Content validation of the NANDA-I nursing diagnosis risk for perioperative hypothermia (00254).

Purpose: The objectives of this study were to refine and validate the NANDA-I nursing diagnosis risk for perioperative hypothermia (RPH) (00254).

Methods: A quantitative, descriptive study was carried out according to the adapted diagnostic content validation model by Fehring. Data from a previously conducted literature study were triangulated with expert validation data to examine the nursing diagnosis RPH as well as potentially suggested new factors resulted from the literature review.

Echocardiographic assessment of left atrial appendage morphology and function-an expert proposal by the German Working Group of Cardiovascular Ultrasound.

The left atrial appendage is a blind ending cardiac structure prone to blood stasis due to its morphology. This structure is a preferred region of thrombogenesis in relation to reduced myocardial contractility of the atrial wall. Blood stasis occurs primarily in low flow conditions.

Echocardiographic assessment of atrial, ventricular, and valvular function in patients with atrial fibrillation-an expert proposal by the german working group of cardiovascular ultrasound.

Echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation is challenging due to the varying heart rate. Thus, the topic of this expert proposal focuses on an obvious gap in the current recommendations about diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF)-the peculiarities and difficulties of echocardiographic imaging. The assessment of systolic and diastolic function-especially in combination with valvular heart diseases-by echocardiography can basically be done by averaging the results of echocardiographic measurements of the respective parameters or by the index beat approach, which uses a representative cardiac cycle for measurement.

[Bedside-teaching on dementia and delirium: Development, implementation, and evaluation in an acute care hospital].

Bedside-teaching on dementia and delirium: Development, implementation, and evaluation in an acute care hospital Demographic change and the accompanying increase in people with dementia and delirium in acute care hospitals pose growing challenges for nurses in acute care wards. Pilot implementation and evaluation of knowledge gain and implementation of previously defined critical behaviors. Implementation of the training by APNs.

[Experience of nurses using the COVID-19 Early Warning Score in the care of COVID-19 patients: A qualitative study].

Experience of nurses using the COVID-19 Early Warning Score in the care of COVID-19 patients: A qualitative study In all phases of the COVID-19 disease, patients are at risk of acute deterioration. In order to identify patients at risk at an early stage, the COVID-19-EWS Salzburg was implemented in April 2020 at the University Hospital Salzburg. So far, the applicability, practicability and relevance of the EWS for acute inpatient COVID-19 care are unknown.