Journal of clinical nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A pain education programme to improve patient satisfaction with cancer pain management: a randomised control trial.
The purpose of this study was (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of a pain education programme to increase the satisfaction of patients with cancer with regard to pain management and (2) to examine how patient satisfaction with pain management mediates the barriers to using analgesics and analgesic adherence. ⋯ It is important for health providers to consider patient satisfaction when attempting to improve adherence to pain management regimes in a clinical setting.
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The aim of this study was to explore key stakeholders and direct care managers' perspectives on the current provision of end-of-life care for older people in acute and long-stay care settings in Ireland and to construct a model of these. ⋯ Understanding the factors that influence the provision of end-of-life care in acute and long-stay facilities in Ireland can help health professionals give more focused support and ensure that influencing factors are addressed so that older people at end-of-life receive quality end-of-life care.
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To examine attitudes towards research and perceived barriers and facilitators of research utilisation in clinical practice in a broad cross-section of Spanish nurses. ⋯ Understanding different organisational and experience perspectives is important to identify challenges and opportunities to ensure research utilisation in clinical practice.
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To examine the role of trained health and personal care assistants in supporting district nurses and family carers in providing palliative and end of life care in the community. ⋯ The needs for community-based palliative and end of life care will increase rapidly over the course of the next 20 years, placing pressure on community nursing services and family carers.