Author: wythenshawe

What makes weekend allied health services effective and cost-effective (or not) in acute medical and surgical wards? Perceptions of medical, nursing, and allied health workers. (BMC Health Services Research, May 2017).

There is strong public support for acute hospital services to move to genuine 7-day models, including access to multidisciplinary team assessment. This study aimed to identify factors that might enable an effective and cost-effective weekend allied health services on acute hospital wards. This study makes suggestions for ensuring effective and cost effective weekend allied health care models include minimization of task duplication and targeting interventions so that the right patients receive the right interventions at the right time.

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Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in home care nurses: Study of the main risk factors (International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2017, vol. 61, p. 22–28)

Nurses are a risk group for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). Several studies reveal that nurses have high prevalence rates of injuries and symptoms related to WMSDs. However, many of these studies focus mostly on hospital nurses. Worldwide, few studies include home care nurses.
Providing home care is a risk factor for the onset of lumbar complaints in nurses that also work in Health Centres. These professionals have about a three times higher chance of having lumbar complaints when compared to their colleagues that work only in Health Centres and do not provide home care nursing.
The statistical model obtained in this study includes seven factors that may contribute to the appearance, or absence, of lumbar complaints in home care nurses. The seven risk factors are: forearm posture, static postures, arm posture, arm supported, bed height, job satisfaction, and assistive devices for moving/transferring patients.

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How will the nursing associate role fit within the neonatal workforce? (J Neonatal Nurs, 2017, 23(3) p. 109–111)

This article examines the new role of the nursing associate in the UK and concludes that, from examining the information as yet published the key question that remains is how the nursing associate will fit into specialist teams. The lack of transparency related to the education curriculum and the trepidations that this workforce are in some way being seen as the answer to the shortage of registered nurses exacerbate concerns. The NMC have clearly highlighted that they will be responsible for professional regulation however It will fall to employers and system regulators to ensure that the role is deployed safely and effectively. Moving forward there is a need for some clear clarification and guidance and for national equity within the role.

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‘Mental health day’ sickness absence amongst nurses and midwives: workplace, workforce, psychosocial and health characteristics. (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2017, 73 (5) p. 1172-1181)

This article aims to examine the workforce, workplace, psychosocial and health characteristics of nurses and midwives in relation to their reported use of sickness absence described as ‘mental health days’. The occupational stress associated with the nursing profession is increasingly recognized and nurse/midwifery absenteeism is a significant global problem.

Specific characteristics of nurses and midwives who report taking ‘mental health day’ sickness absence offer healthcare administrators and managers opportunities for early identification and intervention with workplace measures and support frameworks to promote well-being, health promotion and safety.

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Strategy launched to address practice nursing workforce issues (Practice Nursing, 2017, 28 (4) p. 146-)

The article focuses on the recommendations outlined in the workforce plan “Recognise, Reform, Rethink,” which was launched by Health Education England (HEE) to make practice nursing a top career destination.

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Online interventions for caregivers of people with dementia: a systematic review. (Actas Esp Psiquiatr, 2017, 45(3) p. 116-26)

The vast majority of people suffering from dementia are assisted by informal caregivers, who play a key role in fulfilling the patients needs, promoting the possibility for people with dementia to live in their home environment. The Internet as a support tool in psychoeducational programs can significantly improve accessibility of them, becoming a currently consolidated interactive resource for the training of patients with acute and chronic diseases, and their caregivers.
On balance, the studies show a significant improvement after the psychoeducational intervention. Specifically, the improvement in caregivers wellbeing can be observed in the measures for self-efficacy, anxiety and depression.

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The efficacy of supplementation with the novel medical food, Souvenaid, in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (Nutritional neuroscience, 2017, 20940 p. 219-227)

The objective of this review was to evaluate the function of certain nutritional supplements in the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease.

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