Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
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As part of a larger online survey examining the practices and preferences of Canadian critical care nurses regarding family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) of adult family members, the purpose of the study was to explicate salient issues about the practice of FPDR identified by nurses who responded to the qualitative portion of the survey. ⋯ The results of this study provide information for practicing clinicians, educators, and administrators regarding the decision-making processes nurses use when considerations of bringing family members to the bedside during resuscitative events are evoked.
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To explore the reasoning strategies and criteria for clinical decision making used by Iranian critical care nurses. ⋯ Deeper understanding of how nurses make decisions in the stressful environment of the critical care units provide useful information to facilitate making more efficient decisions as well as promoting the outcomes of independent and collaborative nursing care interventions.
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The purpose of the study was to explore nurses' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to adoption of an electronic health record (EHR) in a rural Midwestern hospital. ⋯ Understanding and management of facilitators and barriers to EHR adoption may impact nurses' ability to provide and document nursing care.
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To examine the development of advanced nursing practice globally. ⋯ APNs can improve global health with points to enhanced education in nursing and regulation of advanced practice.