Factors influencing implementation of simulation in nursing and midwifery training in Malawi.

Background: The study explored factors influencing implementation of simulation-based education (SBE) in nursing and midwifery education in Malawi.

Aim: This study aimed to identify factors influencing nursing and midwifery educators in selected training institutions and clinical sites.

Setting: The study covered one district and four central hospitals, five professional training institutions, Ministry of Health and Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi officials.

Effectiveness of a health communication intervention on health literacy in the first year following kidney transplantation - A randomized controlled study.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a new health communication intervention focusing on knowledge management skills on health literacy and medication adherence during the first year following kidney transplantation.

Methods: We randomized 195 patients during 2020-2021, to either intervention- or control group. Questionnaires were completed at baseline and at 12 months post-transplantation with a 12-month response rate of 84%.

Evaluation of the nurse-assisted eHealth intervention 'eHealth@Hospital-2-Home' on self-care by patients with heart failure and colorectal cancer post-hospital discharge: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) and colorectal cancer (CRC) are prone to comorbidity, a high rate of readmission, and complex healthcare needs. Self-care for people with HF and CRC after hospitalisation can be challenging, and patients may leave the hospital unprepared to self-manage their disease at home. eHealth solutions may be a beneficial tool to engage patients in self-care.

eHealth interventions to support colorectal cancer patients' self-management after discharge from surgery-an integrative literature review.

Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) creates elevated self-management demands and unmet support needs post-discharge. Follow-up care through eHealth post-primary surgery may be an effective means of supporting patients' needs. This integrative review describes the evidence regarding eHealth interventions post-hospital discharge focusing on delivery mode, user-interface and content, patient intervention adherence, impact on patient-reported outcomes and experiences of eHealth.

Assessing a nurse-assisted eHealth intervention posthospital discharge in adult patients with non-communicable diseases: a protocol for a feasibility study.

Introduction: A growing number of patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart failure (HF) and colorectal cancer (CRC), are prone to comorbidity, a high rate of readmissions and complex healthcare needs. An eHealth intervention, however, could potentially ameliorate the increasing burdens associated with NCDs by helping to smoothen patient transition from hospital to home and by reducing the number of readmissions. This feasibility study therefore aims to assess the feasibility of a nurse-assisted eHealth intervention posthospital discharge among patients with HF and CRC, while also examining the preliminary clinical and behavioural outcomes of the intervention before initiating a full-scale randomised controlled trial.

The impact of educational concerns and satisfaction on baccalaureate nursing students' distress and quality of life during the Covid-19 pandemic; a cross-sectional study.

Background: High levels of psychological distress and poor overall quality of life (QOL) have been identified among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic necessitated improvised reconstructions of educational curriculums and restrictions in clinical placement and training at campuses, possibly reducing educational quality.

Objectives: We explored whether baccalaureate nursing students' concerns and satisfaction with the educational curriculum, focusing on the conduct of clinical training, were associated with perceived psychological distress and overall QOL.

"A bit of everything": Health literacy interventions in chronic conditions - a systematic review.

Objective: To systematically evaluate health literacy (HL) interventions in chronic conditions by exploring theoretical perspectives, intervention content and effectiveness.

Method: We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane, CINAHL, EMBASE, ERIC, Web of Science and PsycINFO. Standardised systematic review methods were used, and sequences informing our research question were extracted and analysed.

The importance of shared meaning-making for sustainable knowledge translation and health literacy.

The aim of the present paper is to describe and discuss how recent theories about translation, bridging medical and humanistic understandings of knowledge translation, in the medical humanities can bring about a new understanding of health literacy in the context of patient education. We argue that knowledge translation must be understood as active engagement with contextual meaning, considering the understandings, interpretation, and expertise of both patient and health care provider (deconstruction of the distinction between biomedical and cultural knowledge). To illustrate our points, we will describe the case of Jim, a kidney transplant recipient who received standard patient education but lost the graft (the new kidney).

Posthospitalization Follow-Up of Patients With Heart Failure Using eHealth Solutions: Restricted Systematic Review.

Background: Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome with high incidence rates, a substantial symptom and treatment burden, and a significant risk of readmission within 30 days after hospitalization. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the significance of using eHealth interventions to follow up on the care needs of patients with HF to support self-care, increase quality of life (QoL), and reduce readmission rates during the transition between hospital and home.

Objective: The aims of this review are to summarize research on the content and delivery modes of HF posthospitalization eHealth interventions, explore patient adherence to the interventions, and examine the effects on the patient outcomes of self-care, QoL, and readmissions.

Definitions and measurement of health literacy in health and medicine research: a systematic review.

Objectives: The way health literacy is understood (conceptualised) should be closely linked to how it is measured (operationalised). This study aimed to gain insights into how health literacy is defined and measured in current health literacy research and to examine the relationship between health literacy definitions and instruments.

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

Usability and value of a digital learning resource in nursing education across European countries: a cross-sectional exploration.

Background: Higher education is responsible for providing education that meets international benchmarks relevant to the needs of the international community. Due to the increase of digital tools in higher education, the possibility of sharing learning resources across nations has expanded. In the current project, a Norwegian university invited universities in Spain and the United Kingdom to adapt and translate e-learning resources originally developed for Norwegian nursing students for use within their respective Bachelor in Nursing programmes.

