Journal of clinical nursing
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To illuminate relatives' experiences of everyday life after a loved one's stay in an intensive care unit. ⋯ Nursing education could focus increasingly more on the significance of communication and personal support, which helps family members cope during patients' stay and experience a sense of personal strength when returning home. Further research should address how to identify and support those with special needs after the intensive care unit stay.
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To investigate nurses' use of a single parameter track and trigger chart to inform implementation of the National Early Warning Scoring tool. To report the characteristics of patients with triggers, the frequency of different triggers, and the time taken to repeat observations. To explore the barriers and facilitators perceived by nursing staff relating to patient monitoring. ⋯ The trend of longer delays following a trigger in older patients has not been identified previously and could reflect a knowledge gap of the physiological changes and response to acute illness in older people.
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To report findings from a qualitative study of key stakeholders' perspectives on 'compassion' in the health care context. To present the 'Framework for Compassionate Interpersonal Relations'. ⋯ Participants held clear expectations regarding practitioners' communication skills and used these as a proxy for compassionate practice. The 'Framework for Compassionate Inter-personal Relations' may be used to promote reflection on the implementation of compassionate practice. It may also be used to highlight areas of focus when conducting values-based recruitment activities.
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To explore nurses' documentation of physiological observations in acute care; emergency department, medical and surgical units. ⋯ Physiological abnormalities that do not necessarily fulfil rapid response team activation criteria are common in acute care patients and provide nurses with an opportunity for early recognition of deteriorating patients.
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To culturally adapt and test the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Spiritual Distress Scale. ⋯ The existence of an internationally validated instrument that assesses spiritual distress will assist healthcare professionals and researchers in recognising this phenomenon in clinical practice.