Purpose: Patients in the intensive care unit suffer from pain caused by life-threatening illness or injury but also treatments such as surgery and nursing procedures such as venipuncture. Unconsciousness following head trauma or sedation stage complicates self-report, and both under- and over-management of pain can occur. Inadequate assessment and treatment might follow from unsuitable pain assessment practices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Ultrasound has proven to have great potentials in the diagnosis and work-up of patients affected by tropical diseases. Its role in the diagnosis of malaria and typhoid abounds, but its value as a triaging tool in a resource-constrained settings is indistinct. Our review aimed is aimed at assessing the utility of ultrasound in diagnosis and prognosis of malaria and typhoid.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Collaborative and innovative educational approaches are essential to building nurses' competencies in responding to healthcare challenges and to enhance high-quality nursing practice. Nurses are increasingly learning in various contexts, and thus, the understanding and organising of collaborative learning needs further exploration.
Aim: To describe collaborative learning in nursing practice and education from the point of view of nurses, involved as students and teachers in master's education in nursing.
Aim: To describe what is known from scientific literature on the use of laryngoscopy to enhance singing pedagogy and foster improvements in vocal development.
Design: The scoping review methodological framework by Arksey and O'Malley was used.
Review Methods: A systematic search was conducted and peer-reviewed scientific papers were screened through the Rayyan software.
Aims: To describe what is known from existing scientific literature on children's and parents' experiences of hospital-based home care and to identify future research areas.
Design: The scoping review design used adheres to the methodological framework of Arksey and O'Malley, and to the PRISMA-ScR checklist.
Review Methods: A systematic search was conducted, and peer-reviewed scientific papers were screened through the application of Rayyan software.