Journal of clinical nursing
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To examine underlying factor structure of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory-Emergency Department across three countries to identify similarities and differences. ⋯ Family perceptions of important needs during critical illness in the Emergency Department differ across countries; hence, the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory-Emergency Department has limited utility. Participation and communication needs emerged as common family needs.
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To examine how nurses' knowledge of behaviours indicating pain in mechanically ventilated patients and self-perceived collaboration between nurses and physicians affects the adequacy of departmental pain management. ⋯ Pain management would benefit from being conducted as a well-performed interprofessional self-perceived collaborative practice. Knowledgeable nurses tend to critically assess the level of departmental pain management.
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To explore clinical reasoning about alarm customisation among nurses in intensive care units. ⋯ The results of this study can be used to design strategies to support the application of clinical reasoning to alarm management, which may contribute to more appropriate alarm customisation practices and improvements in safety.
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Multicenter Study
Prerequisites for safe intraoperative nursing care and teamwork-Operating theatre nurses' perspectives: A qualitative interview study.
To describe operating theatre nurses' experience of preconditions for safe intraoperative nursing care and teamwork. ⋯ The operating theatre nurses need a reliable preoperative overall picture in advance, to be able to be well prepared for the patients' surgery. The overall picture should be based on adequate data about the patients' health status and needs, details about the surgical intervention and prescriptions.
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To explore current oral care practices in nonmechanically ventilated ICU patients. ⋯ Nurses should provide oral care to all hospitalised patients and follow oral care guidelines specific to their population, if available.