Nurses' experiences of working with robotic assisted surgery in an Irish healthcare setting: A qualitative descriptive design.

Aim: To explore the experiences of nurses working with robotic assisted surgery patients.

Background: Robotic assisted surgery has grown considerably since its introduction in the 1980's with more than 6500 da Vinci robots installed worldwide and over 55,000 surgeons trained to use these machines. Nurses play a major role in the successful completion of robotic surgery; however, minimal research has been conducted in the literature to date surrounding robotic assisted surgery nurses' experiences working in the perioperative department and beyond.

The learning experiences of student nurses in the perioperative environment: An integrative literature review.

Objectives: For the Student Nurse placement in the perioperative environment provides an opportunity to observe and engage in preoperative, intraoperative, and immediate postoperative care of the surgical patient. To date no synthesis of empirical studies has been undertaken to ascertain the learning impact of the perioperative experience. The objectives of this review were to identify and synthesise the literature on the learning experiences of student nurses within the perioperative environment.

Nurses' perceptions and experiences of robotic assisted surgery (RAS): An integrative review.

Aim: To identify and review published literature on the perceptions and experience of nurses working with RAS.

Background: Robotic assisted surgery (RAS) is rapidly becoming accepted as the elite modality for surgery since its introduction in the 1980 s, more recently there has been a rising trend of use with several specialities operating using this technology. The role of nurses in perioperative care has been described as maintaining the momentum of the patient's journey.

Patients' experience of robotic-assisted surgery: a qualitative study.

Background: The use of robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) has increased considerably since its introduction in 2001, with RAS now being widely accepted as a surgical modality. Current literature surrounding RAS focuses on the surgical team's experience rather than the patient's perspective, with limited qualitative research on post-RAS patient experience.

Aim: To explore patient-reported experience following RAS.

Factors that enhance compliance with the Surgical Safety Checklist.

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that its Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) has resulted in significant reductions in morbidity and mortality. Despite its proven success, meaningful compliance with the Surgical Safety Checklist initiative has been low.

Aims: The authors sought to identify and explore published research on factors that enhance compliance with the SSC within surgical team members.

Transatlantic Collaborations: Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Experiences of Participating in a Semester-Long Study Abroad Program.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe students' experiences during a 15-week semester involving clinical placement in an Irish university.

Background: Internationalization is promoted and facilitated through study abroad initiatives within nurse education. Collaborations were developed between one university in the United States, an Irish university, and service partners.

Guiding nurse managers in supporting nurses in dealing with the ethical challenge of caring.

Aim(s): This study aims to present the theory of resigning in supporting nurse managers in dealing with nurses' ethical challenge of caring.

Background: In a COVID-19 era, nurses continue to be ethically challenged in maintaining safe patient care. Nurse managers play a critical role supporting staff in responding to the complexities of working in, under resourced environments.

Towards the development of a national patient transfer document between residential and acute care-A pilot study.

Background: A lack of standardisation of documentation accompanying older people when transferring from residential to acute care is common and this may result in gaps in information and in care for older people. In Ireland, this lack of standardisation prompted the development of an evidence based national transfer document.

Objectives: To pilot a new national transfer document for use when transferring older people from residential to acute care and obtain the perceptions of its use from staff in residential and acute care settings.

The role of the registered nurse first assistant within the perioperative setting.

Perioperative setting registered nurse first assistants (RNFAs) are described as non-medical practitioners who perform surgical interventions during surgery. They provide medical care to perioperative patients under the supervision of a consultant surgeon. First assistants in surgery can be an expanded perioperative nursing role.

Intercultural readiness of nursing students: An integrative review of evidence examining cultural competence educational interventions.

With the mounting reports of culturally insensitive care and the reported challenges nurses experience when caring for culturally diverse patients, developing the intercultural readiness of nursing students is a necessity. However, little is known as to the success of cultural competence educational interventions in undergraduate nursing curricula and there remains a lack of consensus within the literature as to how it should be structured, organised and facilitated. Incorporating an integrative review method, this study synthesised international research on educational interventions used in preparing student nurses to care for culturally diverse patients.

Enhancing undergraduate nursing curricula to cultivate person-centred care for culturally and linguistically diverse older people.

With an ageing global community and widening socio-cultural diversity, nurse educators are increasingly challenged to align responsive undergraduate nursing curricula to rapidly changing healthcare environments. In future-proofing nurse education, educators need to collectively examine ways of interconnecting and developing gerontological and cultural competence within undergraduate curricula. However, there is limited guidance as to how this can be achieved in already compacted curricula.

