The relationship between sensory impairment and home care client's received care time-A cross-sectional study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between sensory impairment and home care client's received care time.

Design: A cross-sectional multi-source study.

Methods: Data from a self-reported staff survey on care time allocation were merged with registry data from the Resident Assessment Instrument registry (n = 1477).

The effectiveness of digital gaming on the functioning and activity of older people living in long-term care facilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The population is aging globally. Older people living in long-term care facilities have many functional impairments, such as mobility problems and depression. Digital games and so-called exergames can offer a motivating and entertaining way to maintain older people's physical activity and thus their ability to function.

Utilizing activity sensors to identify the behavioural activity patterns of elderly home care clients.

Purpose: The behavioural activity pattern is a behavioural and biological 24-hour rhythm. Ageing, diseases and memory disorders can change this pattern. Home care staff can utilize knowledge about the behavioural activity pattern of elderly home care clients in many ways.

Nursing students' competence profiles in gerontological nursing-A cross-sectional study.

Aim: The study aimed to describe and explain the self-assessed gerontological nursing competence levels of Finnish nursing students and factors relating to it.

Design: A cross-sectional study design, reported by The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology guidelines.

Methods: Data were collected with the GeroNursingCom instrument, which features 53 items relating to 11 competence factors.

Maternity ward staff perceptions of exclusive breastfeeding in Finnish maternity hospitals: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: This study aimed to describe exclusive breastfeeding (EBF, Step 6 of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative) in Finnish maternity hospitals and identify factors that promote or limit EBF.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used, and data were collected from eight maternity hospitals in Finland during a 10-day period in May 2014. The staff completed questionnaires (n=1554) from separate work shifts.

Challenging situations and competence of nursing staff in nursing homes for older people with dementia.

Background: Dementia causes behavioural changes in people that often lead to earlier placement in a nursing home. Staff can find these behavioural changes challenging and require specific competencies to support and care of people living with dementia. However, there is little information regarding the competencies nurses require in dementia care.

The effects of health coaching on frequent attenders' adherence to health regimens and lifestyle factors: a quasi-experimental study.

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of nurse-led health coaching on adherence to health regimens and lifestyle factors among frequent attenders in primary health care.

Methods: One hundred and ten patients were enrolled in the quasi-experimental study. The experimental group (n = 52) received nurse-led health coaching and the control group (n = 58) received conventional care at primary healthcare centres between 2015 and 2016.

Development and psychometric testing of the Gerontological Nursing Competence (GeroNursingCom) instrument.

Aim: To develop and psychometrically test an instrument - GeroNursingCom - that measures gerontological nursing competence of nursing students.

Design: An instrument development guided by COSMIN guidelines.

Method: The development and testing of the GeroNursingCom instrument proceeded according to four distinct phases: (a) establishing a theoretical background; (b) testing face and content validity; (c) examining structural validity; and (d) testing internal consistency.

The effects of nurse-led health coaching on health-related quality of life and clinical health outcomes among frequent attenders: A quasi-experimental study.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of the nurse-led health coaching on health-related quality of life and clinical health outcomes among frequent attenders in primary healthcare.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study design. A total of 110 patients were enrolled in the study.

Culturally and linguistically diverse healthcare students' experiences of the clinical learning environment and mentoring: A qualitative study.

Development of educators' and students' global competence in higher education is increasingly important due to internationalization. Internationalization significantly influences healthcare education through an increase in the mobility of students. When conducting clinical practice in healthcare education, culturally and linguistically diverse healthcare students face the challenges of having limited learning opportunities and social isolation.

Nurses' self-assessments of adherence to guidelines on safe medication preparation and administration in long-term elderly care.

Background: Medication-related errors are common in elderly care. Most are detected during the preparation and administration stages of the medication process. Nursing staff have a key role in preventing errors, and it is based on adherence to guidelines.

Healthcare professionals' competence in digitalisation: A systematic review.

Aims And Objectives: To identify key areas of competence for digitalisation in healthcare settings, describe healthcare professionals' competencies in these areas and identify factors related to their competence.

Background: Digitalisation requires changes in healthcare practices, policies and actions to revise job expectations and workflows. The aspects of patient safety and integration of digitalisation into the professional context necessitate an assessment of healthcare professionals' competencies in digitalisation.

Implementation of Step 7 of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in Finland: Rooming-in according to mothers and maternity-ward staff.

