Advanced Care Plan Among Older Chinese in Residential Aged Care: A Retrospective Review.

Introduction: Worldwide in the population of older people, ethnic diversity is prevalent and therefore warrants culturally sensitive advanced care planning. This study aimed to explore advanced care planning documentation related to the cultural needs of residents of Chinese ethnicity in Australian aged care facilities.

Methods: A retrospective review of advanced care plan documentation was undertaken among 31 older Chinese residents with life-limiting illnesses across two residential aged care facilities in New South Wales, Australia.

Conducting mixed methods research with women in a forensic mental health setting: A reflexive account from a nurse as researcher.

Aims: To describe a reflexive account of a mental health nurse as researcher undertaking a mixed methods study as part of a doctoral degree, with women in a secure forensic hospital.

Design: A discursive paper that draws upon the primary author's experience of dual roles as a mental health nurse and a novice researcher, and relevant literature pertaining to positionality and reflexivity in the context of conducting mixed methods research.

Methods: A mixed methods study was conducted within a secure forensic hospital in Australia, to identify factors associated with the frequency and duration of seclusion for women and, to explore their experiences of seclusion.

A Systematic Review of the Completion of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs for Adults Aged 18-50 Years.

Objective: To perform a systematic review of completion rates of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in adults aged 18 to 50 yr and describe how core components were reported, measured, and tailored to those under 50 yr.

Review Methods: Database search of MEDLINE, Embase, Emcare, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library based on keywords, including articles from January 1, 1990. The last search was performed on April 21, 2023.

Metabolic Health, Overweight or Obesity, and Depressive Symptoms among Older Australian Adults.

Background: The relationship between overweight or obesity and depressive symptoms in individuals with or without cardio-metabolic abnormalities is unclear. In a cross-sectional study we examined the odds of experiencing depressive symptoms in overweight or obese older adults with or without metabolic abnormalities.

Methods: The participants included 3318 older adults from the Hunter Community Study Cohort with a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 18.

Students' evaluation of professional experience placement quality in a pre-registration nursing programme: A cross-sectional survey.

Aim: To evaluate the quality of student nurses' experiences and overall satisfaction with professional experience placements at a regional Australian University.

Background: Professional experience placements are a crucial component of pre-registration nursing programs. However, the absence of standardised approaches to assess placement quality has created uncertainty on what constitutes a high-quality placement from a student's perspective.

Caring for people with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in nursing homes: A scoping review.

Background: With continued increase in global migration, older people population in most countries is culturally diverse. Despite lesser preference for nursing home placement, people with dementia from culturally diverse backgrounds with higher needs and acuity do access nursing homes, however, little is known about care provision.

Objective: The aims of this review were to map and synthesise available literature on care provision amongst people with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in nursing homes and identify literature gaps that could inform future research.

Feasibility of biomarkers to measure stress, burnout and fatigue in emergency nurses: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Retaining nurses in the workforce is an urgent concern in healthcare. Emergency nurses report high levels of stress and burnout, however, there is no gold standard of how to measure these responses. This study aims to measure stress, burnout, and fatigue in emergency nurses using biomarkers and psychometric instruments.

Rehabilitation Support via Postcard (RSVP): A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Postcard to Promote Uptake of Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Purpose: The aim was to increase cardiac rehabilitation (CR) uptake using a novel intervention, Rehabilitation Support Via Postcard (RSVP), among patients with acute myocardial infarction discharged from two major hospitals in Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), New South Wales, Australia.

Methods: The RSVP trial was evaluated using a two-armed randomised controlled trial design. Participants (N=430) were recruited from the two main hospitals in HNELHD, and enrolled and randomised to either the intervention (n=216) or control (n=214) group over a six-month period.

Validity and reliability of an Emotional Thermometer tool: an exploratory cross-sectional study.

Introduction: There are a few screening tools to detect psychological symptoms among people with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) in China.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of a translated version of the Emotional Thermometer (ET) tool.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study consisted of two phases: (1) translation and content validity testing; and (2) assessment of psychometric properties, including internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity.

Overweight or obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease among older Australian adults, even in the absence of cardiometabolic risk factors: a Bayesian survival analysis from the Hunter Community Study.

Objective: To estimate the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in older adults with overweight or obesity without metabolic risk factors using a Bayesian survival analysis.

Design: Prospective cohort study with median follow-up of 9.7 years.

Nurses' perspectives of pain assessment and management in dementia care in hospital.

Objective: To explore nurses' perspectives and generate recommendations for nursing practice of pain assessment and management in dementia care in a hospital setting.

Methods: Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with nurses who had experience in dementia care from two care units of a regional hospital. Data were analysed using six phases of reflexive thematic analysis.

Effectiveness and reporting of nutrition interventions in cardiac rehabilitation programmes: a systematic review.

