Journal of clinical nursing
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of music therapy on anxiety, postoperative pain and physiological reactions to emotional and physical distress in patients undergoing spinal surgery. ⋯ Complementary music therapy can alleviate pain and anxiety in patients before and after spinal surgery.
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To synthesise the body of literature on workplace violence in the emergency department and to identify characteristics of intervention studies that are the basis for guiding best practice modelling in the clinical setting. The research question addressed was what are the characteristics and findings of studies since 2004 on workplace violence in the emergency department? ⋯ Future research must move beyond descriptive studies to include more advanced research methods. Few practice-guiding implications can be gained from this body of research because of the lack of intervention studies.
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To identify and explore general strategies used by Danish intensive care unit nurses in everyday decision-making about family visitation. ⋯ To practice a contemporary visitation policy, the complexity of the task, the shifting context of the intensive care unit, the physical surroundings as well as possible limitations given by the staffing level should be acknowledged. The training of intensive care unit nurses should support adaptation to the clinical leadership role.
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To evaluate the learning needs of patients post percutaneous coronary intervention from the perspective of both patients' and cardiac nurses'. ⋯ Findings may be helpful to nurses who wish to addresses secondary prevention issues with patients' post percutaneous coronary intervention who experience short hospital stays.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
'It's not worth stopping now': why do smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease continue to smoke? A qualitative study.
This study aims to explore the experience of cigarette smokers with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have received smoking cessation support and describe their personal decision-making processes regarding their smoking behaviour. ⋯ Smoking cessation is associated with ambivalence in this population. Health professionals need to understand the volatility of patients' decision-making and tailor advice and support to achieve more realistic goals such as reduced consumption.