Journal of clinical nursing
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This study attempts to develop and determine the effect a rational-emotive-behaviour-therapy-based self-management programme can have on the self-efficacy, self-care, depression and dyssomnia of patients undergoing early renal dialysis. ⋯ Rational-emotive-behaviour-therapy-based self-management programmes can be used in clinical nursing sites to improve the self-efficacy and self-care of early renal dialysis patients.
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Observational Study
Evaluation of three pain assessment scales used for ventilated neonates.
To compare and evaluate the reliability, validity, feasibility, clinical utility, and nurses' preference of the Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised, the Neonatal Pain, Agitation, and Sedation Scale, and the Neonatal Infant Acute Pain Assessment Scale used for procedural pain in ventilated neonates. ⋯ Choosing a valid, reliable, feasible and practical measurement is the key step for better management of procedural pain for ventilated newborns. Using the right and suitable tool is helpful to accurately identify pain, ultimately improve the neonatal care and outcomes.
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Observational Study
Prevalence of physical restraint among ventilated intensive care unit patients.
To investigate the prevalence of physical restraint among mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients in Jordan and to identify predicting factors and consequences. ⋯ This study recommends implementing more policies/guidelines inside Jordanian hospitals. In addition, nursing education programs on the safe use of physical restraint should be implemented.
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To explore family members' experiences of long-term intensive care unit (ICU) patients' pathways towards survival and to highlight family members' efforts to promote the patient's health during the ICU stay. ⋯ Insights into the unique and vital health-promoting influence of family participation indicate the responsibility of the ICU team to provide support for families.
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This study aims to describe conditions that may influence the development of identity in adolescents frequently using over-the-counter analgesics. ⋯ Pain among adolescents may be amplified by a difficult family situation and insecure relationships with peers. Strategies within the family may sustain pain as a shared project keeping the adolescent and main caregiver close together, and this might be hampering identity development. To help adolescents with pain and high consumption of over-the-counter analgesics, the adolescents' relationship with parents must be considered in designing an intervention. Guidance on pain assessment, pain management, including appropriate use of over-the-counter analgesics, should be included.