Clinical research nurses (CRNs) have been recognised as drivers of success in the conduct of clinical research and clinical trials. However, despite its popularity as a career option, the CRN role is ...unclear and misunderstood by most clinical nurses. A survey questionnaire was developed and distributed to clinical nurses in the renal unit of a large London hospital to ascertain their understanding of the role of the CRN. Although about 90% of clinical colleagues believed that research was beneficial to patients, a significant proportion (40%) misunderstood the role and 60% were found to have limited or basic understanding. Lack of communication between the CRN and clinical nurses, and research information dissemination emerged as the major contributing factors for this. Developing an approach to address this issue to bridge the gap between these two key nursing specialties is pivotal not only to increase research output but also to augment research awareness and improve working relationships.
The aim of this study was to explore cardiac nurses’ experiences with a comprehensive web-based intervention for patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
We conducted an explorative ...qualitative study based on individual semi-structured interviews with 9 cardiac nurses from 5 Danish university hospitals.
We found one overall theme: “Between traditional nursing and modern eHealth”. This theme was derived from the following six categories: (1) comprehensive content in the intervention, (2) patient-related differences in engagement, (3) following the protocol is a balancing act, (4) online communication challenges patient contact, (5) professional collaboration varies, and (6) an intervention with potential. Cardiac nurses were positive towards the web-based intervention and believe it holds a large potential. However, they felt challenged by not having in-person and face-to-face contact with patients, which they found valuable for assessing patients’ wellbeing and psychological distress.
Specific training in eHealth communication seems necessary as web-based care entails a shift in the nursing role and requires a different way of communication.
Innovation
Focusing on the user experience in web-based care from the perspective of cardiac nurses is innovative, and by applying implementation science this leads to new knowledge to consider when developing and implementing web-based care.
•Cardiac nurses are positive towards web-based treatment.•Online communication entails a shift in the nursing role and requires training.•Web-based treatment can challenge assessment of patients’ psychological wellbeing.
Background
Role confusion is hampering the development of nurses' capacity for health promotion and prevention. Addressing this requires discussion to reach agreement among nurses, managers, ...co‐workers, professional associations, academics and organisations about the nursing activities in this field. Forming a sound basis for this discussion is essential.
Aims and objectives
To provide a description of the state of nursing health promotion and prevention practice expressed in terms of activities classifiable under the Ottawa Charter and to reveal the misalignments between this portrayal and the ideal one proposed by the Ottawa Charter.
Methods
A critical interpretive synthesis was conducted between December 2018 and May 2019. The PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, PsychINFO, Web of Science and Dialnet databases were searched. Sixty‐two papers were identified. The relevant data were extracted using a pro‐forma, and the reviewers performed an integrative synthesis. The ENTREQ reporting guidelines were used for this review.
Results
Thirty synthetic constructs were developed into the following synthesising arguments: (a) addressing individuals' lifestyles versus developing their personal skills; (b) focusing on environmental hazards versus creating supportive environments; (c) action on families versus strengthening communities; (d) promoting community partnerships versus strengthening community action; and (e) influencing policies versus building healthy public policy.
Conclusions
There are notable misalignments between nurses' current practice in health promotion and prevention and the Ottawa Charter's actions and strategies. This may be explained by the nurses' lack of understanding of health promotion and prevention and political will, research methodological flaws, the predominance of a biomedical perspective within organisations and the lack of organisational prioritisation for health promotion and prevention.
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the state-of-the-art developed about surgical Nursing care in the operating room. Method: an integrative review with search and selection of primary studies conducted ...in April and May 2022 in four major data sources in the health field, namely: LILACS, SciELO, BDENF and PubMed, from 2018 to 2022. The sample consisted of 13 studies, 8 selected from a universe of 293 articles and 5 obtained through the manual search. Results: three categories were generated: Associating surgical care with care, people and material resources management for patient safety; Surgical care and ethical sensitivity in the search for patients' well-being; and Operating room nurses' manifestation and omission experiences and surgical care. Conclusions: surgical Nursing care in the operating room is varied and is manifested through meeting the administrative demands, ethical sensitivity, body temperature maintenance, preservation of individuality and meeting all the needs in the intraoperative period when patients are more vulnerable, including being duly informed as a way to provide safe surgical care. On the other hand, nurses acknowledge the need to change their world view and direct surgical care towards a more human, social and cultural perspective.
RESUMO Objetivo: identificar o estado da arte que foi desenvolvido sobre os cuidados cirúrgicos do enfermeiro da sala de cirurgia. Método: revisão integrativa com pesquisa e seleção de estudos primários realizada entre abril e maio de 2022 em quatro fontes de dados destacadas no campo da saúde: LILACS, SciELO, BDENF e PubMed de 2018 a 2022. A amostra consistiu-se de 13 estudos, 8 selecionados de um total de 293 artigos e 5 pesquisados manualmente. Resultados: foram geradas três categorias: associação do cuidado cirúrgico com a gestão dos cuidados, pessoas e recursos materiais para a segurança do paciente; cuidado cirúrgico e sensibilidade ética na busca do bem-estar do paciente e as experiências de manifestação e omissão do enfermeiro da sala de cirurgia e o cuidado cirúrgico. Conclusões: o cuidado cirúrgico na sala de cirurgia é variado e se manifesta através da atenção às exigências administrativas, sensibilidade ética, manutenção da temperatura corporal, preservação da individualidade e atenção a todas as necessidades no ambiente intra-operatório onde o paciente é mais vulnerável, incluindo o dever de estar informado como um meio de proporcionar um cuidado cirúrgico seguro. Por outro lado, reconhece a necessidade de mudar sua cosmovisão e direcionar os cuidados cirúrgicos para uma perspectiva mais humana, social e cultural.
