Journal of clinical nursing
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To examine (1) nursing lecturers' and (2) preregistration nursing students' perspectives of user and carer involvement in the formal assessment of preregistration nursing students' clinical practice. ⋯ Discussion and clarification with clinical mentors and user and carer groups is necessary to understand if they agree with the policy direction of user and carer involvement in the assessment of nursing students. Quality assurance concerns are raised by students and lecturers when involving user and carer in assessing nursing students' clinical skills. Mentors are seen as key to this process, but little is known about their perspectives.
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To determine consensus across acute care specialty areas on core physical assessment skills necessary for early recognition of changes in patient status in general wards. ⋯ Although further research is needed to refine the model, clinical application should promote systematic assessment and clinical reasoning at the bedside.
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To compare two methods of calculating interrater agreement while determining content validity of the Paediatric Pain Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire for use with Australian nurses. ⋯ To assess content validity the content validity index has the advantage of providing an item level score and is a simple calculation. The intraclass correlation coefficient requires statistical knowledge, or support, and has the advantage of accounting for the possibility of chance agreement.
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To examine the factors affecting the burden and satisfaction of family caregivers, focusing on the beneficial impacts of home care service use. ⋯ Practical strategies for providing home care services should be developed through a concrete assessment of the family dynamics and the needs of family caregivers. Health professionals should play a pivotal role in performing the assessment and in developing interventions to strengthen supportive family functioning.
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This article is a report of an analysis of the concept of dying with dignity. ⋯ Respecting the dignity of the patient results in the reduction of her/his suffering and prepares her/him for a comfortable death.