International Nurse Migration Experience of the First Two Years: A Mixed Methods Study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore experiences of internationally educated nurses' first 2 years working and living in England in an age of contemporary migration.

Design: Exploratory mixed method design.

Methods: An online survey collected responses from August 2022 to October 2022.

Internationally recruited nurses and their initial integration into the healthcare workforce: A mixed methods study.

Background: Nursing deficits are growing, and healthcare providers in developed countries must address the challenges of ethically building a sustainable workforce without a continued excessive reliance on overseas recruitment. To secure this, a focus on long-term retention of international recruits is paramount.

Objective: To explore the migration motivations and experiences of initial integration for internationally recruited nurses within the healthcare system (England).

Safeguarding the retention of nurses: A systematic review on determinants of nurse's intentions to stay.

Aim: To explore factors that influence registered nurses' intention to stay working in the healthcare sector.

Design: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Methods: CINAHL, Medline and Cochrane library databases were searched from Jan 2010 to Jan 2022 inclusive and research selected using a structured criterion, quality appraisal and data extraction and synthesis were guided by Campbell's Synthesis Without Meta-analysis.

Global migration and factors that support acculturation and retention of international nurses: A systematic review.

Background: International nurses (migrant nurses who are recruited to work in different countries) make essential contributions to global health and care workforces that are experiencing domestic nurse shortages. Global recruitment and migration is increasing, and with growing dependency on international nurses, health and care employers must understand their lived experiences if they want to support acculturation and subsequent retention.

Aim: This paper reports a systematic review of qualitative literature on the experiences of international nurses working overseas.

Explaining nursing attrition through the experiences of return-to-practice students: a mixed-methods study.

Background: Nurse shortage is an international issue that has adverse effects on health and the quality of care of whole populations.

Aims: The study aimed to explore attrition experienced by return-to-practice students attending higher education institutions in England.

Methods: A mixed-methods design, involving questionnaires (=114) and in-depth interviews (=20), was used.

Motivational interviewing to support modifiable risk factor change in individuals at increased risk of cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Programmes using motivational interviewing show potential in facilitating lifestyle change, however this has not been well established and explored in individuals at risk of, yet without symptomatic pre-existent cardiovascular disease. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the effectiveness of motivational interviewing in supporting modifiable risk factor change in individuals at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

Methods: Systematic review and meta-analysis with results were reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement.

Effects of the Care Certificate on healthcare assistants' ability to identify and manage deteriorating patients.

The Care Certificate, launched in England in 2015, safeguards patients by ensuring all new healthcare assistants (HCAs) undertake a structured educational programme so that they can provide appropriate, safe and high standards of care in clinical settings. This article describes a service evaluation that aimed to identify the effects of the Care Certificate on HCAs' confidence and ability to identify, and initiate management of, unwell patients independently.

Critical care outreach: A valuable resource?

Background: Critical Care Outreach Services (CCOS) were recommended by the Department of Health in the United Kingdom in 2000. Despite being an established service, research studies have not explicitly demonstrated its efficacy.

Aim And Objectives: To explore the impact of CCOS from the perspective of hospital ward staff to inform service improvement potential.

Emergency health education in a conflict stricken environment: A situational analysis.

Introduction: Bosasso General Hospital is located in Puntland Somalia, an area affected by prolonged civil conflict, terrorism, clan fighting and piracy. International evidence highlights that staff skills and competence may have a significant impact on patient outcomes however there has been little research on emergency education in such an austere and volatile environment. The purpose of this study therefore was to identify current practices and gaps in delivering emergency medicine education in this resource-deprived environment.

Are noise reduction interventions effective in adult ward settings? A systematic review and meta analysis.

Objective: High levels of environmental noise in hospitals disturbs sleep. We aimed to identify, critically appraise and summarise primary research that reports studies that tested interventions to reduce night-time noise levels in ward-settings.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement.

Care bundles in the management of a COPD exacerbation.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the umbrella term used to describe chronic lung diseases that cause limitations in lung airflow, is predicted to be the third leading cause of death by 2030. COPD is said to affect 3 million people in the UK, resulting in approximately 30 000 deaths each year. Related healthcare costs continue to escalate, not least because of increasing readmission rates associated with COPD emergencies.

A review of health-related quality of life patient-reported outcome measures in cardiovascular nursing.

Background: The traditional use of physically focused outcome measures fails to capture holistic, quality of life issues of importance to patients. The relatively recent, rapidly growing interest in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) attests to this and clinicians are faced with difficult decisions regarding their choice and use.

Aims: The purpose of this review was to identify and synthesise the literature pertaining to the concept of quality of life and the main PROMs used to measure this in the cardiovascular field.

Intraosseous vascular access in critically ill adults--a review of the literature.

Background: The IO route is an established method of obtaining vascular access in children in acute and emergency situations and is now increasingly being used in adults as an alternative to intravenous access, yet a paucity of evidence exists regarding its use, effectiveness and implementation.

Aim And Objectives: The aim of this literature review is to present a detailed investigation critiquing contemporary practices of intraosseous (IO) vascular access in adult patients. Specific objectives identified led to the exploration of clinical contexts, IO device/s and anatomical sites; education and training requirements; implications and recommendations for emergency health care practice and any requirements for further research.

Sedation and its psychological effects following intensive care.

Significant psychological impacts, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), have been associated with patients under sedation in intensive care units (ICUs). However, it remains unknown if and how sedation is related to post-ICU psychological outcomes. This literature review explores the relationships between sedation, the depth of sedation and psychological disorders.

Investigating perceptions of the academic educational environment across six undergraduate health care courses in the United Kingdom.

Aim: To compare how health care professional students perceive their academic learning environment in one Higher Education Institution (HEI).

Method: The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM), a scale that measures students' perceptions of their academic classroom learning environments, and demographic items were completed by 673 undergraduate students enrolled in health professional courses at the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom. Respondent scores, partitioned by demographic variables, were obtained on the total DREEM scale and on the individual sub-scales.

A concept analysis of competence and its transition in nursing.

Competence is one of the most commonly used words in nursing internationally, yet is a nebulous concept defined in diverse ways by different healthcare practitioners. The slippery nature of the concept often exists purely in the eye of the beholder however, the universal principles are deeply rooted in the measurement of the Registered Nurse's (RN) ability to perform effectively. Competence is a simpler thing to define when recognising where it does not exist in the form of incompetence.

Rethinking theory and practice: pre-registration student nurses experiences of simulation teaching and learning in the acquisition of clinical skills in preparation for practice.

In the United Kingdom (UK) simulation learning has been recognised in the form of a regulatory agreement that may replace hours from clinical practice. This integration has become an embedded feature of the pre-registration nursing programme at a University in the North of England, along with strategic investment in staff and simulation suites developed to underpin this curriculum change albeit in the absence of sparse empirical evidence, hence the rationale for the study which was designed to explore the relationship between simulation, theory and practice. The study features a thematic analysis of evaluation questionnaires from pre-registration student nurses (n=>500) collected over a 2 year period which informed subsequent focus group interviews to explore the themes in more detail.

Repositioning assessment: giving students the 'choice' of assessment methods.

Assessment is a feature of all academic courses undertaken for award in the United Kingdom (UK). The nature of the strategies that can be used to assess learning vary a great deal from the traditional unseen examination to more student-centered innovative approaches. A review of a pre-registration nursing curriculum in preparation for re-approval by the University and Nurse Midwifery Council (NMC) provided an opportunity to re-appraise existing assessment strategies.