Development and preliminary validation of the evaluation scale for nurses' core emergency response abilities in sudden major infectious disease outbreaks.

Background: In recent years, the escalating frequency and intensity of infectious disease outbreaks have underscored the profound severity and global ramifications of public health challenges confronting healthcare systems. As frontline responders during emerging infectious disease crises, nurses' core emergency response competencies critically influence the timeliness and efficacy of outbreak prevention and control measures. Currently, standardized assessment instruments for evaluating nurses' core emergency response capabilities during major infectious disease outbreaks remain underdeveloped.

A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Multidisciplinary Teamwork in Chronic Critical Illness Patients.

Purpose: To explore the reasons for poor multidisciplinary team (MDT) cooperation of Chronic Critical Illness (CCI) patients and their needs and expectations for carrying out MDT cooperation, with a view to providing references for improving MDT cooperation of CCI patients.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews with 15 members of the MDT of CCI patients in a hospital of Henan Province were conducted in September and October of 2024 using a descriptive qualitative design. The data were analyzed using the thematic analysis method developed by Braun and Clarke.