Transitions of care for hospital discharges in a primary care network.

Transitions to and from primary care are a time of concern, especially for patients with chronic conditions and complex care needs. The Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network (ESPCN) developed a process for nurses to ensure timely post-discharge follow-up calls and physician appointments after hospitalization, assessing readmission risk with LACE and Clinical Frailty scores. Over 84% of eligible high-risk discharges received follow-up within 14 days.

A Taxonomy of Supports and Barriers to Family-Centered Adult Critical Care: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.

Family-centered care (FCC) improves the quality and safety of health care provision, reduces cost, and improves patient, family, and provider satisfaction. Despite several decades of advocacy, research, and evidence, there are still challenges in uptake and adoption of FCC practices in adult critical care. The objective of this study was to understand the supports and barriers to family-centered adult critical care (FcACC).

Work engagement in professional nursing practice: A systematic review.

Background: Work engagement in professional nursing practice is critically important to consider when addressing key challenges of health systems, including the global nursing shortage, pressures to reduce health care spending, and increasing demands for quality care and positive outcomes for patients. However, research on work engagement in professional nursing practice has not yet been synthesized and therefore, does not provide a sufficient foundation of knowledge to guide practice and further research.

Objectives: The overall aim of this systematic review is to determine what is currently known about the antecedents and outcomes of work engagement in professional nursing practice.

Work engagement in nursing practice: a relational ethics perspective.

The concept of work engagement has existed in business and psychology literature for some time. There is a significant body of research that positively correlates work engagement with organizational outcomes. To date, the interest in the work engagement of nurses has primarily been related to these organizational outcomes.

Influences on clinical reasoning in family and psychosocial interventions in nursing practice with patients and their families living with chronic kidney disease.

Aims: To explore how Registered Nurses address psychosocial issues for patients and their families living with chronic kidney disease.

Background: It is in the scope of registered nursing practice to address the emotional, psychological and relational implications of living with chronic disease through psychosocial and family interventions. Patients living with chronic kidney disease frequently report poor quality of life and numerous psychosocial issues; however, they do not find that these issues are always adequately addressed.