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To assess the impact of the proactive organisational resource allocation in terms of a 6‐week well‐being initiative to support public healthcare professionals' workplace engagement, well‐being and job satisfaction.
Burnout of healthcare professionals can be a major cost to the Australian economy and public healthcare sector. According to the social exchange theory, when healthcare professionals perceive that their organisation proactively allocates resources to caring for its employees, then they are more likely to reciprocate and become more engaged in their work roles.
The study used a pre‐ and postsurvey of healthcare professionals who participated in the well‐being initiative.
Between February–June 2019, 172 healthcare professionals were surveyed before and after a well‐being initiative. The survey included questions on workplace engagement, workplace well‐being and job satisfaction. Paired t tests were used to determine whether the difference between before and after averages was significant. The TREND statement was used to ensure the quality reporting of this study.
The well‐being initiative had a positive impact on the healthcare professionals involved in the initiative. Nursing staff benefitted the most from the well‐being initiative, while the full‐time staff members and highly experienced demonstrated an increase in engagement.
Well‐being initiatives can be a targeted strategy to help alleviate burnout amongst healthcare professionals and build a mutually beneficial relationship between management and employees.
This study shows how implementing a staff well‐being initiative increases workplace engagement, which benefits both the individual and the organisation.
To explore how information concerning ICU patients´ families is included in the ICU clinicians’ daily handover.
Handover refers to the transfer of information and care responsibility between clinicians. An effective and precise handover is of great importance to ensure quality of care. Although improvements in handovers have received increasing attention in recent decades, little is known about how information about ICU patients’ family members is included in handovers.
A qualitative study using Charmaz’ constructivist grounded theory approach.
Data were gathered through participant observation, focus groups, dyadic and individual interviews of physicians and nurses from four ICUs in different Norwegian hospitals. The data consists of 270 observation hours, seven focus groups, three dyadic interviews and two individual interviews. Field notes and transcribed interview data were analysed using constructivist grounded theory approach. COREQ checklist was applied as reporting guideline for this study.
“A game of whispers” emerged as the core category, representing missing information about the patient’s family during the handover. Together with three subcategories: “documentation dilemmas”, “being updated” and “talking together”, the core category explains how transfer of family‐related information between clinicians is continually processed and resolved.
This study indicates challenges related to appropriate and high‐quality handover concerning ICU patients´ families. Oral handovers are essential in terms of clinicians’ need to elaborate on written information and update each other. However, oral transmission involves a high risk of information loss during the handover. Written documentation about the family seems to be inadequate and poorly structured.
The study findings suggest a need for increased awareness in practice and research of the importance of transferring appropriate and reliable information about patients’ families between ICU clinicians. User‐friendly handover tools and patient records that include information on patients’ family members should be developed.
Liver cirrhosis severely decreases patients' quality of life. Since self‐management programs have improved quality of life and reduce hospital admissions in other chronic diseases, they have been suggested to decrease liver cirrhosis burden.
We performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis to evaluate the clinical impact of self‐management programs in patients with liver cirrhosis, which followed the Preferred Reporting for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Primary outcomes include health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) and hospitalization. We searched MEDLINE, CENTRAL, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and two trial registers to July 2017.
We identified four randomized trials (299 patients) all rated at a high risk of bias. No difference was demonstrated for HRQOL (Standardized Mean Difference ‐0.01, 95% CI: ‐0.48 to 0.46) and hospitalization days (Incidence Rate Ratio 1.6, 95% CI: 0.5 to 4.8). For secondary outcomes, one study found a statistically significant improvement in patient knowledge (Mean Difference (MD) 3.68, 95% CI: 2.11 to 5.25) while another study found an increase in Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease scores (MD 2.8, 95% CI: 0.6 to 4.9) in the self‐management group. No statistical difference was found for the other secondary outcomes (self‐efficacy, psychological health outcomes, healthcare utilization, mortality). Overall, the quality of the evidence was low. The content of self‐management programs varied across studies with little overlap.
The current literature indicates that there is no evidence of a benefit of self‐management programs for people with cirrhosis.
Practitioners should use self‐management programs with caution when delivering care to patients living with cirrhosis. Further research is required to determine what are the key features in a complex intervention like self‐management. This review offers a preliminary framework for clinicians to develop a new self‐management program with key features of effective self‐management interventions from established models.
Vascular access devices(VAD), centrally CVAD) or peripherally(PIV) located, are common in the nursing profession. A high proportion of admitted patients require a VAD to enable administration of intravenous treatments or diagnostic modalities. As the primary caregivers for these patients, nurses are responsible for ongoing care and maintenance of these devices.
This scoping review examines the current state of practicing nurses knowledge around routine care and maintenance of adult VADs.
In the fall of 2018, the following databases were searched: Medline‐Ovid 1946 to current, Embase‐Ovid 1947 to current, Ebsco CINAHL Plus with full text, and ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health database and articles were selected according to the PRISMA‐ScR checklist. Inclusion criteria: original research published in peer‐reviewed journals; in English or French; focused on practising nurses’ knowledge about the routine care and maintenance of adult VADs.
Of the 4099 abstracts identified, 36 full‐text articles were included. Study characteristics are reported in addition to themes found in the literature: the relationship between demographic data and CVAD/PIV knowledge, the state of nurses’ CVAD/PIV knowledge, and nurses’ CVAD/PIV knowledge scores. Overall, significant gaps in nurses’ knowledge on the care and maintenance of VADs are noted.
The variability in nurses’ knowledge around both CVAD and PIV led the authors to conclude that there is room for improvement in the educational preparation of nurses and a need for workplace training.
This scoping review intends to highlight the knowledge gap of nurses with regards to best practices for VAD routine care and maintenance and demonstrate the need for education, both in educational and healthcare institutions, to ensure high quality care and improved patient outcomes related to VADs.
