Measures to improve nurses’ working environment often target individuals
Nurses’ psychosocial challenges are transformed into something private and personal instead of being solved at an overarching level in the organisation.
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Surgical nurses lack the time and competence to work in an evidence-based manner
Surgical departments and educational institutions lack an organisational structure and culture that supports evidence-based practice. This may affect patient safety.
The registered nurse in the field of substance abuse – invisible and generic or distinct and specific?
Healthcare personnel in interdisciplinary teams believed that registered nurses made a distinct and recognised contribution to the collaborative effort. In particular, they valued the registered nurses’ somatic knowledge and their milieu therapy expertise.
Changes in nursing homes and home-based nursing care during the COVID-19 pandemic
RNs in the primary healthcare service showed that they can be highly adaptable in a crisis. Preparedness, infection control plans and support in their daily work were critical to how well they dealt with the pandemic.
Intranasal dexmedetomidine is of benefit as paediatric premedication – from the perspective of anaestetic nurses
Anaesthetic nurses found that the children were easier to wake preoperatively and that their awakenings were calmer and less painful.
Electronic message exchange for patients discharged from hospital
Whereas «PLO»-messages serve as a beneficial communication tool, they have to be supplemented with oral communication and meetings.
Use of admission CTG in low-risk parous women: a clinical audit
Quality improvement measures led to midwives reducing the use of cardiotocography (CTG) on admission by 47 per cent. Nevertheless, they continued to use CTG more often than necessary.
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.
Inadequate medication reconciliation in hospitals
Although there are procedures for medication reconciliation, the process is challenging to implement and the allocation of responsibility is unclear.
Training in shared decision-making for registered nurses taking a master’s degree and/or a postgraduate programme
Registered nurses taking a master’s degree and/or a postgraduate programme acquired relevant knowledge that they could use in their daily work in order to assist patients in the decision-making process.
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