Journal of clinical nursing
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Comparative Study
Stressors in the ICU: a comparison of patients' and nurses' perceptions.
The aim of the study was to compare the stressors as perceived by patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) against those of nurses on the basis of their perceptions of patients' stressors. ⋯ Findings in this study have strong implications in clinical practice, especially in a critical care setting. Nurses must attempt to identify and endeavour to cope with the situations that patients listed as most stressful. Moreover, attention must be drawn towards measures aimed at relieving the stress of patients by taking into account their cultural values so that culture-specific interventions for reducing their stress can be established.
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To explore pain experiences, pain control beliefs and pain coping strategies among elders with osteoarthritis in Taiwan. ⋯ Since health care providers play an important role in helping elders to manage pain, the authors recommend training physicians and nurses to regularly assess pain and to provide current knowledge about pain assessment and management strategies for elders with osteoarthritis.
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The aim of this study was to identify nurse's experiences in the clinical care of children experiencing abuse. The objective was to assess how nurses remain professional especially when the suspected perpetrator is a parent. ⋯ By identifying nurses' experiences in clinical encounters with children experiencing abuse and their parents, nurses can assess what kind of specific interventions should be used to improve the caring situation.
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To understand the coping mechanisms of Taiwanese parents whose children have recently been diagnosed with autism. ⋯ Clinicians in child psychiatry are encouraged to become part of the social support network for parents of autistic children, thus helping them adjust to the long journey of caring for their children.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Description of self-reported fluid intake and its effects on body weight, symptoms, quality of life and physical capacity in patients with stable chronic heart failure.
To describe the self-reported fluid intake and its effects on body weight, signs and symptoms of heart failure, quality of life, physical capacity and thirst, in patients with stabilised chronic heart failure. ⋯ Nurses involved in the care for patients with heart failure known how troublesome thirst can be and how difficult it can be to follow a restricted fluid intake. This study indicates that it is possible to reassess and recommend a less strict fluid intake in stabilised patients with chronic heart failure.