International journal of nursing studies
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To explore older people's and their relatives' views on and experiences of acute health care. ⋯ These findings highlight the perspectives of older people and their relatives on the delivery of personalized and dignified care in acute settings. They lend support to previous calls for relationship-centred approaches to care and provide a useful experience-based framework for practice for those involved in care for older people.
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Several behaviourally observed tools have been developed to assess pain among cognitively impaired older people with communication difficulty. However, no adequate pain observation instrument is available for this group in Taiwan. ⋯ The psychometric qualities of Chinese Doloplus-2 were supported. Further research is needed to assess the clinical value of the translated scale performed in the institutions.
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Critical care nurses often face complex stressful situations, and the phenomenon of burnout syndrome has been recognized as an important and increasing problem. Recent research suggests that another phenomenon, experiential avoidance, may be associated with burnout syndrome. ⋯ This study demonstrates a relationship between experiential avoidance and burnout syndrome in critical care nurses in Spain. Being older than 30 years, having more than 10 years of experience, being single, and smoking were associated with a nurse's vulnerability to burnout syndrome.