Journal of clinical nursing
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Observational Study
Nurse understaffing is associated with adverse events in postanaesthesia care unit patients.
To investigate the associations between nurse staffing and the incidence and severity of hypoxaemia, arterial hypotension and bradycardia of postoperative patients during their postanaesthesia care unit stay. ⋯ Higher incidence of hypoxaemia and arterial hypotension advocates for the prevention of imbalances between patient number and care demands and the number of available nurses.
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To explore nurses' perceptions of the impact of a programme designed to train them to teach end-of-life care. ⋯ Quality end-of-life care is only possible with a skilled workforce, confident and able to apply the principles of compassionate end-of-life care to everyday practice. Appropriately trained, specialist staff are better able to teach others how to deliver good quality end-of-life care. Specialist staff with teaching responsibilities should be provided with, or engage in, continuous professional development to develop their skills and improve their efficacy when teaching.
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To examine the level of perception of the quality of discharge teaching and its associations with the readiness for hospital discharge among surgical patients in acute care hospitals. ⋯ This study provides baseline information reflecting the patient learning needs in discharge preparation to guide surgical nurses for improving the discharge teaching quality and enhancing the patients' readiness for hospital discharge.
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Multicenter Study
Exploring the needs of parents who experience miscarriage in the emergency department: A qualitative study with parents and nurses.
To understand how parents experienced miscarriage in an emergency department setting. Objectives were to identify parents' needs, isolate factors that influenced their experience, and provide recommendations to improve care from the perspective of women, their partners, nurses and nurse managers. ⋯ Nurses have an important role to play in improving parents' experience. They can do so by understanding the needs of parents and by being involved in developing new guidelines.
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Observational Study
Incidence, severity and risk factors of peripheral intravenous cannula-induced complications: An observational prospective study.
To determine the incidence, severity and risk factors of peripheral intravenous cannula-induced complications. ⋯ The results of the study draw attention to vulnerable groups of patients, cannula-specific and pharmacological risk factors for the development of peripheral intravenous cannula-induced complications.