Introduction: Rooming-in is an evidence-based practice during which postpartum mothers and infants stay together. Rooming-in benefits both the mother and infant, and is especially important for breastfeeding. This study aims to describe rooming-in (Step 7 of the BFHI), according to mothers and maternity-ward staff in Finnish maternity hospitals, as well as the factors associated with its implementation.

Frequent attenders in primary health care: A concept analysis.

Objectives: Frequent attendance is a well-known phenomenon in health care systems. A small proportion of patients make a high rate of visits to primary health care physicians. However, due to the diversity of this phenomenon, there is no generally accepted definition of the frequent attender.

Mental Well-Being of Older People in Finland during the First Year in Senior Housing and Its Association with Physical Performance.

Growing numbers of older people relocate to senior housing, when their physical or mental performance declines. The relocation is known to be one of the most stressful events in the life of older people and affect their mental and physical well-being. More information about the relationships between mental and physical parameters is required.

Non-transport emergency medical service missions - a retrospective study based on medical charts.

Background: In Finland, approximately 40% of emergency medical service (EMS) missions do not result in transport of the patient to a hospital by ambulance, and there is wide variability in the reasons underlying non-transport decisions. The aim of this study was to describe the context of these EMS non-transport missions.

Methods: The data were collected retrospectively between 3 September and 20 October 2014 by investigating non-transport EMS charts (n = 1154).

Healthcare students' evaluation of the clinical learning environment and supervision - a cross-sectional study.

Background: The purpose of clinical placements and supervision is to promote the development of healthcare students´ professional skills. High-quality clinical learning environments and supervision were shown to have significant influence on healthcare students´ professional development.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe healthcare students` evaluation of the clinical learning environment and supervision, and to identify the factors that affect these.

Social Environment of Older People during the First Year in Senior Housing and Its Association with Physical Performance.

Increasing numbers of older people relocate into senior housing when their physical performance declines. The change in social environment is known to affect their wellbeing, providing both challenges and opportunities, but more information on the relations between social and physical parameters is required. Thus, we elicited perceptions of the social environment of 81 older people (aged 59-93 years, living in northern Finland) and changes in it 3 and 12 months after relocation to senior housing.

Mentors' competence in mentoring culturally and linguistically diverse nursing students during clinical placement.

Aims: To describe mentors' competence in mentoring culturally and linguistically diverse nursing students during clinical placement and identify the factors that affect mentoring.

Background: Healthcare education is confronted by several challenges in a time characterized by globalization and increasing international migration. Nursing students from diverse backgrounds continue to experience difficulties during clinical placement.

The realization of BFHI Step 4 in Finland - Initial breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact according to mothers and midwives.

Background: Breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact are the best start for infant life. Breastfeeding ensures the best trajectory for development and growth while preventing many diseases later in life. It is recommended that initial breastfeeding occur during the first hour and that generally exclusive breastfeeding is adopted during the first six months.

Newly graduated nurses' orientation experiences: A systematic review of qualitative studies.

Objective: This systematic review describes the experiences of the orientation into nursing of newly graduated nurses.

Design: Systematic review.

Methods: Data was collected from five databases: Medic, EBSCO Cinahl, Scopus, PsycARTICLES and ERIC (ProQuest).

Clinical learning environment and supervision of international nursing students: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Previously, it has been shown that the clinical learning environment causes challenges for international nursing students, but there is a lack of empirical evidence relating to the background factors explaining and influencing the outcomes.

Objective: To describe international and national students' perceptions of their clinical learning environment and supervision, and explain the related background factors.

Design: An explorative cross-sectional design was used in a study conducted in eight universities of applied sciences in Finland during September 2015-May 2016.

Development and testing of the CALDs and CLES+T scales for international nursing students' clinical learning environments.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the new Cultural and Linguistic Diversity scale, which is designed to be used with the newly validated Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher scale for assessing international nursing students' clinical learning environments.

Background: In various developed countries, clinical placements are known to present challenges in the professional development of international nursing students.

Design: A cross-sectional survey.

Care practices of older people with dementia in the surgical ward: A questionnaire survey.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to describe the care practices of nursing staff caring older people with dementia in a surgical ward.

Methods: The data were collected from nursing staff (n = 191) working in surgical wards in one district area in Finland during October to November 2015. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed statistically.

Mentor experiences of international healthcare students' learning in a clinical environment: A systematic review.

Background: Globalisation has brought new possibilities for international growth in education and professional mobility among healthcare professionals. There has been a noticeable increase of international degree programmes in non-English speaking countries in Europe, creating clinical learning challenges for healthcare students.

Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to describe mentors' experiences of international healthcare students' learning in a clinical environment.