Personal and organisational attributes that support transformational leadership in acute healthcare: scoping review.

Objective Transformational leadership benefits both patients and staff. The objective of this scoping review was to explore personal and organisational attributes that support transformational leadership in acute health care. Methods A scoping review was undertaken using Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Complete, Medline Complete, PsycInfo and Emerald Insight databases.

Enhancing active patient participation in nursing handover: A mixed methods study.

Aims And Objectives: To explore: i) the frequency and nature of patient participation in nursing handover and ii) patients' and nurses' perceived strategies to enhance patient involvement in nursing handover.

Background: Patient participation in nursing handover is important for patient-centred care, shared decision-making, patient safety and a positive healthcare experience DESIGN: A multi-site prospective study using a mixed methods design.

Methods: Between September and December 2019, nursing handovers were observed on ten randomly selected wards, followed by semi-structured interviews with patients (n = 33), and nurses (n = 20) from the observed handovers.

The Initiating Dialysis Early and Late (IDEAL) study: study rationale and design.

Objectives: The primary objective of the IDEAL study is to determine whether the timing of dialysis initiation has an effect on survival in subjects with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The secondary objectives are to determine the impact of "early start" versus "late start" dialysis on nutritional and cardiac morbidity, quality of life, and economic cost.

Design: Prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial.