Journal of clinical nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Postoperative pain: knowledge and beliefs of patients and nurses.
To describe patients' and nurses' knowledge and beliefs regarding pain management. Moreover, to explore the effect of information and education on patients' and nurses' knowledge and beliefs regarding pain management. ⋯ It is necessary to continue to inform patients and nurses about the need for analgesics after surgery. Such education could also emphasise that a discrepancy between a patient's reported pain score and the nurse's own assessment of the patient's pain should prompt a discussion with the patient about his/her pain.
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Observational Study
Medication administration errors and related deviations from safe practice: an observational study.
To determine the incidence of medication administration errors, medication administration-related deviations from safe practice as well as factors associated with these errors in medical and surgical units of public hospitals in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. ⋯ Factors associated with wrong-time errors and omissions should be addressed. Patient identification and asepsis protocols should be adhered to. Dosage calculation training is indicated.
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To understand the challenges that clinicians face in communicating with patients and other clinicians within a Hong Kong trilingual emergency department. ⋯ The findings of this study may shed light on the unique conditions faced by clinicians, particularly in relation to communication, in the complex trilingual healthcare context of an emergency department similar to those in Hong Kong, and provide potential policy solutions for barriers to improve communication in such settings.
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Comparative Study
Effects of a surgical ward care protocol following open colon surgery as part of an enhanced recovery after surgery programme.
To investigate the effects of a standardised care protocol as part of an enhanced recovery after surgery programme on the management of patients who underwent open colon surgery at the University Hospital, South Korea. ⋯ We present a care protocol that enables effective management using consistent and standardised education providing bedside care for patients who undergo open colon surgery. This care protocol empowers long-term patient self-care capacity, which contributes to increasing the effectiveness of clinical nursing care.
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To investigate parents' experiences, coping ability and quality of life while monitoring their sick child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome at home. ⋯ Healthcare professionals must be aware of parents' needs during this vulnerable interstage period and to provide psychosocial and nursing support.