Journal of clinical nursing
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To explore the incidence of delirium in cerebrovascular patients admitted in our Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit and analyse the risk factors leading to delirium. ⋯ Cerebrovascular patients in the Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit showed a high incidence of delirium. There are many risk factors leading to delirium, some of which are independent predictors of intensive care delirium. Patients with delirium will suffer various adverse effects upon their short-term clinical outcomes. Therefore, nurses should pay close attention to changes in a patient's mental state and learn about the risk factors associated with delirium, in order to be able to take early measures to prevent delirium.
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Review
New graduate registered nurses' knowledge of patient safety and practice: A literature review.
To critically appraise available literature and summarise evidence pertaining to the patient safety knowledge and practices of new graduate registered nurses. ⋯ Understanding the knowledge of a new graduate registered nurse upon entering clinical practice may assist in organisations providing appropriate clinical and theoretical support to these nurses during their transition.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Assessment of a short hypnosis in a paediatric operating room in reducing postoperative pain and anxiety: A randomised study.
To assess the impact of a short hypnotic session on postoperative anxiety and pain in major orthopaedic surgery. ⋯ As postoperative anxiety level was low in both control and hypnosis groups, nurse pre-operative interviews and nurse training in hypnosis may contribute to the optimisation of global management and decrease the postoperative anxiety level.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The effectiveness of crisis resource management and team debriefing in resuscitation education of nursing students: A randomised controlled trial.
The aim of this study was to investigate (i) whether integrating a course on crisis resource management principles and team debriefings in simulation training, increases self-efficacy, team efficacy and technical skills of nursing students in resuscitation settings and (ii) which phases contribute the most to these outcomes. ⋯ By partnering with healthcare settings, it becomes possible to offer interdisciplinary simulation training that can increase patient safety.
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To explore how critically ill patients treated according to a strategy of analgosedation experience and handle pain, other discomforts and wakefulness. ⋯ Despite good pain relief during analgosedation, other discomforts were commonly described. Critically ill patients still experience an intensive care unit stay as a traumatic part of their illness trajectory. Nurses need to attend carefully also to discomforts other than pain.