Smoking Among Healthcare Professionals in Australia: A Scoping Review.

Studies showed healthcare professionals who are non-smokers are more likely to deliver smoking cessation advice to their patients than those who are smokers. However, healthcare professionals continue to smoke across the globe. This scoping review assessed the available data on the prevalence and predictors of smoking among healthcare professionals in Australia.

Exploring Paramedicine Models of Care: A Novel Macro Analysis Using the RESPIGHT Framework.

Objective: To evaluate the alignment of undergraduate paramedicine curricula in Australia with the RESPIGHT model, focusing on diverse aspects such as emergency response, community engagement and governance.

Design: Deductive thematic analysis was conducted to assess the alignment of curricula from 16 Australian universities with the RESPIGHT framework.

Setting: The study reviewed undergraduate pre-registration paramedicine programmes across Australian universities.

Effectiveness of Protection Motivation Theory on clinical factors, behavior change, and cardiovascular disease: An integrative review.

Objective: To identify and synthesize the primary evidence on the effectiveness of Protection Motivation Theory on and cardiovascular disease and diseases that are risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Method: An integrative review was conducted using the Whittemore and Knafl method (2005).

Results: Eleven articles met the inclusion and quality assessment criteria.

Nurses' Perspectives on the Use of Prophylactic Dressings to Prevent Pressure Injury: A Qualitative Study.

Aim: To understand, from a nursing perspective, factors affecting the use of prophylactic dressings to prevent pressure injuries in acute hospitalised adults.

Background: Pressure injury causes harm to patients and incurs significant costs to health services. Significant emphasis is placed on their prevention.

The experience of sessional teaching staff in pre-registration nurse education programs: A systematic review.

Objectives: To uncover current international evidence of the working experience of sessional teaching staff in pre-registration nurse education programs.

Design: Systematic review.

Data Sources: In April 2023, electronic databases of Web of Science, Education Source, American Psychological Association (APA) PsycInfo®, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus and Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) were searched with no time limit for publication.

Acknowledgement and use of advance care directives and goals of care by emergency department staff: a mixed method post intervention study.

Introduction: Advance Care Planning (ACP) refers to a process that includes Advance Care Directives (ACD) and Goals of Care (GOC), a practice widely used for over three decades. Following the findings of an audit and a cross-sectional study in 2019 and 2021 respectively, we implemented several educational and other interventional strategies aimed at enhancing staff awareness and emphasizing the importance of recognizing and documenting of ACD/GOC. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acknowledgement and use of ACD and GOC by Emergency Department (ED) staff following these interventions.

Health and wellbeing of staff working at higher education institutions globally during the post-COVID-19 pandemic period: evidence from a cross-sectional study.

Background: The ongoing global crisis of Higher Education (HE) institutions during the post-COVID-19 pandemic period has increased the likelihood of enduring psychological stressors for staff. This study aimed to identify factors associated with job insecurity, burnout, psychological distress and coping amongst staff working at HE institutions globally.

Methods: An anonymous cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023 with staff at HE institutions across 16 countries.

Body listening in the link between symptoms and self-care management in cardiovascular disease: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify relationships among symptoms, interoceptive sensibility (i.e. the conscious level of sensing, interpreting and integrating signals from the body), and self-care management behaviors (i.

Contextual determinants impacting final year nursing students' emergency team communication during deteriorating patient simulations: A grounded theory study.

Background: Ability to focus on development of students' team communication and non-technical skills may be reduced in content saturated nursing curricula. Even when communication and simulation-based education is provided, students' utilisation of non-technical skills remains challenging. Although simulation is a recognised means to learn communication skills, little is known about nursing students' team communication in simulated settings.

Exploring the alignment between paramedicine's professional capabilities and competency frameworks for current and evolving scopes of practice: a literature review.

Background: To adequately prepare graduates for the dynamic demands of paramedic practice, adopting a contemporary educational approach is essential. This involves collaborating to identify crucial competencies through input from industry stakeholders, experienced practitioners, and discipline-specific experts. Accreditation assumes a central role within this framework, serving as a cornerstone to ensure that paramedicine curricula align with paramedics' diverse and evolving professional roles.

The impact of COVID-19 on stress and resilience in undergraduate nursing students: A scoping review.

Background: Being a nursing student can be a stressful experience, faced with considerable academic and clinical demands. It has been suggested that the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) may have further exacerbated the pressure nursing students face. It has been posited that resilience, a complex psychological concept, may help nursing students overcome stressful situations.

Perinatal outcomes among Indian-born mothers in Australia.

Objective: To examine the incidence of adverse perinatal outcomes and the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes for Indian-born mothers compared to other mothers living and giving birth in Australia.

Design, Setting And Participants: This retrospective cohort study was designed to investigate all births in Australia in 2012 and those in the Monash Health Birthing Outcomes System (BOS) 2014 to Indian-born mothers in Australia. Data sets were analysed involving descriptive statistics using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS vs.

Newly qualified graduate nurses' experiences of workplace incivility in healthcare settings: An integrative review.

