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To combine, synthesise, and interpret qualitative evidence from studies exploring the causes, immediate responses, and preventive measures of needle stick injuries from the perspective of healthcare workers.
In this qualitative evidence synthesis, the qualitative data from the included studies were synthesised to identify overarching themes. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis flowchart, Joanna Briggs Institute tool, and Enhancing Transparency in Reporting the Synthesis of Qualitative Research checklist were used in the meta-synthesis process.
The MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science, ProQuest, ClinicalKey and Scopus databases were searched between December 14 and December 31, 2024 for studies published between January 2000 and December 2024.
Nine primary research studies were included and the following themes were identified: unpredicted patient movement, casual attitude, recapping, excessive workload, scarcity of article or safety equipment, inadequate training or experience, vigilance, ongoing training, nurturing workplace culture, emotional response, re-living the injury and fear of reprimand.
Needle stick injuries result from a complex interplay of individual, administrative, engineering, and environmental factors, but there are potential solutions to address these issues.
Policymakers in healthcare settings would benefit greatly from an understanding of the causes, immediate responses, and preventive aspects of needle stick injuries. These findings can direct the creation of focused interventions and safety procedures by identifying important risk variables and useful coping mechanisms.
The causes, immediate responses, and preventive measures of needle stick injuries were explored. Findings can help develop protocols to lower needle stick injury rates and increase worker safety.
ENTREQ guidelines.
This research is a systematic review of published peer-reviewed studies.
PROSPERO registration number: CRD42024620673.
To evaluate the attitudes of Indian nurses towards the importance of family involvement in nursing care and the association between nurse attitudes and sociodemographic characteristics.
Involving the family in the care process is crucial for delivering family- and patient-centred care and ensuring the best possible patient outcomes. Nevertheless, published literature revealed that the nurses may lack clarity regarding the role of family members in the patient's care, which in turn hinders families' participation in care.
Cross-sectional descriptive study. The STROBE checklist was used to report the present study.
A total of 203 Nurses participated in a prospective cross-sectional study between May 2022 and August 2022. They were recruited through convenience sampling from two tertiary care centres in India. A two-part questionnaire was used to gather the data; the first section contained questions for gathering sociodemographic information, and the second part contained the standardized FINC-NA scale.
The mean age of the nurses was (28.08 ± 4.722) years, and their median professional experience was 2.5 (1–5.5) years. Nurses' attitude regarding family's importance in patient care was found to be significantly associated (p ≤ .05) with education level, marital status, religion and hometown region.
In several items Indian nurses have positive attitudes towards family involvement in care but some of the lower scoring items can present opportunities for focused improvement. Continuing development programmes about family-centered care can constitute important strategies to improve the positive attitudes of nurses towards families in practice.
No patient or public contribution.
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