Journal of clinical nursing
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The purpose of this study was to explore nurses' attitudes towards perinatal bereavement care and to identify factors associate with such attitudes. ⋯ These findings may be used for health policy makers and nursing educators to ensure delivery of sensitive bereavement care in perinatal settings and to enhance nursing school curricula respectively.
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Controlled Clinical Trial
Discharge training and counselling increase self-care ability and reduce postdischarge problems in CABG patients.
The aim of this study was to determine how discharge training and counselling provided to patients, who had undergone coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, had effects on patients' self-care ability and on the problems encountered after discharge. The objectives were to help patients develop self-care behaviour to deal more comfortably with the problems caused by the disease and, hopefully, to reduce the number of problems they may encounter. ⋯ As discharge training and counselling services had a positive impact on the self-care and alleviation of the problems that patients encounter after being discharged, we recommend application of these services and the usage of the training booklet for CABG patients.
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Comparative Study
Nursing staff competence, work strain, stress and satisfaction in elderly care: a comparison of home-based care and nursing homes.
The aims of this study were to: (1) compare older people care nursing staff's perceptions of their competence, work strain and work satisfaction in nursing homes and home-based care; and (2) to examine determinants of work satisfaction in both care settings. ⋯ Future interventions should focus on counteracting work-related exhaustion and improving competence development to improve work satisfaction among older people care nursing staff in both care settings. Relevance to clinical practice. Work-related exhaustion and lack of competence development may have significant negative implications for work satisfaction among older people care nursing staff in both home care and nursing homes.
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The aim of this study is to describe nurses' evaluations of factors that are hindering implementation of child-focused family nursing (CF-FN) into adult psychiatric practice. In addition, it explains the nurses' evaluations of the hindering factors related to the hospital organizational structure, the individual nurse, nursing and family. ⋯ The results of this study could be considered when developing mental health services and family interventions for families with parental mental illness.
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Comparative Study
A comparison between EASI system 12-lead ECGs and standard 12-lead ECGs for improved clinical nursing practice.
This study was carried out to verify the accuracy of 12-Lead ECG, obtained through a continuous ECG monitoring system with five cables positioned in EASI mode, to identify basic ECG alterations. ⋯ The EASI system represents a valid device for the nursing surveillance of patients who need continuous ECG monitoring, improves clinical nursing practice in Coronary Care Units, supports the reduction of adverse events such as cardiac arrest and reduces the hospital costs.