Journal of clinical nursing
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To evaluate the quality of the emergency nurse practitioner service provided to people presenting to a rural urgent care centre with minor injuries. The three objectives that were focused were an evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of the emergency nurse practitioner service, an assessment of patients' satisfaction with the emergency nurse practitioner service and a determination of factors that may enhance the quality of the emergency nurse practitioner service. ⋯ This study provides some evidence to support the continued expansion of the emergency nurse practitioner service in rural settings in the UK.
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In this study, we aimed to understand how nurses manage handovers at shift change and to identify the working strategies they employ to maintain patients' safety. ⋯ Handover should be restructured so that it creates opportunities to cross-check the information against as many sources of information as possible. During handover, special time should be devoted to reading written reports and notes, preferably when the outgoing nurses are still on the ward or are accessible via e-mail or telephone. Team discussions should focus on achieving agreement about the order and manner of delivering concise information and facilitating shared understanding and trust among nurses.
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To examine nursing students' and registered nurses' teamwork skills whilst managing simulated deteriorating patients. ⋯ There is a need to encourage less experienced staff to become leaders and for all staff to develop improved teamwork skills for medical emergencies.
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To update evidence of the effectiveness of preoperative education among cardiac surgery patients. ⋯ A nurse-coordinated multidisciplinary preoperative education approach may offer a way forward to provide a more effective and efficient service. Staff training in developing and delivering such interventions is a priority.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of virtual reality distraction on pain among patients with hand injury undergoing dressing change.
To assess the effect of virtual reality distraction on pain among patients with a hand injury undergoing a dressing change. ⋯ Virtual reality distraction can effectively relieve pain without side effects and is not reliant on a doctor's prescription. This tool is convenient for nurses to use, especially when analgesics are unavailable.