Exploring the Documentation of Delirium in Patients After Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Patient Record Study.

Delirium is a common disorder for patients after cardiac surgery. Its manifestation and care can be examined through EHRs. The aim of this retrospective, comparative, and descriptive patient record study was to describe the documentation of delirium symptoms in the EHRs of patients who have undergone cardiac surgery and to explore how the documentation evolved between two periods (2005-2009 and 2015-2020).

Identifying nurse managers' essential information needs in daily unit operation in perioperative settings.

Aim: To identify nurse managers' essential information needs in daily unit operation in perioperative settings.

Design: Qualitative and quantitative descriptive design.

Methods: The study consisted of (I) generation of an item pool of potential information needs, (II) assessment of the item pool by an expert panel and (III) confirming the essential information needs of nurse managers in daily unit operation with a survey (288).

The nurse manager's role in perioperative settings: An integrative literature review.

Aim: To describe the nurse manager's role in perioperative settings.

Background: The nurse manager's role is complex and its content unclear. Research in this area is scarce.

Information needs in day-to-day operations management in hospital units: A cross-sectional national survey.

Aim: To describe and compare shift leaders' important information needs by profession, unit, time of day and type of hospital.

Background: Professionals responsible for care provision in hospital units make ad hoc decisions about available resources to meet patient care needs but, currently, much effort is needed to obtain the necessary information to support decision making.

Methods: This survey was carried out in nine randomly chosen hospitals in Finland.

Assessing managerial information needs: Modification and evaluation of the Hospital Shift Leaders' Information Needs Questionnaire.

Aims: The aims were (1) to evaluate the modified version of the Intensive Care Unit Information Need Questionnaire for the broader hospital setting, and (2) to describe the differences in respondents' managerial activities and information needs according to the position held by the respondent and the type of hospital unit.

Background: Information systems do not support managerial decision-making sufficiently and information needed in the day-to-day operations management in hospital units is unknown.

Methods: An existing questionnaire was modified and evaluated.

Decision-Making to Support Smooth Daily Unit Operation in Perioperative Settings.

Decision-making in daily unit operation in perioperative settings needs to be smooth. Decision support systems are mainly used as help in this situation. These systems reduce the possibility of risks caused by poor communication.

Nurse managers' decision-making in daily unit operation in peri-operative settings: a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Aim: To describe the tactical and the operational decisions made by nurse managers when managing the daily unit operation in peri-operative settings.

Background: Management is challenging as situations change rapidly and decisions are constantly made. Understanding decision-making in this complex environment helps to develop decision support systems to support nurse managers' operative and tactical decision-making.

An Integrative Literature Review of Organisational Factors Associated with Admission and Discharge Delays in Critical Care.

The literature shows that delayed admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and discharge delays from the ICU are associated with increased adverse events and higher costs. Identifying factors related to delays will provide information to practice improvements, which contribute to better patient outcomes. The aim of this integrative review was to explore the incidence of patients' admission and discharge delays in critical care and to identify organisational factors associated with these delays.