in the paediatric intensive care unit, examine influences on the development of poor oral health and explore the relationship between dysfunctional oral health and healthcare-associated infections. ⋯ Given the frequency of poor oral health during childhood critical illness in this study and the subsequent potential systemic consequences, evidence based oral hygiene practices should be developed and validated to guide clinicians when nursing critically ill children.
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To explore Turkish nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care and to investigate the relationship between their perceptions and their demographic/independent variables. ⋯ These findings will enable nurses to consider the importance of spirituality and spiritual care. Grasping these concepts will enable nurses to become more sensitive in their daily practices of spiritual care.
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To compare the psychometric properties of the original dichotomously scored Nurses' Knowledge of Heart Failure Self-Management Education Principles Survey with a Likert scored version. ⋯ Teaching HF self-management skills to patients is challenging and it is important to identify nurses' gaps in knowledge of self-management principles. The psychometrically sound Likert scored version of the survey potentially may be used to identify nurses' knowledge gaps and inform staff development in-services.
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To present data on Swedish ICU nurses' attitudes to brain death and organ donation and to test a questionnaire designed to explore these issues in terms of validity and reliability. ⋯ All nurses working in ICUs are obliged to participate in organ donation and are therefore included in these results.