The impact of educational interventions on attitudes of emergency department staff towards patients with substance-related presentations: a quantitative systematic review.

Background: Visits to emergency departments for substance use/abuse are common worldwide. However, emergency department health care providers perceive substance-using patients as a challenging group to manage which can lead to negative attitudes. Providing education or experience-based exercises may impact positively on behaviors towards this patient population.

The impact of knowledge on attitudes of emergency department staff towards patients with substance related presentations: a quantitative systematic review protocol.

Center Conducting The Review: University of Manitoba and Queens Joanna Briggs Collaboration for Patient Safety: a Collaborating Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute

Review Question/objective: The overall objective of this systematic review is to synthesize the available evidence on the relationship between new knowledge (gained through educational interventions about substance use/abuse) and health care providers' attitudes (measured by well validated instruments such as the Drug and Drug Problems Perceptions Questionnaire [DDPPQ], the Short Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Perception Questionnaire [SAAPPQ], etc.) towards patients with substance-related presentations to emergency departments.The specific review question is: Among emergency department staff, does the acquisition of knowledge (on educational interventions about substance use) impact attitudes in relation to their therapeutic role towards patients with substance-related presentations?

Background: Substance-related emergency department (ED) visits are common worldwide.

Family presence during resuscitation: Canadian critical care nurses' perspectives.

Purpose: As part of a larger online survey examining the practices and preferences of Canadian critical care nurses regarding family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) of adult family members, the purpose of the study was to explicate salient issues about the practice of FPDR identified by nurses who responded to the qualitative portion of the survey.

Design: Descriptive, qualitative.

Methods: As part of an online survey, participants were given the opportunity to provide qualitative comments about their personal or professional experiences with FPDR.

Family presence during resuscitation: a survey of Canadian critical care nurses' practices and perceptions.

Background: The practice of allowing family members to be present at the bedside during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a controversial one and represents a paradigm shift among health care providers. To date, no research has examined this issue from the perspective of Canadian critical care nurses.

Objectives: This research was undertaken to identify the practices and preferences of Canadian critical care nurses regarding family presence during resuscitation (FPDR), the extent to which formal FPDR policies exist in hospitals, and the level of awareness among members of the Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses (CACCN) regarding CACCN's position statement on FPDR.

Mycotic aneurysm as a result of severe salmonella infection in the adult intensive care unit: two case studies.

Salmonella infections are relatively common and are generally associated with contaminated food products. Common clinical manifestations include fever, bacteremia, and chronic permanent asymptomatic colonization of the bowel (Schneider, Krülls-Münch, & Knörig, 2004). However, a small percentage of all patients with salmonella bacteremia may present with vascular infections in the form of an aneurysm (Cohen, O'Brien, Schoenbaum, and Medeiros, 1978; Shimoni et al.

Developing leadership skills in critical care nurses: a case scenario--part two.

During a recent CACCN board meeting, directors were challenged with developing an approach to a difficult case scenario. In a situation in which a group of nurses have angered some of the other nurses who work in the same unit, the directors were asked to identify core problems and suggest possible solutions and potential barriers to this problem. The perception that patient care is hampered, poor morale and job satisfaction as well as the lack of leadership and poor communication were identified as the core problems in the scenario that was presented.