To describe nurses’ experiences of palliative care for older people with advanced dementia living in residential aged care units.
Dementia is a global health problem and the number of older people with dementia who need palliative care is increasing. Previous research has revealed that care for older people with dementia in the final stage of life is usually complex. However, little is known about how nurses experience palliative care for older people with advanced dementia living in residential aged care units.
Nine individual, semi‐structured face‐to‐face interviews with nurses working in residential aged care units for older people with advanced dementia in palliative care in western Sweden were analysed using qualitative inductive content analysis. The COREQ checklist was followed.
The nurses considered that palliative care for older people with advanced dementia is a complex and challenging form of care. In particular, they identified three challenges that must be met: developing specialised knowledge and skills, developing teamwork as a working method, and creating a caring relationship.
The results of our analysis indicate that if nurses are aware of and understand that the challenges are essential for ‘joining all the pieces together’, the palliative care for older people with advanced dementia may become a positive experience for nurses and may increase their sense of satisfaction and security in their professional role.
For the palliative care to be successful the nurses need to ‘join all the pieces together’, i.e. succeed in developing specialised knowledge and skills, developing teamwork as a working method, and creating a caring relationship to establish a person‐centred care with the older person with advanced dementia and with his or her relatives.
To critically appraise primary research on the views and experiences of parents of children with complex health needs during the transition from hospital to home.
Children with complex health needs frequently transition across and within healthcare systems, due to their age, care needs and ongoing health conditions. Repeated and unplanned admissions are significantly higher for children with complex health needs. Yet parents, as the primary providers of care, report being unsupported and unprepared during the transition from hospital back to home due to poor communication, inadequate discharge planning and education, resulting in stress and anxiety within the home environment.
Systematic review following PRISMA guidelines.
A systematic search was completed of the databases CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library Review between January 2009 and September 2019. Data were extracted, categorised and analysed using a thematic analysis approach. An adapted CASP qualitative assessment tool was utilised for quality assessment. All included articles were marked for validity and relevance to current research with an overall score from 0–20.
A total of 13 studies of mixed quality were identified. CASP quality scores ranged from 13–18. Four themes emerged highlighting parents' experiences of the emotional processes, communication, coordination and support and resources when transitioning from hospital to home.
Hospital discharge and transition from hospital to home is a complicated and at times frustrating process for parents of children with complex health needs. Parents report being exhausted and stressed during this often‐challenging period of adjustment which was perceived as a difficult and emotional process. There is a clear lack of support available for parents both from hospital and community services.
To review the literature on the impact of inflammatory bowel disease on the sexual health of men, and make recommendations for nursing practice and research.
Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic condition of the gastrointestinal tract, causing symptoms that may impact upon sexual health. Specialist nurses are well positioned to assess and manage sexual health, but there is a lack of clinical guidance, especially in relation to men.
A systematic scoping review following the Arksey and O’Malley (2005) framework reported in line with the PRISMA‐ScR checklist (Tricco et al. 2018).
OVID MEDLINE ALL [R], OVID EMBASE [R], OVID PsychINFO, EBSCO CINAHL Complete, The Cochrane Library and ProQuest were searched. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied independently by two reviewers. Data was extracted, charted and summarised from eligible studies.
Thirty‐one studies met the inclusion criteria. These were synthesised under three categories: mediators, moderators, and descriptors of sexual health. Depression, disease activity and surgery were the most commonly cited disease‐related factors to affect sexual health in men. The most commonly used assessment tool was The International Index of Erectile Function. Descriptors of function included; frequency of intercourse, libido and the ability to maintain a desired sexual role.
The effect of inflammatory bowel disease on sexual health in men involves a complex interaction of physical and psychosocial factors. Researchers must explore areas outside of erectile function to understand how the disease impacts sexuality, sexual well‐being and masculinity. This can be achieved through qualitative exploration of patient, partner and health professional experiences.
Relevance to clinical practice
A holistic nursing assessment of men with inflammatory bowel disease should include sexual health. Developing understanding of how the disease influences sexual interaction and expression will facilitate support that is relevant, accessible and of value to men living with the disease.
El objetivo es analizar los resultados del Ranking Cuiden Citación-2019 con las revistas de Enfermería más citadas en Iberoamérica. Se incluyen 51 publicaciones procedentes de seis países (Brasil, Colombia, España, Uruguay, Portugal y Cuba) que han registrado impacto bibliométrico en el último periodo analizado. Se analizan dos indicadores: Repercusión Inmediata Cuiden (RIC) e Índice de Inmediatez. Además se identifican otras revistas de enfermería citadas dentro y fuera del Espacio Científico Iberoamericano (ECI). Destacan las revistas brasileñas, que ocupan las principales posiciones del repertorio, siendo la revista Esc Anna Nery R Enferm la más citada con una RIC de 2,216. El mayor índice de imediatez lo registra la revista Enferm Clínica. Aparecen cinco revistas citadas con posibilidades de incorporarse como revistas fuente en siguientes análisis. Se aprecia un cierto estancamiento en el ritmo de crecimiento de citas en los últimos años, sin que aún podamos hablar de saturación. El número de revistas con repercusión permanece estable, con una ligera tendencia al decrecimiento.
Florence publica este texto en una de las dos entradas que realizó para un diccionario que alcanzó una difusión extraordinaria en su tiempo (se editaron 50.000 ejemplares).1 Es pues un texto claramente divulgativo, orientado a informar a la ciudadanía en general. A pesar de la brevedad del pasaje seleccionado, sintetiza muy bien su pensamiento, condensado en forma de decálogo que recoge los atributos que se asocian al ejercicio enfermero [continuar leyendo en el PDF].
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