Healthcare inequities in the underserved population beyond the fanfare surrounding a pandemic: COVID-19
Commentary on: Giuliani F, Oros D, Gunier RB, etal. Effects of prenatal exposure to maternal COVID-19 and perinatal care on neonatal outcome: results from the INTERCOVID multinational cohort study. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2022, doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2022.04.019. Elsevier Inc. Implications for practice and research Educating practitioners about factors contributing to inequitable healthcare in the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable population can result in improve healthcare practices for confinement of and prevention of disease. Researchers, should target health disparities and ident...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Alcindor, M. L. Tags: Health promotion and public health, COVID-19 Commentary Source Type: research
Understanding the signs and symptoms of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak is crucial for clinicians, public health practitioners and gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM)
Commentary on: Patel A, Bilinska J, Tam JCH, et al. Clinical features and novel presentations of human monkeypox in a central London centre during the 2022 outbreak: descriptive case series. BMJ. 2022 Jul 28;378:e072410. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072410. Implications for practice and research This paper describes new signs and symptoms of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in non-endemic countries, urgently needed by clinicians, public health practitioners and GBMSM. GBMSM need access to smallpox vaccination, alongside public health messaging to enable us to recognise mo...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Frankis, J. Tags: Health promotion and public health Commentary Source Type: research
Child-parent-nurse triad and its influence on childrens pain management
Commentary on: Bakir, E., Briggs, M., Mackintosh-Franklin, C., & Marshall, M. Interactions between children, parents and nurses during postoperative pain management: A grounded theory study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 00, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16318 Implications for practice and research Parents provide a pivotal role in child–nurse interactions during postoperative pain management but child–parent–nurse interactions are complex. Parents have the ability to influence postoperative pain management by actively engaging in the assessment and management of their child’s pain. Co...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Simons, J. Tags: Child health Commentary Source Type: research
Limiting recreational screen media use increases physical activity among children but not their parents
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Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Garmy, P., Norell-Clarke, A., Sandlund, C. Tags: Open access, Child health Commentary Source Type: research
Physical activity during childhood cancer treatment: survivors want it, parents want it, peers can facilitate it
Commentary on: Petersen NN, Larsen HB, Pouplier A, Schmidt-Andersen P, Thorsteinsson T, Schmiegelow K, Fridh MK. Childhood cancer survivors' and their parents' experiences with participation in a physical and social intervention during cancer treatment: A RESPECT study. J Adv Nurs. 2022 Aug 8. doi: 10.1111/jan.15381. Epub 2022 Aug 8. Implications for practice and research Parents may not prioritise physical activity during hospitalisation for childhood cancer, however, when children receive exercise guidance and social support, parents will more likely encourage their child to be active post-treatment. Future research shou...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Mizrahi, D., Martiniuk, A. Tags: Child health Commentary Source Type: research
Family systems nursing conversations (FSNCs) have the potential to improve family functioning and well-being
Commentary on: Pusa S, Saveman B-I, Sundin K. Family systems nursing conversations: influences on families with stroke. BMC Nursing 2022 May 6;21(1):108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00873-7 Implications for practice and research Family systems nursing conversations (FSNCs) have the potential to improve patient and family outcomes, including family functioning and well-being. Research is needed on the effectiveness of family-centred interventions, for example, FSNCs, on specific health-related outcomes for stroke survivors and their families. Context Stroke and its after-effects can impact the entire family. Families...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Lutz, B., Camicia, M. Tags: Adult nursing Commentary Source Type: research
Real-time continuous glucose monitoring is not inferior to current standard of care for inpatient glycaemic monitoring and may decrease recurrent hypoglycaemic events
Commentary on: Spanakis EK, Urrutia A, Galindo RJ, Vellanki P, Migdal AL, Davis G, Fayfman M, Idrees T, Pasquel FJ, Coronado WZ, Albury B, Moreno E, Singh LG, Marcano I, Lizama S, Gothong C, Munir K, Chesney C, Maguire R, Scott WH, Perez-Guzman MC, Cardona S, Peng L, Umpierrez GE. Continuous Glucose Monitoring-Guided Insulin Administration in Hospitalized Patients With Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Diabetes Care. 2022 Oct 1;45(10):2369–2375. doi: 10.2337/dc22-0716. PMID: 35984478. Implications for practice and research Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices are not inferior to point-of-care capillary gl...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Fletcher, J., Campbell, D. J. T. Tags: Adult nursing Commentary Source Type: research
Preparing ward nurses for intensive care units during a state of emergency: an example from COVID-19 pandemic
