Incident reporting – a difficult balancing act
The purpose of reporting adverse incidents is not to point to scapegoats, but to increase patient safety. Nevertheless, many professionals fail to report unwanted incidents, a study shows.
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The experiences of registered nurses and specialist ICU nurses before and after implementation of ISBAR – a survey
The registered nurses found that the ISBAR communication tool improves the treatment and safety of patients in ICU and on general hospital wards by ensuring that transfer reports are made more standardised and time-efficient.
Reported competence enhancement from participation in resource nurse cancer and palliative care networks
Participation in cancer and palliative care networks increased the registered nurses’ competence. Staff exchange training schemes and frequent participation in clinical practice days were also highly beneficial.
In the child’s best interest? Making the decision to end life-sustaining treatment
Healthcare personnel found it challenging to judge what was in the child’s best interest. The child’s right to autonomy and involvement was often not heeded, and the child was rarely included in the decision-making process.
Mothers’ experiences of caring for an adolescent with recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes
Teenage children’s diabetes diagnoses are an enormous emotional strain on mothers. They need support from healthcare personnel to cope with the stressful situation.
Characteristics of nursing home residents with late-stage dementia and pain
Residents with pain suffered from several health issues and presented with physical as well as mental symptoms. Healthcare personnel can help by providing more effective and appropriate treatment and nursing care.
Rehabilitation ward holiday closure and the course of sepsis
It did not affect discharge destinations or survival.
Nutritional status assessment – a professional responsibility in community nursing
It is challenging for community nurses to screen their patients’ nutritional risk because the guidelines fail to take sufficient account of the domestic arena.
Nurses are better equipped for evidence-based practice following postgraduate study
Nurses are better at using their professional knowledge and applying research in their work following postgraduate study in evidence-based practice (EBP). Their belief in the value of such work also increases.
Early identification of children who stutter – a survey of assessments made by public health nurses
In order to identify children who need a referral to a speech therapist, public health nurses must pay attention to repetitions, blocks and prolongations in the child’s speech.
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