Investigating the impact of a multicomponent positive participatory organisational intervention on burnout in New Zealand emergency department staff: a prospective, multisite, before and after, mixed methods study.

Introduction: The well-being of healthcare workers (HCWs) is critical to providing excellent care. Recent evidence concerns the well-being of emergency department (ED) HCWs in New Zealand, with high levels of burnout found in a 2020 survey. This threat to providing high-quality acute care warrants improvement interventions.

Community-based health programme for nurses and midwives: A mixed methods evaluation.

Aim: To evaluate a community-based psychological health and well-being programme for nurses and midwives.

Design: Mixed methods programme evaluation.

Methods: Four studies were included: observational descriptive study (cross-sectional survey) of the health, well-being and experiences of previous programme participants (Study 1); observational exploratory prospective cohort study (longitudinal survey) of health, well-being and experiences of participants who engaged in the programme from 2020 to 2023 (Study 2); qualitative descriptive study (interviews) of experiences and perceptions of nurses and midwives who have engaged with the programme as participants or clinicians (Study 3); observational descriptive study (cross-sectional survey) of experiences and perceptions of programme stakeholders (Study 4).

Inpatients' experiences of falls: A qualitative meta-synthesis.

Objectives: Identify and synthesize published qualitative research reporting inpatient experiences of a fall to determine novel insights and understandings of this longstanding complex problem.

Research Design: Qualitative meta-synthesis.

Methods: Online databases were searched to systematically identify published research reporting inpatient experiences of a fall.

Factors that influence presentation to an emergency department during systemic anti-cancer therapy: An exploratory qualitative study.

Purpose: To explore factors that influence presentation to an emergency department during ambulatory systemic anti-cancer therapy.

Methods: This study was an exploratory qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. A purposive sample of adult patients with any cancer who had commenced systemic anti-cancer therapy in the ambulatory setting up to six months prior participated in semi-structured interviews between November 2016-December 2017.

Implementation and use of the Safewards model in healthcare services: A scoping review.

Safewards is a multi-intervention mental health nursing model of practice improvement aimed at preventing and reducing conflict and containment. The use of Safewards has now extended beyond mental health settings. Implementation of Safewards has been reported to be challenging and therefore requires an evidence-informed and structured approach.

Graduate entry nursing students' development of professional nursing self: A scoping review.

Background: Accelerated graduate entry nursing programmes require students to rapidly socialise to the profession. Professional identity is an important element of becoming a nurse.

Objective: This scoping review aimed to synthesise published literature reporting the development of professional identity, belongingness and self-concept as a nurse in students enrolled in a pre-registration graduate entry nursing programme.

Education pathways for graduate entry registered nurses to transition to advanced practice roles: A realist review.

Objective: Explore potential education and clinical pathways for nurses entering the profession through a Graduate Entry Nursing programme to transition to advanced practice roles.

Design: Realist review.

Review Methods: A two stage process included 1) a systematic search of the following electronic databases EMCARE, MEDLINE, CINAHL, ERIC, and Scopus for published peer reviewed literature reporting academic pathways for graduates of graduate entry nursing programmes to progress to advanced nursing roles, and 2) consultation with key education programme stakeholders of graduate entry nursing programmes across Australasia, who undertook an inductive interpretive approach using realist logic to determine what works, for whom, and in what circumstances.

Agitation during anaesthetic emergence: An observational study of adult cardiac surgery patients in two Australian intensive care units.

Background: Anaesthetic emergence agitation among adult patients being recovered after open cardiac and/or thoracic aorta surgery has not been described.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to characterise emergence agitation in terms of incidence, clinical features, and consequences in a cohort of cardiac surgery patients being recovered in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: A prospective, observational pilot study was implemented.

Anaesthetic emergence agitation after cardiac surgery: An intensive care staff survey.

Background: Anecdotal reports suggest that during emergence from anaesthesia, some post-cardiac surgery patients exhibit signs of agitation with concerning clinical features, including hypoxaemia, ventilation dysynchrony, and haemodynamic instability. This clinical phenomenon has not been described in the published literature.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the perceptions and practice of intensive care unit staff members who have managed adult patients after cardiac surgery regarding emergence agitation, its clinical features, and treatment.

Entry to practice nursing students' experiences of debriefing during clinical practice: A qualitative meta-synthesis.

Objectives: The objectives of this review were to identify, explore and synthesize existing evidence in the literature of nursing students' experiences of debriefing in their clinical practice placements.

Design: Qualitative meta-synthesis.

Data Sources: Databases included Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Education Resources Information Centre, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, and Scopus.

Nurse-led emergency department avoidance model of care for patients receiving cancer therapy in the ambulatory setting: a health service improvement initiative.

