Increasing teachers' confidence during health emergencies: A hands-on quality improvement program led by the school nurse
One in four school-age children has a chronic health condition, with approximately 6% of them having multiple chronic health conditions. These students are at an elevated risk of individual health emergencies during school hours. While teachers receive online training to assist in these emergencies, they lack practicing with rescue medications. (Source: Journal of Pediatric Nursing)
Source: Journal of Pediatric Nursing - April 27, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Anal ía Elizalde, Denise Hammer, Yan Su, Marilyn A. Prasun Source Type: research
Support for Clinical Nurse Educators
Clinical nurse educators (CNEs) are expert clinical nurses tasked with supporting the orientation and professional development of nurses on clinical units, yet CNEs themselves often do not receive a formal orientation to support their role transition. CNEs at a large academic medical center participate in a quality improvement program aimed at developing communication skills for difficult conversations, feedback, and debriefing. Findings highlight some of the interpersonal communication challenges CNEs encounter, which endorse the need for a formal CNE orientation and mentoring program. (Source: Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America)
Source: Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America - April 27, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Jennifer Barsamian, Kerry Carnevale Source Type: research
Are Dual, Lateral and Medial plates, better than a single Lateral Locking plate for Osteoporotic Intra-articular Distal Femur Fractures?
HISTORY – A 77-year-old female from a long-term nursing care institution fell on a single step while walking with her walker and presented to the ER with a left distal femur fracture. It could be classified as an AO C1 distal femur fracture in an osteoporotic patient (Figures 1-2). She normally walked abo ut 100 meters a day as she suffered from emphysema and needed to bring her oxygen tank with her. She had had very little left knee pain before this despite having some osteoarthritis on her left femur x-rays. (Source: Injury)
Source: Injury - April 27, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Meredith Stadnyk, Stephanie Gibbon, Richard Buckley Tags: Orthopaedic Trauma Guidance Source Type: research
Efficacy of technology-based mental health interventions in minimizing mental health symptoms among in immigrants, asylum seekers or refugees; systematic review
Digital health technologies may offer an alternate approach to augmenting the established mental health care delivery systems for migrants and promoting their mental well-being. This review aims to provide a broad examination of literature, to determine the impact of technology-based interventions on outcomes of immigrants and refugees experiencing mental health symptoms associated with pre-and postmigration stress (depression, anxiety, psychological stress, PTSD). We searched five electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and the ACM digital library). (Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing)
Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - April 27, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Shaimaa Mosad Mohamed El-Refaay, Kirsi Toivanen-Atilla, Nancy Crego Source Type: research
Mindful self-compassion program based on Watson's theory of human caring in nursing students: A randomized controlled study
This study investigated the impact of the Mindful Self-Compassion Program, based on Watson's Theory of Human Caring Model, on the physical and mental health of nursing students. The essence of nursing is care and compassion. While there are studies on compassion in nursing care, nurses' self-compassion is an underrecognized concept in the literature. (Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing)
Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - April 27, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Gizem Bidik, Fatma Nevin Sisman Source Type: research
Access to Oncology Medicines in Canada: Consensus Forum for Recommendations for Improvement
Curr Oncol. 2024 Mar 29;31(4):1803-1816. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31040136.ABSTRACTPatient access to new oncology drugs in Canada is only possible after navigating multiple sequential systemic checkpoints for national regulatory approval, health technology assessment (HTA) and collective government price negotiation. These steps delay access and prevent health care providers from being able to prescribe optimal therapy. Eighteen Canadian oncology clinicians from the medicine, nursing and pharmacy professions met to develop consensus recommendations for defining reasonable government performance standards around process and ti...
Source: Current Oncology - April 26, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sandeep R Sehdev Nigel S B Rawson Olexiy I Aseyev Catriona J Buick Marcus O Butler Scott Edwards Sharlene Gill Joanna M Gotfrit Cyrus C Hsia Rosalyn A Juergens Mita Manna Joy S McCarthy Som D Mukherjee Stephanie L Snow Silvana Spadafora David J Stewart Ja Source Type: research
The Effect of Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Sedation in Patients Undergoing Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation
This study included 80 patients with a mean age (± SD) of 59.59 ± 9.27 years. The Quade nonparametric ANCOVA revealed the significant impact of intervention on the post values of Total score (p-value < 0.001), Tolerance (p-value < 0.001), Calmness (p-value < 0.001), Ventilator synchrony (p-value < 0.001), face relaxation (p-value < 0.001), Consciousness (p-value = 0.009) and Awakeness (p-value = 0.020). The study findings demonstrated the effectiveness of relaxation program in promoting sedation in patients undergoing NIV. Accordingly, intensive care unit (ICU) nurses at our institution are encouraged to u...
