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Commentary on: Farfán-Zúñiga, X abd Jaman-Mewes, P. Reflections of nursing students on the care of the person’s dignity at the end of life: a qualitative study. Nurse Education Today 2024; 133: 106067.
Implications for practice and research Dignity is one of the main values at the end of life. Reflection of dignity and the meaning of such should be an obligatory part of nursing education, particularly when caring for people at the final stage of life, where vulnerability is more palpable. Research on nursing students’ reflections regarding meeting the dignity needs of dying people is essential to improve the quality of end-of-life care.
Dignity is a cornerstone in healthcare and nursing research, not least it is an important concept when caring for people and their relatives at the end of life. Yet, there is a lack of research about nursing education, reflective...
Commentary on: Lyon, M. E., Fraser, J. L., Thompkins, J. D., et al (2024). Advance Care Planning for Children With Rare Diseases: A Pilot RCT. Pediatrics, 153(6), e2023064557. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-064557.
Implications for research and practice Having access to advance care planning, despite social and financial constraints is imperative. It is evident that in the population included in this study, advance care planning was invaluable for those below the 2021 financial poverty line. Further research is required to determine if the current medical model in the USA is meeting the requirements of caregivers and children with rare diseases.
Rare diseases in babies, children and young people (children) are often life-shortening, and children can require constant caregiving. Bösch et al
Commentary on: Ren, LH., Wong, KLY., Wong, J., Kleiss, S., Berndt, A., Mann, J., Hussein, A., Hu, G., Wong, L., Khong, R., Fu, J., Ahmed, N., Nolte, J., Hung, L. (2024) Working with a robot in hospital and long-term care homes: staff experience BMC Nursing 23:317 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-01983-0
Implications for practice and research When implementing welfare technology, staff education needs to consider relational and cultural factors, including positivity in leadership, teamwork and staff-family relationships to facilitate use. As technological possibilities are increasing, while older populations are growing and working populations are decreasing, user-based research in implementation of welfare technology is urgently needed.
The interest of using digital technologies, robots etc in supporting old age care is growing, due to the fact that the technological possibilities are also increasing. The fact that older populations are growing while working populations are decreasing in...
This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.
The first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert 80 years ago, in July 1945. Three weeks later, two relatively small (by today’s standards), tactical-size nuclear weapons unleashed a cataclysm of radioactive incineration on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. By the end of 1945, about 213 000 people were dead.
Last December, Nihon Hidankyo, a movement that brings together atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its ‘efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons...
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