RESUMEN Objetivo: identificar el estado de arte que se ha desarrollado sobre el cuidado quirúrgico de la enfermera de sala de operaciones. Método: revisión integrativa con indagación y selección de estudios primarios efectuada en abril y mayo de 2022 en cuatro fuentes de datos destacadas en el campo de la salud: Lilacs, SciELO, BDENF y PubMed de 2018 a 2022. La muestra se conformó por 13 estudios, 8 seleccionados de un universo de 293 artículos y 5 de búsqueda manual. Resultados: se generaron tres categorías: asociando cuidado quirúrgico con gestión de cuidado, de personas y de recursos materiales para la seguridad del paciente; el cuidado quirúrgico y la sensibilidad ética en la búsqueda de bienestar para el paciente y las experiencias de manifestación y omisión del enfermero de quirófano y el cuidado quirúrgico. Conclusiones: el cuidado quirúrgico en la enfermera de sala de operaciones es variado y se manifiesta a través de la atención a las demandas administrativas, la sensibilidad ética, el mantenimiento de la temperatura corporal, conservación de la individualidad y atención a todas las necesidades en el intraoperatorio donde el paciente es más vulnerable, incluyendo el estar informada como una forma de brindar un cuidado quirúrgico seguro. Por otro lado, reconoce la necesidad de cambiar su visión de mundo y dirigir el cuidado quirúrgico hacia una mirada más humana, social y cultural.
To analyse the qualitative evidence on the role of critical care nurses in rapid response teams.
Qualitative systematic review.
This qualitative systematic review employed Bettany-Saltikov and ...McSherry's guidelines and is reported according to the Enhancing Transparency in Reporting the Synthesis of Qualitative Research checklist. Two pairs of blinded researchers screened the articles. The data were synthesised using a thematic analysis approach.
A systematic literature search was conducted using the CINAHL, Embase and MEDLINE databases.
Seven studies were included, and three main roles were identified: (1) balancing between confidence and fear in clinical encounters, (2) facilitating collaboration and (3) managing challenging power dynamics in decision-making.
Critical care nurses possess extensive knowledge and skills in providing critical care to patients experiencing deterioration on general wards. They play a vital role in facilitating collaboration between team members and ward staff. Furthermore, within the rapid response team, critical care nurses assume leadership responsibilities by overseeing the comprehensive coordination of patient care and actively engaging in the decision-making process concerning patient care.
Highlighting the central role of critical care nurses in rapid response teams as well such a team's benefits in healthcare organisations can promote applications for funding to support further quality assurance of rapid response teams and thus enhance patient safety.
Health care organisations can assure the quality of rapid response team by providing economical resources and training. The education providers should facilitate and standardise curriculum for critical care nursing students to achieve necessary knowledge and skills as members in rapid response teams.
No patient or public contribution.
•Supporting family caregivers is a crucial public health issue•The RAISE Family Caregiving Act of 2018 identifies supporting family caregivers as a national priority•Nurses have a vital role in ...advancing support for family caregivers•National recommendations to support family caregivers can be used to target nursing research, practice, and policy
Recognizing family caregivers as vital providers of long-term assistance to loved ones with chronic illness, several national organizations developed recommendations to improve support for family caregivers.
This article categorizes these recommendations to advance family-centered nursing practice, develop health policies, and advocate for family caregiver support.
Six reports of caregiver recommendations published in the United States from 2016 to 2021 were analyzed using thematic analysis.
The 108 recommendations were organized into five categories: policy; caregiver assessment and support; health professional practices; public awareness; advance care planning.
Ensuring economic security, establishing a national data collection strategy, addressing caregivers’ diverse needs, improving access to health care and support services, and increasing public awareness were highlighted.
The recommendations provide a roadmap for nurses at all levels of practice to advocate for a national agenda to develop, fund, and implement inclusive health care policies and interventions to address unmet caregiver needs and maximize support.
OBJECTIVETo address some of the main nurse's role in facilitating patients' participation and engagement to prepare for the stress of surgery. DATA SOURCESThese include published peer reviewed ...literature, web-based resources, and professional organizations' resources. CONCLUSIONPsychological and physical optimization of surgical patients during the preoperative phase is a novel approach known as the prehabilitation program. A multidisciplinary team of health professionals work in synergy to prepare patients for the upcoming surgery. Different roles and responsibilities may be allotted to the nurse, whereas one of which may focus on patient education. Being cognizant of low health literacy rates while using various teaching strategies known to promote patient understanding may increase patient participation to prepare for surgery. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICEThis article may guide nurses who are new to the concept of health literacy and patient activation. We wish to sensitize nurses to a few strategies to support patient understanding and involvement. This overview can help others who are establishing a prehabilitation unit in their institution to highlight the important role a nurse can play toward patient education.
