Month: August 2017

Interventions for nurses’ well-being at work: a quantitative systematic review. (J Adv Nurs, 2017, 73(7) p. 1555-1569)

The authors set out to to gather, assess and synthesize current research knowledge on the interventions aiming to improve nurses’ well-being at work. Two of the six interventions were person-directed, two combined person- and organisation-directed and two organisation-directed interventions. Half of them were mainly targeted at stress management while the others aimed at improving interaction with colleagues, work methods and conditions or at supervision of professional skills.
Moderate evidence was found to support the use of interventions among nurses employed at in-patient and out-patient units in four out of the six interventions. The review pointed out a need for research on standardised interventions on nurses’ well-being at work and their effectiveness with long-term follow-ups.

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Effectiveness of two distinct web-based education tools for bedside nurses on medication administration practice for venous thromboembolism prevention: A randomized clinical trial. (PLoS One, 2017, 12(8))

Results of this trail show that education for nurses significantly improves medication administration practice. Dynamic learner-centered education is more effective at engaging nurses. These findings suggest that education should be tailored to the learner.

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Family caregivers’ conceptualisation of quality end-of-life care for people with dementia: A qualitative study. ( Palliative Medicine, 2017, 31 (8) p. 726-733)

People with dementia have been described as the ‘disadvantaged dying’ with poor end-of-life care. Towards the end of life, people with dementia cannot report on the care they receive. It is therefore important to talk to caregivers; however, few have explored the views about end-of-life care from the caregivers’ perspective.

End-of-life care for people with dementia does not differ from care throughout the dementia trajectory. Throughout the findings, there is an implicit underlying theme of conflict: conflict between family caregivers and an increasingly systematised service of care and conflict between family caregivers and professionals. This study has in particular demonstrated the importance of the psycho-social aspects of care, aligning with the holistic definition of palliative care.

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Supporting Adults With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Major Neurocognitive Disorders and Their Caregivers: Effective Occupational Therapy Interventions. ( American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2017, 71 (5) p. 1-4)

Occupational therapy practitioners play a significant role in supporting adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related major neurocognitive disorders, as well as their caregivers, through all phases of the disease process. This article highlights the systematic reviews completed in collaboration with the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Evidence-Based Practice Project that summarize the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions within the scope of occupational therapy practice for this population. Therapists are encouraged to translate and integrate this updated knowledge into everyday practice.

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Recruitment drive for nurses. (Community Practitioner, 2017, 90 (6) p. 9)

This article discusses the recruitment drive launched by the Welsh Government in an effort to increase the number of nurses on wards and in the community according to health secretary Vaughan Gething.

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Dreams and disappointments regarding nursing: Student nurses’ reasons for attrition and retention. A qualitative study design. (Nurse Education Today, 2017, Vol. 54, p. 28-36)

In the Netherlands, hundreds of students register annually for a nursing programme, but not all of these students manage to complete their training. The main aim of this study was to examine which factors affect student nurses’ decision to leave or complete their programme. Student nurses started their studies with many dreams, such as caring for people and having the opportunity to deliver excellent nursing care. When their expectations were not met, their dreams became disappointments which caused them to consider stopping and even to leave (attrition). The role of lecturers and mentors seems invaluable in protecting and guiding students through their programme and placements. Optimal cooperation between lecturers and mentors is of paramount importance to retain student nurses in their training programmes.

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Image and message: Recruiting the right nurses for the profession. A qualitative study. (Nurse Education Today, 2017, vol. 55, p. 77-81 )

The aim of this study was to identify the key word(s) or phrases; and key image(s) new to nursing professionals would recommend using in a recruitment poster to encourage school leavers to study nursing or midwifery. The top-three messages these new to the profession registered nurses would use to recruit high-school leavers to the profession were ‘opportunity’, ‘rewarding’ and ‘travel’. The three core images identified were those depicting ‘care’, ‘opportunity’ and ‘task, technical, technology and role’.
Nurse educators must become media savvy and media trained; and twitterers telling stories, sharing examples of exemplary practice, education and research; and promoting the achievements of the nursing workforce.

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Exploring the Influence of Nurse Work Environment and Patient Safety Culture on Attitudes Toward Incident Reporting. (J Nurs Adm, 2017, Aug. Epub)

The aim of this study was to explore the influence of nurse work environments and patient safety culture on attitudes toward incident reporting. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The structured questionnaire was administered to 191 nurses working at a tertiary university hospital in South Korea. Results showed nurses’ perception of work environment and patient safety culture were positively correlated with attitudes toward incident reporting. A regression model with clinical career, work area and nurse work environment, and patient safety culture against attitudes toward incident reporting was statistically significant.

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Nurses’ response to parents’ ‘speaking-up’ efforts to ensure their hospitalized child’s safety: an attribution theory perspective (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2017, 73(9) p. 2118-2128)

The aim of this article is to understand how attribution processes (control and stability), which the nurse attributes to parental involvement in maintaining child safety, determine the nurse’s response to a safety alert.

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Feeling safe and motivated to achieve better health: Experiences with a partnership-based nursing practice programme for in-home patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2017, 26(17/18) p. 2755-2764)

The aim of this study is to explore chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients’ experiences with a partnership-based nursing practice programme in the home setting.

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