Aims: Dietary modification is essential for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. However, there are limited published evidence syntheses to guide practice in the cardiac rehabilitation (CR) setting. This systematic review's objective was to assess effectiveness and reporting of nutrition interventions to optimize dietary intake in adults attending CR.

Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients in Rural Australia: The MORACS Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in rural settings involves thrombolysis followed by transfer to a percutaneous coronary intervention-capable hospital. The first step is accurate diagnosis via electrocardiography (ECG), but one-third of all STEMI incidents go unrecognized and hence untreated.

Objective: To reduce missed diagnoses of STEMI.

Documented nursing practices of pain assessment and management when communicating about pain in dementia care.

Aim: To evaluate nurses' documented practice when communicating about pain for people with dementia in hospital.

Design: Retrospective medical record review.

Method: Medical records were retrieved from four inpatient units in a district and a tertiary teaching hospital of people aged 65 years and over with documented dementia.

What do we know about the experience of seclusion in a forensic setting? An integrative literature review.

Seclusion is used in forensic and general mental health settings to protect a person or others from harm. However, seclusion can result in trauma-related harm and re-traumatization with little known about the experience of seclusion for consumers in forensic mental health settings from their perspectives. This article explores consumer experiences of seclusion in forensic mental health settings and explores the differences between female and male experiences of seclusion.

A scoping review of outpatient interventions to support the reduction of prescription opioid medication for chronic non cancer pain.

Background: Prescription opioid use is a global health issue. Previous systematic reviews have not identified that any specific intervention supports prescription opioid reduction effectively. In keeping with the nature of a scoping review, this review details an overview of the existing literature on this topic, with quality of evidence being discussed rather than formally analysed.

Individualised music for people living with dementia and the experiences and perceptions of residential aged care staff: A qualitative study.

Objective: To explore the experiences and perceptions of staff regarding the use of individualised music for people with dementia living in residential aged care.

Methods: A qualitative descriptive methodology was used. Methods included a focus group and face-to-face interviews, open-ended responses to a pre-post survey and relevant clinical notes about older participants' responses.

Exploring the frequency, duration and experience of seclusion for women in a forensic mental health setting: a mixed-methods study protocol.

Introduction: Seclusion use is high in forensic mental health settings and is associated with avoidable physical and psychological harm. The use of seclusion causes significant distress and trauma for those secluded and women in these settings are particularly vulnerable. This study protocol aims to identify factors associated with the use of seclusion and the experience of seclusion for women in forensic mental health settings.

Psychometric properties of Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced in patients with multiple chronic conditions: A preliminary study.

Background: Multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) are highly prevalent in primary care. Coping is an important psychological factor that influences patients' ability to adapt physically and mentally to MCCs. Testing a reliable and valid psychometric inventory is necessary to identify coping strategies before developing coping-oriented interventions.

The relationship between coping strategies and psychological distress in Chinese older adults with multiple chronic conditions.

Objective: To examine the relationship between socio-demographic and clinical variables, physical function, coping strategies and symptoms of anxiety and depression in Chinese older adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs).

Methods: A secondary analysis of data from a prior cross-sectional survey investigated coping and mental health among adults with multiple chronic conditions living in China. A convenience sample of 185 adults with MCCs was recruited from a university-affiliated hospital between November 2017 and May 2018 in Northern Anhui, China.

Prevalence and factors associated with antenatal care service access among Indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Prevalence of accessing antenatal care (ANC) services among Indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is unknown. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of accessing ANC services by Indigenous women in the CHT and identify factors associated with knowledge of, and attendance at, ANC services.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional design three Indigenous groups in Khagrachari district, CHT, Bangladesh were surveyed between September 2017 and February 2018.

Community perspectives of barriers indigenous women face in accessing maternal health care services in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.

Objectives: Bangladesh has achieved notable success in improving maternal health by increasing women's access to good quality and low-cost maternal health care (MHC) services. However, the health system of Bangladesh has earned criticism for not ensuring equitable MHC access for all women, particularly for Indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Little is known about Indigenous communities' perspectives on these inequalities in MHC service access in the CHT.

Use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality within clinical simulation for nursing pain education: A scoping review.

Objectives: To explore and map the evidence for virtual reality and artificial intelligence in simulation for the provision of pain education for pre and post registration nurses.

Design: A scoping review of published and unpublished research from 2009 to 2019.

Data Sources: Nine electronic databases and hand-searching of reference lists.

The effectiveness of interventions to improve pain assessment and management in people living with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analyses.

Aims: To synthesize and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for nurses to improve the assessment and management of pain in people living with dementia.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.

Data Sources: CINAHL, Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) EBP, Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Scopus databases were searched for all journal articles published between 2009 -2019.