Renal recipients' knowledge and self-efficacy during first year after implementing an evidence based educational intervention as routine care at the transplantation clinic.

Background: Following an implementation plan based on dynamic dialogue between researchers and clinicians, this study implemented an evidence-based patient education program (tested in an RCT) into routine care at a clinical transplant center. The aim of this study was to investigate renal recipients' knowledge and self-efficacy during first year the after the intervention was provided in an everyday life setting.

Methods: The study has a longitudinal design.

Intervening on health literacy by knowledge translation processes in kidney transplantation: A feasibility study.

Background: Patients awaiting kidney transplantation need to be prepared ahead of the upcoming transplantation by developing targeted pre- and post-transplant knowledge. On this background, we designed a new health literacy intervention, including a film and a counselling session, based on motivational interviewing for dialysis patients provided by dialysis nurses.

Aim: To explore patients' and nurses' experiences of the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, focusing on the patient as a prepared knowledge actor.

Changes in Health Literacy during the first year following a kidney transplantation: Using the Health Literacy Questionnaire.

Objectives: The study aimed to identify changes in health literacy (HL) and associated variables during the first year following a kidney transplantation.

Methods: A total of 196 transplant recipients were included in a prospective follow-up study. The patients answered the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) at 5 days, 8 weeks, 6 and 12 months following the kidney transplantation.

Processes of knowing in the translation of a health communication intervention for dialysis patients awaiting kidney transplantation.

Objective: To strengthen patients' health literacy and their role as active knowledge actors, we developed a health communication intervention including a film-viewing and counselling session for patients awaiting kidney transplantation. We aimed to explore processes of knowing in the translation of the intervention.

Methods: We applied an ethnographic research approach, observing nine intervention sessions with patients and dialysis nurses.

The Health Literacy Questionnaire: Initial Validity Testing in a Norwegian Sample.

Background: The Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) is a multidimensional generic questionnaire developed to capture a wide range of health literacy needs. There is a need for validation evidence for the Norwegian version of the HLQ (N-HLQ).

Objective: The present study tested an initial version of the Norwegian HLQ by exploring its utility and construct validity among a group of nursing students.

Exploring health literacy in patients with chronic kidney disease: a qualitative study.

Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease make day-to-day decisions about how to self-manage their disease. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes a risk for progression towards end-stage renal disease and the development of comorbidities, such as cardiovascular disease, which represents the leading cause of death among these patients. To reduce these risks, CKD patients are recommended to follow a healthy lifestyle with physical activity, food and fluid restrictions, and adherence to complex medication regimes throughout all phases of the disease.

Identifying Core Variables Associated With Health Literacy in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Background: A kidney transplantation requires complex self-care skills and adequate follow-up from health-care providers. Identifying strengths and limitations in different aspects of health literacy (HL) and associated variables are central to being able to improve health care. The objective of this study was to identify core variables associated with independent domains of HL 8 weeks following a kidney transplantation.

A cross-sectional study of health literacy in patients with chronic kidney disease: Associations with demographic and clinical variables.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate health literacy in patients with chronic kidney disease in a multidimensional perspective.

Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study.

Methods: Patients with chronic kidney disease at stages 3-5 were included in the study between February-August 2017 ( = 187).

The trigger-information-response model: Exploring health literacy during the first six months following a kidney transplantation.

The main objective of this study was to explore how kidney transplant recipients find, understand, and use health information, and make decisions about their health-also known as health literacy. Kidney transplant recipients must take an active part in their health following the transplantation, since a new organ requires new medication and focus on lifestyle to prevent side-effects and signs of organ rejection. Consequently, it is of major clinical relevance to explore how kidney transplant recipients understand and relate to health literacy.

Implementing a tailored education programme: renal transplant recipients' experiences.

Background: Patient-centred education is a key element in the care of patients undergoing kidney transplantation. We implemented a tailored, evidence-based education programme for the post-transplant phase.

Objective: The aim of the study was to explore renal transplant recipients' experiences of participating in a new, tailored, evidence-based education programme.

How does a new patient education programme for renal recipients become situated and adapted when implemented in the daily teaching practice in a university hospital? An ethnographic observation study.

Objective: To understand how a new patient education programme for renal recipients becomes situated and adapted when implemented in daily hospital teaching practice. The analysis focuses in particular on how principles of individual tailoring and patient involvement are adapted.

Design: Ethnographic observation study.

Digital storytelling in clinical replacement studies: Nursing students' experiences.

Background: Reflection through shared storytelling is an established and well-documented way of learning in clinical placement studies in nursing education. Digital development has provided storytelling activities with increased possibilities.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore nursing students' experiences with student-created digital storytelling as a tool for reflection during clinical placement studies.

The Role of Circadian Rhythms in Postpartum Sleep and Mood.

Women often experience sleep disturbances and worsening sleep quality throughout pregnancy and postpartum. Circadian rhythms are closely linked to sleep problems and mood disorders. This systematic review provides a summary of studies of circadian rhythms and associated sleep problems and maternal distress, among postpartum women.

Implementation of a new patient education programme for renal transplant recipients.

Background: Nurses' strategies regarding patient education should be informed by the best available research evidence. Clinical nurses play an essential role in implementing new patient education programmes for renal transplant recipients.

Aim: This study investigated transplant nurse job satisfaction, competence, training and perceptions of quality of care in relation to the implementation of a new, evidence-based, patient education programme.