Aim: To explore, identify and integrate the existing knowledge to categorise the characteristics, likelihood, and consequences of workplace incivility among newly qualified graduate registered nurses. A particular focus of this review is on the experiences of new nurses related to these negative workplace behaviours and the strategies employed by these nurses and their organisations to manage workplace incivility.

Background: Workplace incivility has been widely recognised as a global problem in healthcare settings and is known to affect nurses in all facets of their professional and personal life.

Psychological impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: cross-sectional analyses from 14 countries.

Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) have been impacted psychologically due to their professional responsibilities over the prolonged era of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The study aimed to identify the predictors of psychological distress, fear, and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic among HCWs.

Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among self-identified HCWs across 14 countries (12 from Asia and two from Africa).

Factors influencing the transition and retention of mental health nurses during the initial years of practice: Scoping review.

Aim: This review aims to identify the factors influencing the transition and retention of mental health nurses during the initial years of practice, recognize gaps in the literature and propose evidence-based strategies.

Background: Mental health is a challenging specialty; recruitment, transition and retention of mental health nurses are known issues of concern.

Evaluation: The present study undertakes a scoping review to identify factors influencing the transition and retention of mental health nurses during the initial years of practice and the gaps in that research domain.

Nurse leadership in promoting and supporting civility in health care settings: A scoping review.

Aim: This scoping review aimed to identify the existing evidence on how nurse leaders promote and maintain civility amongst nurses in health care settings.

Background: Research on managing workplace incivility in nursing, a prevalent and concerning issue worldwide, recommends nurse leaders to command cultural change through strong leadership and civility interventions. However, there is very little empirical evidence summarizing and analysing how nurse leaders pragmatically achieve civility, and combat workplace incivility, in the health care setting.

Associations between perceived overqualification, transformational leadership and burnout in nurses from intensive care units: A multicentre survey.

Aims: To explore whether perceived overqualification increases the risk of burnout and whether transformational leadership negatively moderates this relationship.

Background: Perceived overqualification might contribute to burnout and lead to poor experience of transformational leadership, and transformational leadership might be associated with burnout. However, these relationships have not yet been confirmed.

""Resisting social identity threat and maintaining resilience": A qualitative study of Chinese parents following the loss of an only child": Correction.

Unlabelled: Reports an error in ""Resisting social identity threat and maintaining resilience": A qualitative study of Chinese parents following the loss of an only child" by Anni Wang, Yufang Guo, Wendy Cross, Louisa Lam, Virginia Plummer, Wen Zhang and Jingping Zhang (, Advanced Online Publication, May 19, 2022, np). In the original article, the fourth affiliation was incorrectly listed as "Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong" and has been changed to "Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong." All versions of this article have been corrected.

"Resisting social identity threat and maintaining resilience": A qualitative study of Chinese parents following the loss of an only child.

Unlabelled: [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in on Aug 11 2022 (see record 2022-88678-001). In the original article, the fourth affiliation was incorrectly listed as "Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong" and has been changed to "Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong." All versions of this article have been corrected.

Associations between perceived overqualification, organisational commitment and work passion of nurses: A multicentre cross-sectional study.

Aim: To investigate the associations between perceived overqualification, organisational commitment and work passion of nurses.

Background: Few studies have considered the effects of perceived overqualification and organisational commitment on work passion of nurses, especially in developing countries.

Methods: This is a multicentre cross-sectional study.

Assessment of emergency department staff awareness, access and utilisation of advance care directives and goals of care: A cross-sectional survey.

Background: Emergency department staff awareness, access and implementation of advance care directives and goals of care documents and the related patient consent processes are important but not well understood.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey using purposive sampling was undertaken at a tertiary hospital's Emergency Department from 15th March to 26th April 2021. Participants were recruited through online platforms.

Willingness, preferred ways and potential barriers to use pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China.

Objective: To explore willingness and preferred ways to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), factors associated with willingness, and potential barriers to PrEP use among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Changsha, China.

Design: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 25 June to 31 August 2019. Two hundred and fifty-five MSM were recruited from three community-based organisations (CBOs) in Changsha City.

Psychological Distress, Fear and Coping Strategies among Hong Kong People During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Unlabelled: The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to potential adverse effects on the mental health status of a wide range of people. This study aimed to identify factors associated with psychological distress, fear and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among general population in Hong Kong.

COVID-19: Factors associated with psychological distress, fear, and coping strategies among community members across 17 countries.

Background: The current pandemic of COVID-19 impacted the psychological wellbeing of populations globally.

Objectives: We aimed to examine the extent and identify factors associated with psychological distress, fear of COVID-19 and coping.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study across 17 countries during Jun-2020 to Jan-2021.

Quality of life in cancer patients with different preferences for nurse spiritual therapeutics: The role of psychological capital.

Aim: To explore the status of quality of life and psychological capital and analyse the different effects of psychological capital on the quality of life of cancer patients with different preferences for nurse spiritual therapeutics.

Design: A cross-sectional survey was used.

Methods: Two hundred and eight cancer patients were recruited using convenience sampling from a tertiary Chinese hospital, between March and July 2019.