The moral distress, protective factors, and resilience: the role of ethical decision-making competence among student nurses.

In previous studies, nursing students have reported experiencing moral distress during practice. However, it is unclear whether student nurses who experience ethical decision-making competence in their clinical internships have a protective effect against moral distress, resilience-protective factors, and resilience. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the effects of ethical decision-making competence on moral distress, resilience, and protective factors among nursing students.

Effects of Professional Growth-Need Strength on Nursing Competencies: A Care-Task Design and Clinical Reasoning Program.

The study aimed to examine the relationship among professional growth-need strength, care-task characteristics, critical thinking, and holistic nursing competencies after a care-task design and clinical reasoning program intervention in nursing students. This study used a longitudinal study design. The study was conducted from August 12, 2019 to July 30, 2020.

Examining the Factors Affecting Psychological Well-Being in Certified Nurse Aides Working at Long-Term Care Institutions.

Background: The demand for certified nurse aides (CNAs) in long-term care institutions is gradually increasing. Factors such as well-being that positively influence the work of CNAs have been inadequately explored in the literature.

Purpose: This study was designed to examine the relationships among social support, self-efficacy, demographics, and psychological well-being in CNAs during the recent COVID-19 pandemic and to assess the moderating role of social support on self-efficacy and well-being in this population.

Workplace Resilience and Stress Among Certified Nursing Assistants in Long-Term Care Institutions During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Purpose: To explore the relationship among resilience, stress, and demographic factors in certified nursing assistants (CNAs) who worked in long-term care institutions during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Method: A cross-sectional correlation-based research design was used. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and Occupational Stress Scale.

Association Between Family Functioning and Health-related Quality of Life in Stroke Survivor-Informal Family Caregiver Dyads.

Purpose: Stroke survivors and their informal family caregivers may share the impact of the disease, which may affect family functioning and quality of life (QoL) for both. This study compared the perceptions of stroke survivors and informal family caregivers regarding family functioning and QoL and examined the QoL of those reporting effective versus ineffective family functioning.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design and convenience sampling were used.

Effects of a nurse-led therapeutic conversations intervention in stroke patient-family caregiver dyads: A randomized control trial.

Background: Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of family functional care interventions among stroke caregiver dyads. This study aimed to examine the effect of a nurse-led therapeutic conversation intervention on resilience, family function, self-efficacy in managing the disease, and quality of life (QoL) in stroke family caregiver dyads.

Aims: This study aimed to examine the effect of a nurse-led therapeutic conversation intervention on resilience, family function, self-efficacy in managing the disease, and QoL in stroke-family caregiver dyads.

Development of the ethical decision-making competence scale.

Background: Developing confident capacity for ethical decision-making is vital in nursing education. However, no tool examines nursing students' competence in ethical decision-making.

Aim: This study aimed to develop an Ethical Decision-Making Competence Scale (EDM-CS) to assess ethical care decision-making competencies in nursing students.

Predictive Factors of Apathy in Stroke Survivors During the Recovery Period.

BACKGROUND: Apathy may be an important predictor of depression and significantly negatively affect the quality of life and functional recovery of stroke survivors. However, the evidence reflects the inconsistent findings of studies on the impact of individual-related variables on apathy in patients with stroke. OBJECTIVES: This study examines the relationships among stroke survivors' individual characteristics, background variables, disease-related variables, and apathy; furthermore, we identify predictors of apathy.

Impact of a Care Task Design Program on Novice Nursing Students' Self-Reflection and Insight, Teamwork Skills, and Holistic Nursing Competency.

Aim: The aims of this study were to evaluate the effects of a self-appraisal of clinical simulation care tasks in novice nursing students and assess their self-reflection and insight, teamwork skills, and holistic nursing competence in four different periods.

Method: A single group pre- and post-test design was conducted. Data were collected between September 2019 and February 2020.

Relationship Between Trunk Control Ability and Respiratory Function in Stroke Patients: A Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis.

Purpose: Hemiparesis in stroke survivors has been reported to affect respiratory function. The relationship between trunk control and respiratory function, however, is not well understood. We aimed to map the state of the association between the trunk and respiratory function as well as evaluate the effect of a respiratory function training intervention on trunk control for stroke survivors.

Factors associated with facial pressure injury in patients receiving non-invasive positive pressure ventilation mask: A retrospective case-control study.

Aims And Objectives: This study aimed to investigate factors associated with facial pressure injury (FPI) in patients receiving non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) during hospitalisation in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to identify predictors of FPI.

Background: Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation is a method of treating patients with acute and chronic respiratory failure. However, FPI may occur due to unsuitable nasal-oral NIPPV masks and discomfort in contact with the skin surface.

Effect of cryotherapy on paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy of the hand in female breast cancer patients: A prospective self-controlled study.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of cryotherapy with frozen gloves for the prevention of the chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy of the hand.

Background: Most breast cancer patients receive chemotherapy; consequently, patients frequently experience adverse effects of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.

Methods: A quasi-experimental and prospective self-controlled study was conducted.

Minimal Clinically Important Differences and Changes in Stroke Disease-Specific Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors: A Prospective Cohort Study.

