Ostomy Care Nurses' Knowledge and Practice Related to Prevention and Management of Parastomal Hernias in Adults: A Nationwide Survey of UK Stoma Care Nurses.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the knowledge and practices of ostomy care nurses related to the United Kingdom's Association of Stoma Care Nurses (ASCN) 2016 guidelines for prevention and management of parastomal hernia (PSH) in adults.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Subjects And Setting: The target population was approximately 300 stoma care nurses; 120 useable responses to the survey were received, reflecting a response rate of approximately 40%.

The experience of shared decision-making for patients with end-stage kidney disease undergoing haemodialysis and their families-A scoping review.

Aim: To identify the experiences of shared decision-making (SDM) for adults with end-stage kidney disease undergoing haemodialysis (HD) and their family members.

Design: A scoping literature review.

Method: A scoping literature review, using Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines.

Assessment of motor limb strength by neuroscience nurses: variations in practice and associated challenges.

Background: Limb strength is a central component of neurological assessment and monitoring in nursing practice, yet there is a lack of research examining the tools used by nurses or challenges nurses encounter when using these tools. The evidence base is lacking to inform effective practice and the underpinning educational approaches.

Aim: To determine which tools are used by UK and Irish neuroscience nurses in the assessment of limb strength and the associated challenges and variations in practice.

The Glasgow Coma Scale: A European and Global Perspective on Enhancing Practice.

Although the Glasgow Coma Scale has made a positive contribution to the care of people with neurologic orders, variance exists in its understanding and application secondary to inconsistency in guidelines, their interpretation, and the educational approach to the use of the tool. This fragmentation has been evidenced to result in variances in practice, some potentially harmful. Also, recent evidence demonstrates human factors, such as distress, have not been addressed within such education and guidelines for use.

Nurses' understanding and experience of applying painful stimuli when assessing components of the Glasgow Coma Scale.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate nurses' application, understanding and experience of applying painful stimuli when assessing components of the Glasgow Coma Scale.

Background: The Glasgow Coma Scale has been subjected to much scrutiny and debate since its publication in 1974. However, criticism, confusion and misunderstandings in relation to the use of painful stimuli and its application remain.

Perceived caring attributes and priorities of preregistration nursing students throughout a nursing curriculum underpinned by person-centredness.

Aim And Objective: To explore preregistration nursing students' caring attributes development through a person-centred focused curriculum.

Background: Developing caring attributes in student nurses to the point of registration has historically been challenging. Globally, curricula have not yet demonstrated the ability to sustain and develop caring attributes in this population, despite its centrality to practice.

The Glasgow Coma Scale and evidence-informed practice: a critical review of where we are and where we need to be.

Aims And Objectives: This paper aims to critically consider the evidence since the Glasgow Coma Scale was first launched, reflecting on how that evidence has shaped practice. It illustrates the lack of clarity and consensus about the use of the tool in practice and draws upon existing evidence to determine the route to clarity for an evidence-informed approach to practice.

Background: The Glasgow Coma Scale has permeated and influenced practice for over 40 years, being well-established worldwide as the key tool for assessing level of consciousness.

An evaluation of post-registration neuroscience focused education and neuroscience nurses' perceived educational needs.

Background: People with complex neurological conditions require co-ordinated care provided by nurses educated in meeting service needs, understanding the pathophysiological processes of disease and the preparation to care for those with complex needs. However, evidence suggests that neuroscience specific education provision is largely unregulated and set outside of a cohesive professional development context. Furthermore, it largely seems to only address the induction phase into working within neurosciences.

Impact of a web based interactive simulation game (PULSE) on nursing students' experience and performance in life support training--a pilot study.

The delivery of effective life support measures is highly associated with the quality, design and implementation of the education that underpins it. Effectively responding to a critical event is a requirement for all nurses illustrating the need for effective educational approaches from pre-registration training through to enhancing and maintaining life support skills after qualification. This paper reports the findings of utilising a web-based multimedia simulation game PULSE (Platform for Undergraduate Life Support Education).

Emergency care of the patient with subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating neurological disorder which frequently leads to serious neurological impairment and is associated with high mortality and morbidity. One in twenty patients who present to emergency care environments with SAH are misdiagnosed. The emergency care environment presents as a challenging setting for the management of the needs of those following SAH, requiring proactive, knowledgeable and holistic care to work effectively within a multidisciplinary context to achieve positive patient outcomes.

Effectiveness and value of massage skills training during pre-registration nurse education.

Background: The integration of Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) interventions into healthcare practices is becoming more popular and frequently accessed by patients. Various disciplines have integrated CAM techniques education into the preparation of their practitioners in response to this, but this varies widely, as does its success. Students'experiences of such education in pre-registration is largely unknown in the UK, and methods by which to successful achieve effective learning within this arena are largely unreported within the literature.

Management of fluid and hydration in patients with acute subarachnoid haemorrhage - an action research project.

Background: The contemporary role of the nurse in managing fluid and hydration in patients is currently ill-defined. Considering the pivotal function nurses have in the delivery of fluid therapies, and the high priority such therapies have in the successful treatment and prevention of secondary brain injury in subarachnoid haemorrhage, the clarification of this role is essential.

Aims And Objectives: This research aims to clarify the nurse's role in fluid therapies in relation to subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Subarachnoid haemorrhage and vasospasm: using physiological theory to generate nursing interventions.

Caring for critically ill patients with a subarachnoid haemorrhage and preventing its most prevalent and devastating complication, vasospasm, requires an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms which underpin the physiology of SAH. This is essential to provide appropriate nursing practice derived from theory. All too often practitioners are asked to follow unsubstantiated regimes without question of the origins of practices.

Respiratory care in spinal cord injury with associated traumatic brain injury: bridging the gap in critical care nursing interventions.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating and challenging condition. The events that lead to SCI, such as road traffic accidents, falls, sports and violence [Top. Spinal Cord Inj.