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Commentary on: Sabetsarvestani R, Geckil E. A meta-synthesis of the experience of paediatric nurses in communication with children. J Adv Nurs 2024;00:1-16. doi: 10.1111/jan.16072
Paediatric nurses stressed the need for a multimodal approach to communication with children and young people, supplementing verbal interaction with appropriate facial expressions, gestures, tone and use of play. Nurses identified the need to balance communication involving a child and their parents (triadic) and communicating with the child without parents (dyadic) in order to ascertain the child’s understanding and concerns directly rather than solely relying on parental reporting. Parents were described as both aiding nurse communication with children and, in some cases, hindering it. Further communication training for nurses has the potential to improve the quality of care and job satisfaction.
The importance of good communication with patients and their families is...
Commentary on: Farghaly Abdelaliem et al The influence of supportive work environment on work-related stress and conflict management style among emergency care nurses: A descriptive correlational study. Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing. 2024;21(1).
Implications for practice and research Organisations should foster supportive work environments for nurses to enable conflict management, mitigate burnout and turnover, ultimately improving patient outcomes. Future research should implement strategies to reduce work-related stress, addressing stressors and their impact on nurse well-being and patient outcomes.
Nurses and midwives, constituting over 50% of the global healthcare workforce, are crucial for high-quality care.
Commentary on: Perrella A, Geen, O, Ahuja, M, et al. Exploring the Impact of Age, Frailty, and Multimorbidity on the Effect of ICU Interventions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Critical Care Med. 2024 September. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006315
Implications for practice and research More information on how age, frailty, and multimorbidity affect responses to interventions in critically ill older adults would be important and beneficial for shared decision-making. Future studies should focus more on these understudied populations of older patients with frailty or multimorbidity and examine how they respond to intensive care unit interventions.
Recent data show that there has been an increase in the older populations admitted to intensive care unit (ICU).
EBN Contemporary Nursing Education on: Thornton et al. 2025, How does trauma informed care education for paediatric healthcare professionals impact self-reported knowledge and practice. An integrative review. Nurse Education in Practice. 82.
Implications for nursing education Healthcare professionals reported improved awareness and understanding of trauma-informed care (TIC) and self-efficacy in applying it in practice. Nurse educators should continue to develop robust evaluation of TIC educational interventions.
Psychological trauma is a major public health concern, with high rates of exposure among the population. Within paediatric healthcare settings, exposure can be substantial.
Commentary on: Jabbie L, Walshe C, Ahmed F (2023). The views and perceptions of training in physical health care amongst mental health nurses, managers of mental health nurses and trainers: A systematically constructed narrative synthesis. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. DOI: 10.1111/inm.13253.
The authors of this narrative review conclude that mental health nurses’ preparation for delivering physical healthcare interventions is suboptimal and requires regular supplementation. There is a need to establish what level of proficiency in physical healthcare skills mental health nurses require.
People with severe mental illness, notably those with psychosis, live 10 years less than the general population. Most premature death is from natural causes, chiefly cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Commentary on: Bennett SD, Rojas N, Catanzano M, et al. Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a mental health drop-in centre for the siblings of young people attending a paediatric hospital. J Child Health Care. 2023 Oct 18:13674935231206895. doi: 10.1177/13674935231206895.
Implications for practice and research In this study, a combination of brief intervention, onward referral and signposting was associated with significant improvements in mental health and quality of life in a group of siblings of paediatric patients. Further research providing more accessible support for families by co-locating services in outpatient paediatric settings may reach groups that would not otherwise come forward for help.
The literature on the well-being of siblings of children with serious medical conditions indicates that they are at elevated risk of emotional and behavioural problems.
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