How nurses' moral competence can be supported: Findings from international focus groups with professionals.

Aim: To describe how nurses' moral competence can be supported from the perspective of nurses, nurse managers, researchers, educators, and nursing students.

Background: Moral competence is the capacity or ability of nurses to recognise one's own emotions of what is right or wrong, to reflect on these emotions, to make decisions, and to act in ways that bring the highest level of benefit to patients. Moral competence is part of professional competence.

Accuracy, precision and diagnostic accuracy of oral thermometry in pediatric patients.

Purpose: To determine the accuracy and precision of oral thermometry in pediatric patients, along with its sensitivity and specificity for detecting fever and hypothermia, with rectal thermometry as reference standard.

Design And Methods: This method-comparison study enrolled patients aged between 6 and 17 years, admitted to the surgical ward during a 21-month period. KD-2150 and IVAC Temp Plus II were used for oral and rectal temperature measurements respectively.

Interorganizational Knowledge Transfer in Mass Gatherings: Exploring the Health and Safety Stakeholders' Perceptions Participating in the Athens Marathon.

Introduction: Mass gatherings (MGs) usually represent significant challenges for the public health and safety sector of the host cities. Organizing a safe and successful mass event highly depends on the effective collaboration among different public and private organizations. It is necessary to establish successful coordination to ensure that all the key stakeholders understand their respective roles and responsibilities.

Delayed Admission to the Intensive Care Unit and Mortality of Critically Ill Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Delayed admission of patients to the intensive care unit (ICU) is increasing worldwide and can be followed by adverse outcomes when critical care treatment is not provided timely. This systematic review and meta-analysis appraised and synthesized the published literature about the association between delayed ICU admission and mortality of adult patients. Articles published from inception up to August 2021 in English-language, peer-reviewed journals indexed in CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched by using key terms.

Diagnostic accuracy of oral thermometry for fever detection in adult patients: literature review and meta-analysis.

Aims And Objectives: To synthesise the evidence on the accuracy and precision of oral thermometry in adult patients, as well as on its sensitivity and specificity for fever detection.

Background: Oral thermometry has long been used in various clinical settings thanks to its rapid, safe and convenient measurements, which are easy to obtain and minimally prone to operator errors.

Design: Literature review and meta-analysis that adhered to the PRISMA statement.