Effective workforce planning: Understanding final-year nursing and midwifery students' intentions to migrate after graduation.

Aims: To examine the factors influencing final-year nursing/midwifery students' intentions to migrate following graduation.

Background: With expanding global staff shortages, effective recruitment and retention strategies targeted at new nursing/midwifery graduates are necessary. Understanding factors that influence graduates' decisions to migrate or remain in the health care organisation that supported their education is essential but under-researched.

Patients' Perceptions After Robot-Assisted Surgery: An Integrative Review.

Surgical techniques have greatly changed and advanced with the advent of robot-assisted surgery (RAS). Patient outcome measures for RAS generally focus on patient morbidity and mortality, surgical complications, and hospital length of stay; there is limited research on patients' perceptions of RAS. Researchers conducted an integrative literature review of published research on patient experience and satisfaction after undergoing RAS.

Key stakeholders' perspectives on the development of a national transfer document, for older persons, when transferring between the residential and acute care settings: A qualitative descriptive study.

Aims And Objectives: This study has aimed to examine key stakeholders' perspectives, views and experiences regarding transfer documents, used when an older person is being transferred from a residential to an acute care setting. The objective of the study was to inform, in part, the development of an effective national transfer document.

Background: For the effective and safe transfer of older persons from residential to acute care settings, it is important to ensure that the transfer document encapsulates relevant, current and person-centred information to ensure a smooth, quality and safe transition.

Nurses keeping patients safe by managing risk in perioperative settings: A classic grounded theory study.

Aim: To develop and expand how nurses promote safety in perioperative settings.

Background: This article presents orchestrating a sub-core category from the theory of anticipatory vigilance in promoting safety within preoperative settings (Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27, 2018, 247). Orchestrating explains this and involves effective planning, delegating, co-ordinating and communication.

Juggling to survive: Master of Science postgraduate nursing students' experiences of studying far from home.

Background: Globally, government and higher education institutions are expected to increase international student numbers. Programme development, marketing international collaboration and management has been the focus of strategy roll out.

Aims: This study aimed to explore international student experiences while undertaking Master of Science postgraduate education far from home.

Home students' experiences of intercultural learning: A qualitative descriptive design.

Background: Higher education institutes are witnessing an increase in the cultural and ethnic diversity of their student population. While this adds to the learning experience, there is a dearth of evidence examining how students on nursing programmes, from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds learn with and from each other. There is need for a greater understanding of the factors that both facilitate and inhibit intercultural learning within the classroom.

Integrative Literature Review Examining Factors Affecting Patient Safety With Robotic-Assisted and Laparoscopic Surgeries.

Purpose: The purpose of this integrative literature review is to examine the evidence on factors affecting patient safety during robotic-assisted and laparoscopic surgeries.

Design: Systematic review of papers published between 2011 and 2016 that identified factors affecting safety during robotic-assisted and laparoscopic surgeries, in the areas of colorectal, general, urological, and gynecological surgeries.

Methods: A systematic literature search of the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Embase, and Medline databases were performed.

Potential and challenges for learning during acute medical/surgical placement for intellectual disability, mental health and midwifery students.

In Ireland nursing and midwifery degree programmes involve four pathways to registration. Three of which, intellectual disability and mental health nursing and midwifery require students to undertake acute medical/surgical placements offering learning opportunities caring for patients with complex needs in settings beyond their core discipline. This paper focuses on findings from a descriptive qualitative study exploring intellectual disability and mental health nursing and midwifery students experiences of such placements.

Anticipatory vigilance: A grounded theory study of minimising risk within the perioperative setting.

Aims And Objectives: To explore and explain how nurses minimise risk in the perioperative setting.

Background: Perioperative nurses care for patients who are having surgery or other invasive explorative procedures. Perioperative care is increasingly focused on how to improve patient safety.

Realising the dream of becoming a nurse: Underrepresented BSc nursing students experiences.

Background: This paper describes the experiences of underrepresented BSc nursing students in realising the dream of becoming a nurse in one university. In the past ten years, pre-registration nurse education has become established within higher education in Ireland. This development includes promoting access and inclusion of students from traditionally underrepresented groups in higher education.

Exploring nurses' use of the WHO safety checklist in the perioperative setting.

Aim: To explore nurses' use of the World Health Organization safety checklist in the perioperative setting.

Background: Promoting quality and safety in health care has received worldwide attention. The World Health Organization surgical safety checklist (2009) is promoted for reducing postoperative morbidity and mortality.