Cardiovascular disease risk assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A scoping review.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Identification of at-risk patients is paramount to initiate preventive care and tailor treatments accordingly. Despite international guidelines recommending all patients with RA undergo CVD risk assessment, rates remain suboptimal.

Advanced nurse and midwife practitioners' experience of interprofessional collaboration when implementing evidence-based practice into routine care: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Aim: To understand advanced nurse and midwife practitioners' experience of interprofessional collaboration in implementing evidence-based practice into routine care.

Design: A qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Methods: A purposeful sample of 10 Registered Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioners from a range of practice settings in the Republic of Ireland participated in semi-structured interviews over a 10-month timeframe.

Quality assurance standards and their use in the preparation of parenteral systemic anticancer therapy products in healthcare establishments: a scoping review.

Objectives: The use of parenteral systemic anticancer therapy (SACT) has led to improved cancer survival. A quality assurance (QA) system of the aseptic compounding process is necessary to ensure safe and consistent production of parenteral SACT. This scoping review identifies international evidence and practice relating to QA standards in the preparation of parenteral SACT in healthcare establishments.

Effectiveness of nurse-led clinics on healthcare delivery: An umbrella review.

Background: Healthcare provision remains challenging leading to a focus on health service redesign including the development of nurse-led clinics. While there is a belief that nurse-led services positively impact on healthcare delivery, it is necessary to inform development through examination of the evidence.

Methods: A search was conducted of Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus and the Cochrane Library for systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness of nurse-led clinics when compared with usual care published between 2015 and 2020.

Experiences of registered general nurses who care for patients presenting with self-harm to the emergency department in Ireland.

Background: There are a substantial number of self-harm presentations to emergency departments (EDs) yearly throughout Ireland. Nurses often struggle with the psychosocial nursing interventions required when caring for patients who present following self-harm.

Aim: To explore the experiences of registered general nurses (RGN) who care for patients presenting with self-harm to the ED in Ireland.

Patient-reported experiences of consultation with an advanced nurse practitioner: Factor structure and reliability analysis of the patient enablement and satisfaction survey.

Aim: The aim was to analyse the psychometric properties of a patient-reported-experience measure, the Patient Enablement and Satisfaction Survey (PESS), when used to evaluate the care provided by Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) in terms of factor structure and internal consistency. The PESS is a 20-item, patient-completed data collection tool that was originally developed to measure patient experience and enablement following consultation with nurses in general practice.

Design: Cross-sectional survey; validity and reliability analysis.

Nurse Practitioners' Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice Into Routine Care: A Scoping Review.

Background: Implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) is essential for ensuring high-quality health care at minimum cost. Although all nurses have a responsibility to implement EBP at an individual patient level, nurse practitioners (NPs) as clinical leaders have additional responsibilities in leading and collaborating with transdisciplinary teams to implement EBP across patient groups and embed practice change into routine care.

Aim: To explore the factors affecting the implementation of EBP into routine care by NPs.

A descriptive study on emergency department doctors' and nurses' knowledge and attitudes concerning substance use and substance users.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine emergency department doctors' and nurses' knowledge and attitudes regarding problematic substance use and substance users.

Methods: Data were collected using an adapted survey questionnaire and the Substance Abuse Attitude Survey (SAAS). By means of convenience/opportunistic sampling all emergency department doctors and nurses (N=145) working in three university teaching hospitals in Ireland were asked to fill out the knowledge and attitudes questionnaire.