Violence against nurses in the emergency department: an observational study.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the number and risk factors of violent events encountered in the emergency department. An observation grid was developed following interviews with emergency department staff to target the most pertinent information to collect in a prospective study design.

Design: Observational study.

[From simulation to research to improve practices].

How can we respond differently to the demographic challenge of the growing population of seniors with cognitive-behavioural problems? The gerontology pole of the University Hospital Centre of Nîmes has installed a simulation room through a call for projects that has made it possible to develop nursing skills to improve care.

'The end of my world'.

New research from Parkinson's UK reveals that 37% of people with the condition have felt the need to lie about having it or to hide their symptoms.

Informed shared decision-making in planning for the end of life.

In recent years, a number of shortcomings in the NHS have been identified in end-of-life care delivered in hospital for people with long-term conditions other than terminal cancer. This article gives an overview of the findings of a Dignity in Care travel scholarship, which was undertaken to establish whether an American shared informed decision aid, specifically designed to initiate therapeutic conversations for this patient group, might reasonably be adopted in an NHS setting. One tool specifically for this purpose was in use in the USA at the time, and its efficacy formed part of a broader research study being carried out at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in New England.