Source: Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy - April 26, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Atefe Salimi Akinabadi Sorour Khari Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha Mitra Zandi Source Type: research
History of development of undergraduate public health education in Bulgaria
CONCLUSION: Despite the continuous development in the organization of undergraduate PH education in Bulgaria, its content is still not fully compatible with the basic European PH services and actions. There is a growing need for wider standardization and integration of undergraduate PH education in the EU so that the specialty can reach the status of a regulated health profession similar to medicine, nursing, and others.PMID:38669158 | DOI:10.21101/cejph.a7928 (Source: Central European Journal of Public Health)
Source: Central European Journal of Public Health - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Valentina Alexandrova Klara Dokova Source Type: research
The relationship between received and perceived social support with ways of coping in nurses
CONCLUSION: This study showed that received and perceived social support have a significant correlation with ways of coping, but only able to explain the changes in social support seeking dimensions, positive reappraisal, accepting responsibility. Both types of social support are necessary, but that received social support covered more adaptive coping strategies.PMID:38669503 | DOI:10.3233/WOR-230337 (Source: Work)
Source: Work - April 26, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shima Nazari Aida Zamani Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar Source Type: research
The effect of sex, age, work experience, education, shift, and ward on nursing autonomy perceptions
CONCLUSIONS: The results highlighted the intricate world both of the healthcare surrounding and the abilities to act autonomously within the multiprofessional staff. Future studies will develop qualitative and phenomenological designs in order to better define in which fields nurses will act their professional autonomy.PMID:38669509 | DOI:10.3233/WOR-230740 (Source: Work)
Source: Work - April 26, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Elsa Vitale Rocco Mea Yun-Chen Chang Source Type: research
A Systematic Review of Cognitive Impairment in Individuals With Colorectal Cancer
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 Apr 18;51(3):275-288. doi: 10.1188/24.ONF.275-288.ABSTRACTPROBLEM IDENTIFICATION: Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) encounter varying degrees of objective and subjective cognitive impairment. The prevalence of objective and subjective cognitive impairment, factors affecting cognitive impairment, and interventions are presented in this review.LITERATURE SEARCH: The CINAHL Plus®, Cochrane Library, Embase®, PsycINFO®, PubMed®, and CNKI databases were systematically searched from the time of the database's establishment to May 2023. Manual searches for the relevant articles in the literature's re...
Source: Oncology Nursing Forum - April 26, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Ye Wang Zhiming Wang Rongyu Li Zheng Sun Yi Zhang Qiuping Li Source Type: research
Oncology Nursing for the Future: Multisector Planning Is Needed
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 Apr 18;51(3):196-197. doi: 10.1188/24.ONF.196-197.ABSTRACTAssessing the landscape for oncology nursing of the future, the biggest problem that faces the specialty is that of workforce shortages. On the practice side, nursing turnover, resignations, and early retirements have contrib.PMID:38668913 | DOI:10.1188/24.ONF.196-197 (Source: Oncology Nursing Forum)
Source: Oncology Nursing Forum - April 26, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Debra Lyon Source Type: research
Emerging From the Haze ™: Pilot Feasibility Study Comparing Two Virtual Formats of a Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 Apr 18;51(3):223-242. doi: 10.1188/24.ONF.223-242.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: To gather feasibility and preliminary data comparing two virtual delivery methods for providing Emerging From the Haze™ (Haze) to cancer survivors compared to waitlist control (WLC).SAMPLE & SETTING: Eligible participants (N = 93) reported cancer-related cognitive impairment following chemotherapy for stage I-III solid tumors, Hodgkin lymphoma, or non-Hodgkin lymphoma.METHODS & VARIABLES: A three-arm randomized design was used to compare virtual live group presentation of Haze sessions, virtual prerecorded Haze group sess...
Source: Oncology Nursing Forum - April 26, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Jamie S Myers Jeffrey C Wertheimer Jaromme Geebum Kim Jianghua He Celina H Shirazipour Dedrick Hooper Mary Penne Mays Jennifer R Klemp Carli Zegers Arash Asher Source Type: research
Stress and Coping in Patients With Cancer With Depression and Sleep Disturbance
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 Apr 18;51(3):243-262. doi: 10.1188/24.ONF.243-262.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: To evaluate for differences in global, cancer-specific, and cumulative life stress, as well as resilience and use of various coping strategies among five groups (no depression or sleep disturbance, no depression and moderate sleep disturbance, subsyndromal depression and very high sleep disturbance, moderate depression and moderate sleep disturbance [Both Moderate]; and high depression and very high sleep disturbance [Both High]).SAMPLE & SETTING: Patients (N = 1,331) receiving chemotherapy were recruited from outpatient oncolo...
Source: Oncology Nursing Forum - April 26, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Alejandra Calvo-Schimmel Joosun Shin Carolyn S Harris Lisa Morse Steven M Paul Bruce A Cooper Yvette P Conley Fay Wright Marilyn J Hammer Jon D Levine Christine Miaskowski Source Type: research
Self-Reported Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Breast Cancer Is Associated With Potassium Channel Gene Polymorphisms
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 Apr 18;51(3):263-274. doi: 10.1188/24.ONF.263-274.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: To evaluate for associations of polymorphisms for potassium channel genes in patients with breast cancer who were classified as having high or low-moderate levels of cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI).SAMPLE & SETTING: 397 women who were scheduled to undergo surgery for breast cancer on one breast were recruited from breast care centers located in a comprehensive cancer center, two public hospitals, and four community practices.METHODS & VARIABLES: CRCI was assessed using the Attentional Function Index prior to and ...
Source: Oncology Nursing Forum - April 26, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Kate R Oppegaard Marilyn J Hammer Yvette P Conley Carolyn S Harris Bruce A Cooper Steven M Paul Joosun Shin Lisa Morse Gary M Abrams Jon D Levine Christine Miaskowski Source Type: research