The aims of the present study were to investigate changes in QOL in post-stroke patients during the first 3 months of rehabilitation treatment. We estimate minimal detectable changes (MDCs) and minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs) of the eight dimensions of QOL and assess the proportion of patients' change scores that exceed MDCs and MCIDs in stroke survivors who receive rehabilitation in a hospital ward. This prospective cohort study enrolled 40 stroke survivors (57.

Development and Validation of Clinical Nursing Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale and Investigation of Self-Efficacy among Clinical Nursing Teachers.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to (1) add relevant contemporary items to develop an assessment instrument for the self-efficacy of clinical nursing teachers, to verify and evaluate the validity and reliability of the instrument, and (2) investigate the self-efficacy of clinical nursing teachers.

Method: A cross-sectional study was designed. A total of 205 clinical nursing teachers were recruited in Taiwan.

The effect of action modules on resilience and psychological health of stroke patients: A pilot non-randomised control trial.

Aims And Objectives: To determine whether interventions that use the Specific Thematic Nursing Care Action Modules (STNC-AM) platform improve patients' psychological health over a two-month period.

Background: Stroke survivors often are left with a disability after a stroke, which can have an impact on their physical and mental health. Therefore, it is necessary for stroke patients to have tailored programmes in the face of post-stroke mental health concerns and the need for care information.

Factors Affecting the Relationship Between Stress and Anxiety in Critically Ill Patients: A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling Approach.

This study aimed to examine the factors affecting the relationship between stress and anxiety in critically ill patients. A cross-sectional research paradigm was employed to enroll patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) of a medical university hospital. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to examine the data.

Job stress and occupational burnout among clinical nursing teachers: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Clinical nursing teachers face conflicts and challenges while instructing nursing students in the clinical setting. They may be under job stress, which can lead to occupational burnout.

Purpose: This study investigated the current state and relationship between job stress and occupational burnout, as well as explore the significant predictors of occupational burnout among clinical nursing teachers.

Effects of an ethical decision-making reasoning scheme in nursing students: A randomized, open-label, controlled trial.

Background: Previous research suggests that, to design a program to help students to develop ethical decision making, competence and courage to confront ethical dilemmas should be critical components.

Purpose: This study examines the effect of an ethical decision-making reasoning scheme in ethical decision making and communication self-efficacy in nursing students.

Methods: This study was a prospective and randomized, open-label, controlled trial design.

The effect of a situation model nursing education action program on gender-bias awareness and gender-friendliness barriers in novice nursing students.

Aim: This study presents a workshop on the Situation Model Nursing Education Action program, examines how to promote gender awareness and decrease barriers related to differences in gender friendliness through the implementation of this program and tracks the trends of the relevant variables.

Design: Pre- and post-observations and a cohort study were conducted.

Methods: A total of 58 nursing students (42 females and 16 males) were included.

Illness Representation and Self-Efficacy: An Exploration of Fatigue Factors in Middle-Aged Stroke Survivors.

The purpose of this study is twofold: to examine the relationship between illness representation and self-efficacy and to test the determinants and the effect of self-efficacy, resilience, and stroke impact on fatigue in middle-aged stroke survivors. This study used a cross-sectional and quantitative approach. The instruments included the Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy Scale, Stroke Impact Scale, Resilience Scale, and Fatigue Impact Scale.

Study on the Correlation between Continuity of Care and Quality of Life for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease.

: As coronary heart disease (CHD) is a highly complex disease, complex continuity of care (CoC) service should be provided for the patients, and the quality of life (QoL) needs to be regarded as an important measuring indicator for the health-care outcome. : To understand the general situation of CHD QoL and important predictors. A cross-sectional study design was adopted from August 2019 to July 2020 by structured questionnaires.

Continuity of Care and the Quality of Life among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Taiwan.

Background: Understanding factors associated with the quality of life (QoL) of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is an important health issue. This study aimed to explore the correlation between continuity of care and quality of life in patients with T2DM and to probe for important explanatory factors affecting quality of life.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional correlation research design.

Modeling the relationship between nursing competence and professional socialization of novice nursing students using a latent growth curve analysis.

Professional skill development and socialization require appropriate guidance and learning. We aimed to examine the effect of self-appraisal of the clinical simulation care task (CSCT-SA) action program on the self-learning effectiveness, self-reflection and insight, caring behavior, nursing competence, and professional socialization of novice nursing students. This study has a single-group longitudinal research design.

Association between illness representation and psychological distress in stroke patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: This paper aims to systematically review the illness perceptions of stroke patients and to examine the association between illness representation and psychological distress in empirical research studies.

Background: Patients' perceptions of health threats determine their coping behavior. Several recent studies have focused on illness belief and distress in stroke patients.

Self-reflection and critical thinking: the influence of professional qualifications on registered nurses.

Ensuring the delivery of quality care and patient safety requires that nurses improve their self-reflection and insight as well as their critical thinking. To understand the factors that influence self-reflection, insight, and critical thinking, more evidence-based research is needed. The purpose of this study was to examine whether professional qualifications (i.