Commentary on: Tang CJ, Lin YP, Chan EY. ‘From expert to novice’, perceptions of general ward nurses on deployment to outbreak intensive care units during the COVID-1919 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study. J Clin Nurs. 2021 Aug 31. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16029 Implications for practice and research Nurses who are assigned to intensive care units (ICUs) without adequate training due to a pandemic or any disaster need to be supported both in the learning process and emotionally. Training programmes and standards should be developed and tested with experimental studies in order to provide intensive care educatio...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Güney, R. Tags: Adult nursing, COVID-19 Commentary Source Type: research
Perceived stress can negatively affect blood glucose control and fear of hypoglycaemia in people with type 1 diabetes
Commentary on: Grau-Del Valle C, Marco-Expósito JF, Bosch-Sierra N, et al. Effect of perceived stress, concern about hypoglycaemia and level of knowledge of management of the disease on glycaemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Nurs 2022 [Epub ahead of print: 27 Feb 2022]. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16270. Implications for practice and research Higher levels of diabetes-related distress are associated with deterioration of haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). Development of self-care management skills is associated with improved outcomes. Context Emotional stress plays an important role in metabolic outcomes in people with t...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Baruffaldi, I. Tags: Adult nursing Commentary Source Type: research
Problem-based learning in nurse education
Background and purpose This is a summary of Sharma et al’s study.1 Problem-based learning (PBL) is a common learning strategy used in nurse education. During PBL, student nurses solve clinical scenarios and practice-based problems. Previous systematic reviews indicate PBL improves student nurse critical thinking, but the existing reviews are becoming dated and need updating with the latest research. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to use the latest research to determine the effectiveness of PBL for student learning in nurse education. Methods Results and areas for future research The revi...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Lang, K., Parkinson, B. Tags: Evidence for Nurse Education Source Type: research
Resources page
This study highlights the importance of the role of nurse leaders in improving work conditions and empowering and motivating nurses to decrease nurses’ feelings of burn-out, reduce turnover rates and improve the quality of nursing care.’ Nurse burn-out: risks, causes and precautions for nurses https://www.usa.edu/blog/nurse-burnout/ An overview of the physical, emotional and mental outcomes of burn-out... (Source: Evidence-Based Nursing)
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Heale, R. Tags: Resources Source Type: research
Research made simple: ethics committee approval
Nursing research often involves collection of data from human participants. Participants involved with research may be vulnerable, acutely unwell or even lack capacity to make decisions. Protecting the safety and well-being of all participants is a requirement and nurse researchers need to ensure the ethical principles of autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice are maintained throughout the research process.1 To protect participants, research studies are subject to approval by research ethics committees (RECs)—sometimes called research ethics boards or institutional review boards.1 Securing REC approval ca...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Parkinson, B., Barrett, D. Tags: Research made simple Source Type: research
Evidenced-based infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines: are just not evidenced-based
This report was sent to NICE with the request that RPE be reassessed. Had... (Source: Evidence-Based Nursing)
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Curran, E. T. Tags: Editor's choice, Health promotion and public health Editorials Source Type: research
Analysis on the quality and safety of care in relation to neonatal outcomes in alongside midwifery units is reassuring, identifying that specific maternal risk factors have highest predictive value in assessing risk
Commentary on: Rowe R, Soe A, Knight M, Kurinczuk JJ; UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS). Neonatal admission and mortality in babies born in UK alongside midwifery units: a national population-based case-control study using the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS). Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2021 Mar;106(2):194–203. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319099 Implications for practice and research Enhance antenatal counselling and care planning for women with additional care needs who birth in alongside midwifery units (AMU). Qualitative analysis of midwifery working practices and multiagency communication in decisi...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - December 23, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Stephens, L., Hope, L. Tags: Women's Health and Midwifery Commentary Source Type: research
Socioeconomic, ethnic inequalities and adverse pregnancy outcomes: time for the disparities to disappear
This study1 aims to determine the effect of SE disadvantage and ethnicity on adverse pregnancy outcomes and the scale of effect at population level in England using real-world data. The Index of Multiple Deprivation and Office for National Statistics classification of ethnicity were used in this study. Outcomes of interest were stillbirth, preterm birth and fetal... (Source: Evidence-Based Nursing)
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - December 23, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Lawther, L., Close, C. Tags: Women's Health and Midwifery Commentary Source Type: research
