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To explore the identity and body experiences of emerging adults with congenital heart disease.
Qualitative descriptive study.
Narratives from 152 emerging adults about living with congenital heart disease and its impact on their identity and body experiences were analysed using template analysis. An inductive and deductive approach was combined, and the frameworks of illness identity and experience of embodiment were used as a starting point.
The template analysis generated two primary themes: (1) identity and (2) body, each containing several subthemes. For identity, the subthemes were (1.1) illness identity and (1.2) acknowledgement. For body, the subthemes were (2.1) the dimensions of embodiment and (2.2) the process of embodiment. In addition, the related themes (3) self in light of the other and (4) lack of impact were included.
This study highlights the unique challenges emerging adults with congenital heart disease can encounter regarding their identity and body experiences.
Patient care would benefit from adopting a more holistic and person-centred approach that fosters positive identity and body experiences in emerging adults with congenital heart disease.
This study deepens our understanding of how congenital heart disease affects identity and body experiences in emerging adults. Recognising these aspects as crucial to psychological care can facilitate patients in sharing identity and body-related challenges and receiving tailored support.
This study adheres to the EQUATOR guidelines and used SRQR as the reporting method.
To analyse the incidence of physical restraint use during painful and stressful procedures in hospitalised children, as well as the factors associated with its use.
Observational, longitudinal and prospective study.
Children aged between 28 days and 10 years in a public hospital in Brazil were each observed undergoing clinical procedures over a 6-h period. Data were collected on demographics, observed pain using validated measures, stress behaviours, and the use of physical restraint. Descriptive and inferential analyses were performed. National ethical guidelines were strictly followed.
1210 procedures were observed on 75 children, including 351 painful and 859 stressful procedures. Physical restraint was used in 270 (22.3%) procedures; of these, 131 (48.5%) were painful procedures and 139 (51.5%) were stressful procedures. In stressful procedures, at least one stress-related behaviour was observed before the initiation of physical restraint. Factors associated with increased use of physical restraint during painful procedures were younger children, with higher levels of care dependency, higher pain scores during procedures, and those who underwent intravenous medication administration, airway suctioning, tube insertion, and fixation changes. In stressful procedures, the factors associated with higher use of physical restraint were younger children, hospitalisation due to respiratory conditions, those who underwent physical examinations, inhaled medication, and nasal lavage; and the child's expression of stress behaviour before the procedure starts. Predictors of physical restraint included morning period, younger age group, male or female sex, and transfer from the Intensive Care Unit.
A high incidence of physical restraints was observed across multiple painful and stressful procedures performed within a 6-h period, associated with variables related to both the child's characteristics and the procedures.
This study aims to encourage reconsideration of the frequent use of physical restraint in paediatric procedures, calling for a reframing of its application as an unquestioned practice toward an approach that prioritises protecting and respecting a child as a subject with needs, rights, and desires.
Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE).
To explore flight nurses' experiences with interhospital transportation of critically ill patients in fixed-wing aircraft.
The study had a qualitative explorative and descriptive design.
Nine flight nurses working at five different air bases across Norway were interviewed. Systematic text condensation was used to analyse the data. The study was reported according to the COREQ checklist.
The data analysis resulted in three categories: Flight nurses being one step ahead when preparation for transporting patients in out-of-hospital environments, Flight nurses' strategies for effective and safe patient transport within the aircraft environment, and Flight nurses' need for a structured and organised handover of patients.
The flight nurses emphasised the need for extensive preparation prior to aeromedical transport to enhance patients' safety. The aircraft environment was a challenge that required them to be creative with the limited resources available and to have a well-functioning interprofessional teamwork.
Knowledge about flight nurses' experiences with interhospital transportations could provide a path to standardisation and inform strategies to enhance interprofessional teamwork. Such knowledge could also contribute to humanising nursing practice during the transportation of critical care patients.
There were no patient or public contributions.
To provide a description of nurses' experiences related to moral injury, including Potentially Morally Injurious Events and factors related to the impact of those events.
Reflexive thematic analysis of nurse interviews.
Nurses were recruited from an ongoing study within a large academic medical centre. Nurses who enrolled in the present study participated in semi-structured individual interviews using an interview guide based on Litz's conceptualisation of moral injury. Themes were identified in the recorded and transcribed interviews.
Interviews were conducted with 12 nurses in May and June 2023 and coded for themes within three broad categories: (a) Nursing Values, (b) Experiences of Potentially Morally Injurious Events and (c) Stressors and Supports. Within these categories, we pinpointed 8 themes and 3 subthemes, which highlight the nurses experience of potentially morally injurious events related to challenging care, strained relationships with physicians, and treatment inequity, which conflict with their nursing values. We identified team and organisational factors, including senior leadership behaviours, team dynamics and access to resources that appear to intensify or lessen the impact of these events.
Potentially Morally Injurious Events contribute to the occupational stress experienced by nurses, particularly when systemic organisational factors and demands prevent them from providing the value-driven and ethically necessary healthcare. Limiting Potentially Morally Injurious Events and providing supportive environments following stressors requires organisational-level changes within healthcare environments to prevent and alleviate nurses' occupational stress.
This research highlights the need for healthcare organisations to implement systemic interventions aimed both at reducing Potentially Morally Injurious Events and creating system and team-level supports to lessen the impact of unavoidable events. These results pinpoint specific areas for prevention, intervention and support.
No Patient or Public Contribution.
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