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Effectiveness of the Close Collaboration with Parents intervention on parent-infant closeness in NICU
BackgroundParent-infant closeness during hospital care of newborns has many benefits for both infants and parents. We developed an educational intervention for neonatal staff, Close Collaboration with Parents, to increase ...
Trends in the use of coercive measures in Finnish psychiatric hospitals: a register analysis of the past two decades
<h3>Background</h3><p>Coercive measures is a topic that has long been discussed in the field of psychiatry. Despite global reports of reductions in the use of restraint episodes due to new regulations, it is still questionable ...
Instruments for measuring patient safety competencies in nursing: a scoping review
<p><strong>Background</strong> Patient safety competencies in nursing are essential for the quality of healthcare. To develop practices and collaboration in nursing care, valid instruments that measure competencies in ...
Competency Recommendations for Advancing Nursing Informatics in the Next Decade: International Survey Results
<p>The IMIA-NIstudents’ and emerging professionals’ working group
conducted a large international survey in 2015 regarding research trends in nursing
informatics. The survey was translated into half-a-dozen languages and ...
Healthcare professionals' perceptions of advance care planning in palliative care unit: a qualitative descriptive study
<p>Aims and objectives</p><p>To describe healthcare professionals' perceptions of advance care planning (ACP) in palliative care unit in hospital ward or outpatient clinic.</p><p>Background</p><p>Clinical guidelines recommend timely ACP as a central component of patient-centred palliative care. However, the ACP concept and terminology have been judged to be confusing, and practices are not established. Professionals' views are needed for ACP adoption and usage.</p><p>Design</p><p>Qualitative descriptive design.Methods The study used purposive sampling. The data were collected through focus group interviews with registered nurses and practical nurses and individual or couple interviews with physicians and social workers. The data (n = 33) were analysed by inductive content analysis. The study complied with the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist.<br></p><p>Results</p><p>Three main categories emerged: Information content of ACP, coordination of care activities through ACP, and support for patients' and family members' coping. The information content of ACP included assessment of need for patient care, preparing for changes in patient's state of health and proactive medication. Coordination of care activities through ACP contained ACP care planning, cooperation and work practices between healthcare professionals. Support for patients' and family members' coping included communication between patient, family members and professionals and promoting patient self-care.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>ACP is a useful and proactive tool for integrating patient-centred information, care and services as well as support for patients' and family members' coping. Palliative care activities can be coordinated through ACP in a multidisciplinary manner. ACP is significant and relevant for both professionals' work and patient care throughout the service system.Relevance to clinical practice Results highlight the importance of proactive, concrete and holistic ACP. ACP should be up to date to reflect patient's current wishes. Raising professional awareness and implementing ACP into work processes are essential. Results can be utilised in planning and implementing interprofessional in-service training.</p>...
Educators' occupational well-being in health and social care education
<p>Background</p><p>The occupational well-being (OW) of educators can be defined as a balance between resources and workload factors as seen from four aspects of working life: (i) individual, (ii) working conditions, (iii) ...
Resource allocation and rationing in nursing care: A discussion paper
<p>Driven by interests in workforce planning and patient safety, a growing body of literature has begun to identify the reality and the prevalence of missed nursing care, also specified as care left undone, rationed care ...
The associations between the final clinical practicum elements and the transition experience of early career nurses: A cross-sectional study
<p>The final clinical practicum before graduation prepares nursing students for the transition from a student to a nurse, but the essential elements of the final clinical practicum that enhance successful transition are ...
An Integrative Review of Interprofessional Teamwork and Required Competence in Specialized Palliative Care
To deliver quality care, social and healthcare professionals should be competent both in their own professional work and interprofessionally. The aim of this integrative review was to describe interprofessional teamwork ...
The use and quality of reporting of Rasch analysis in nursing research: A methodological scoping review
<p><strong>Background: </strong>Rasch analysis is widely used in the life sciences. Rasch analysis is a mathematical and probabilistic model based on the assumption that the probability of passing a single item is governed ...