To examine existing published literature regarding nurses and antimicrobial stewardship, and their potential role and contribution, to identify what is known, to evaluate methodologies used in ...published research, and to review and integrate findings to inform practice and future priorities for research.
Integrative review.
The approach to this review was informed by Whittemore and Knafl's integrative review methodology. Electronic databases were searched for papers published since the start of the database to November 2019, with abstracts available, related to humans and published in English. Papers were included regardless of practice setting (acute, aged, and primary care) and if they were research based, included nurses as participants and reported specifically on results from nurses or that had implications for nursing practice. Excluded were conference abstracts, and papers focussed solely on nurse prescriber, nurse practitioner, or nurse manager roles.
Fifty-two papers were included in the review. Identified themes were: i) nursing knowledge, learning needs and education; ii) nurse perceptions of the nursing role and motivations for involvement; iii) nursing brokerage and influence on information flow to and from patients; iv) nursing workflow, workload and workarounds; and v) nurse leadership. Methodological quality of the included papers varied, limiting transferability and applicability of findings for some of the included studies.
Formal inclusion of nurses in antimicrobial stewardship activities has been associated with improved nurse knowledge, nurse confidence, and in some cases improved clinical outcomes for patients. The review reinforces nursing values as a motivator of nursing actions, and reveals the complex yet significant influence of nurses on antimicrobial prescribing. Potential opportunities to enhance nurses’ participation and contribution to antimicrobial stewardship include; formal acknowledgement of the nurse role, educating nurses so that they are aware of how they can contribute, collaborating with nurses in planning and implementing local stewardship activities, and ensuring nurse leaders are involved. However, evidence on this topic remains limited. Research is needed to facilitate greater understanding about the nature, scope and influence of the nurse role in antimicrobial stewardship, how nurses enact and carry out their role, and nurses’ support needs.
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurses in Korea often experience challenges in providing care for dying infants and their families. However, there is limited understanding about what contributes ...to the challenges related to end-of-life care.
To describe NICU nurses' perceived roles and challenges faced while providing end-of-life care in South Korea.
A qualitative descriptive study was conducted with 20 NICU nurses in South Korea using semi-structured interviews. Participants were recruited from two NICUs in Seoul, where infant mortality is the highest in South Korea. Transcribed interviews were coded by two research personnel, and subsequently, a developed coding book was translated by three research personnel. The codes developed were categorized and peer-reviewed to develop themes using conventional content analysis.
Nurses' roles during end-of-life care were grouped into four categories: providing information and support, enhancing attachment between the parents and infants, providing direct care to the infant, and completing documentation. Nurses' perceived challenges during end-of-life care included providing end-of-life care without adequate experience and knowledge, environmental constraints on end-of-life care, and conflicted situations during end-of-life care.
Although the nurses provided the best care they could, their end-of-life care practice was hindered for various reasons. To enhance NICU nurses' ability to provide and make them more capable of providing high quality EOL care, hospitals need to support nurse education and improve staffing level, and create in NICUs an environment that is favorable for providing EOL care.
•Nurses’ perceived roles during EOL care were described using four categories.•The reasons why nurses perceived providing EOL care challenging were categorized into three groups.•Nurses stated difficulties in making ethical care decisions and providing emotional support at the time of the death.
Diagnostic stewardship is ‘coordinated guidance and interventions to improve appropriate use of microbiological diagnostics to guide therapeutic decisions’ and a fundamental part of antimicrobial ...stewardship and the nursing role. The role of the nurse in diagnostic stewardship is relatively unknown and an underused resource. Lack of involvement and training in diagnostic stewardship can lead to inaction or incorrect actions, either of which may be detrimental to patient management, outcomes and care.
To determine the role of the hospital adult nurse in diagnostic stewardship to inform local engagement strategies.
The methodology was informed by Whiffin’s (2020) systematic search approach. Electronic databases were searched from 2016 to 2022. The studies included were primary research papers involving adult nurses working in a hospital setting, with findings relevant to a diagnostic stewardship role. Thematic analysis was chosen to understand and compare the results, findings and recommendations of the studies.
Seven studies were included in the review. The identified themes were: (i) nursing role – to recognize infection, aid diagnosis and review results; (ii) nurse challenges – lack of knowledge and confidence to implement diagnostic stewardship; and (iii) nurse education – empowerment and use of clinical tools.
Research studies do not consistently recognize the full scope of the diagnostic stewardship nursing role, signifying that nurses remain an underused resource in promoting diagnostic stewardship. Research-based clarification of the role of the nurse in diagnostic stewardship, outlined in this review, is therefore vital. Further UK-based, nurse-led research is needed to capture the impact of nurse-driven diagnostic stewardship interventions.
