Globalisation and diversity require that nurses develop the skills and knowledge to become culturally safe and competent both locally and globally and in all clinical contexts.1 Cultural competency and cultural safety represent fundamental nursing skills in the 21st century. Nurse educators still heavily rely on international clinical experiences in low-income non-Western countries to develop undergraduate students’ cultural competency.2 Previous studies indicate that international clinical placements may...

Pregnancy is a period of major physiological changes. Psychological adjustments occur, more so with a high-risk diagnosis in pregnancy. In their systematic review, the authors outlined the state of the science of pregnant women’s psychopathology, coping and well-being when high-risk conditions including hypertension, diabetes and kidney disease develop during pregnancy. Pregnant women with these conditions can experience ineffective coping, poor well-being, anxiety and depression among other negative symptoms. Provider’s awareness, culturally appropriate education and support can reduce...

Cold housing, driven by poor housing quality and energy poverty, is a significant public health issue in many countries.1 2 Cold housing is known to contribute to many negative physiological health outcomes including: increased risk of cardiovascular events, stroke and myocardial infarction; increased negative effects from chronic and acute respiratory disease; increased colds and influenza; exacerbation of chronic conditions for...

Bereaved siblings have an increased risk of developing long-term health-related problems after loss. A population-wide study revealed higher risks of depression, substance use and a twofold risk of attempted suicide compared to non-bereaved siblings.1 Other research reported a 71% increase of all-cause mortality during a 37-year follow-up period.2 The risk was two-fold when the siblings died by the same cause.

Providers report that digital interventions are effectively being delivered to adults with intellectual disabilities; there is less research about how digital health interventions are received and experienced by people with intellectual disabilities.1 This study by MacHale et al synthesises the experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities using digital mental health interventions, mental...

Simulation is widely used to train nursing students in assessing and managing cardiac arrest. However, considerable debate has been about whether the manikin should die due to unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resuscitation in simulation. Some believe that it could cause undue stress and interfere with learning.1 Others argue that death after resuscitation is expected and that successful resuscitation in every simulation distorts...

The study based on literature mentions that parents/caregivers of children with cancer have additional worries about the potential impact of COVID-19 on their children’s health. It was conducted to identify the experiences, information and support needs of parents/caregivers of children with cancer throughout the different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.

The study used an online survey including...

Epidemics and pandemics have major impacts on ED care. Studies examining the COVID-19 pandemic noted large early US ED visit declines.1 In some...

Regular physical activity is critical to the health and well-being of people living with disabilities (PLWD).1 PLWD are often unable to be as active as they want due to various obstacles, such as a lack of safe and suitable environments,...

Newborns, when consoled with skin-to-skin holding, or KC, are better able to adapt physiologically after caesarean delivery. KC in Turkey is a desired practice, but when the mother has caesarean section, this delays the practice. In Turkey, fathers are not routinely offered KC. Since there is a high rate of caesarean sections in Turkey, the nursing staff do not offer KC to many infants. There are two hypotheses in this study: (1) newborns...

Preferences about childbirth range along a wide continuum from physiological, sometimes even unassisted births, to caesarean sections by maternal request. Despite this wide range, most births in the western world take place in medical settings, making it in practice a medical event, reflecting society’s and health professionals’ views of risk and safety that define birth choices which are considered normative....

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses was unprecedented with high volumes of critically ill patients. This strain on direct care nurses included an increased workload, long hours, separation from family, potential exposure and patient death.1 These factors impacted nurses’ psychological well-being and led to increased reports of nurses intending to leave their jobs. This rapid systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesise the literature of rate of nurses’ intent to leave their job from...

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a highly prevalent condition affecting nearly 25% of women, especially in older age groups.1 It is characterised by involuntary leakage of urine and can have a significant impact on quality of life, leading to psychological distress and placing a financial burden...

Mass vaccination against COVID-19 has been one of the key measures to combat the spread of COVID-19. Initial vaccines have been highly efficacious in reducing infection prevalence and mortality. However, the emergence of variant strains and waning of immunity from initial vaccination...

The clinical environment is the prevailing source of stress during nursing students’ educational experience. Although clinical supervisors are predominantly supportive to students in the clinical environment, current literature recognises certain clinical nursing supervisor actions and behaviours as causes of nursing student clinical stress.1 Clinical supervisors have a responsibility to identify and understand nursing student clinical...

International guidelines1 require healthcare professionals to identify women exposed to IPV, and manage them based on their healthcare needs. To capacitate nurses to effectively respond to these women, undergraduate curricula should include learning outcomes based on evidence-based practice. Shaqiqi and Innab assessed the attitudes of nursing students and their preparedness to manage IPV.2 The study assessed the following variables:...

The psychological strain of caring for very ill patients causes significant mental stress for all ICU healthcare professionals. When stress is prolonged, it might eventually cause burn-out and deterioration of patient...

Team member familiarity has a positive impact on teamwork and interprofessional communication. Organisational design should consider team member familiarity.

Interprofessional teamwork matters for patient and workforce outcomes. Familiarity of team members is associated with improved teamwork and communication, safety and quality of care, utilisation and patient outcomes. However, much of the existing research is observational in nature. This study evaluated the impact of a team member familiarity intervention on the quality of nurse and resident interactions, perceptions of organisational climate and care outcomes.

This single site randomised clinical trial evaluated the effect of a resident scheduling intervention designed to...