Aims: The Symptom and Urgent Review Clinic was a service improvement initiative, which consisted of the implementation and evaluation of a nurse-led emergency department (ED) avoidance model of care. The clinic was developed for patients experiencing symptoms associated with systemic anti-cancer therapy in ambulatory cancer settings.

Methods: The clinic was implemented in four health services in Melbourne, Australia across a six-month period in 2018.

Wellbeing measures for workers: a systematic review and methodological quality appraisal.

Introduction: Increasing attention on workplace wellbeing and growth in workplace wellbeing interventions has highlighted the need to measure workers' wellbeing. This systematic review sought to identify the most valid and reliable published measure/s of wellbeing for workers developed between 2010 to 2020.

Methods: Electronic databases Health and Psychosocial Instruments, APA PsycInfo, and Scopus were searched.

A rapid review of challenges and opportunities related to diversity and inclusion as experienced by early and mid-career academics in the medicine, dentistry and health sciences fields.

Background: Early- and mid-career academics in medicine, dentistry and health sciences are integral to research, education and advancement of clinical professions, yet experience significant illbeing, high attrition and limited advancement opportunities.

Objectives: Identify and synthesise published research investigating challenges and opportunities related to diversity and inclusion, as experienced by early and mid-career academics employed in medicine, dentistry and health sciences disciplines.

Design: Rapid review.

Learning experiences of first year graduate entry nursing students in New Zealand and Australia: a qualitative case study.

Background: Graduate entry nursing programmes provide students with an accelerated pathway to becoming a registered nurse. Motivations for study, together with commonly shared characteristics of students enrolling in such programmes is becoming well documented, however, their experiences of studying for a professional qualification in this manner is less understood. As a means of maintaining the relevance of these fast-tracked programmes in the future, an understanding of graduate entry nursing students' experiences of academic teaching and clinical placements is imperative.

Factors contributing to nurse resignation during COVID-19: A qualitative descriptive study.

Aims: To explore and describe registered nurses' perceptions and experiences of work well-being extending from what inspired them to join the healthcare organization, what created a great day at work for them, through to what may have supported them to stay.

Design: Qualitative descriptive study.

Methods: Thirty-nine Australian nurses who resigned in 2021 from two metropolitan healthcare organizations in Victoria were interviewed in 2022, each for 30-60 min.

Strengthening Community End-of-Life Care through Implementing Measurement-Based Palliative Care.

The increasing demand for palliative care in New Zealand presents a potential threat to the quality of service delivery. One strategy to overcome this is through the implementation of valid and reliable patient-reported outcome measures. This mixed-methods study aimed to (1) implement measurement-based palliative care (MBPC) in a community palliative care service in Auckland, New Zealand; (2) evaluate the clinical utility of MBPC perceived by clinicians; (3) describe patient characteristics as measured by the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale (IPOS), the Australasian Modified Karnofsky Performance Scale (AKPS), and Phase of Illness (POI); and (4) evaluate the internal consistency of the IPOS.

Nurses' experiences of supporting patients requesting voluntary assisted dying: A qualitative meta-synthesis.

Aim: Describe the reported lived experiences of nurses who have participated at any stage of voluntary assisted dying (VAD), from the initial request to the end of life.

Design: A qualitative meta-synthesis.

Data Sources: Databases searched were CINAHL, MEDLINE, Emcare, Scopus and PsycInfo.

Nurses' well-being during the coronavirus (2019) pandemic: A longitudinal mixed-methods study.

Aim: To determine prevalence, predictors and change over time of nurses' and student nurses' mental health and well-being, and explore nurses' perceptions, barriers and enablers of well-being.

Design: Longitudinal mixed-methods survey.

Methods: Forty-nine students and registered nurses participated from Victoria, Australia.

Effectiveness of interventions to reduce ventriculostomy-associated infections in adult and paediatric patients with an external ventricular drain: A systematic review.

Objectives: The objective of this review was to methodologically identify, appraise, and synthesise the primary research reporting the effectiveness of interventions to reduce ventriculostomy-associated infections in adult and paediatric neurosurgical patients with an external ventricular drain (EVD).

Review Method Used: Systematic review DATA SOURCES: A systematic search of five databases was conducted: MEDLINE, CINAHL Plus, Scopus, PubMed, and Cochrane Central.

Review Methods: Key search terms and their variations included external ventricular drain and ventriculostomy-associated infection.

Predictors of Life Satisfaction in New Zealand: Analysis of a National Dataset.

The study aim was to determine prevalence and predictors of life satisfaction in New Zealand. In this observational cross-sectional study, a sample of 10,799 participants from NZ were drawn from the Gallup World Poll from 2006 to 2017. Data were analysed using regression analysis and ANOVA.

An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Temporal Satisfaction With Life Scale.

The Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale measures judgements of life satisfaction using 15 items, according to three temporal dimensions: past, present, and future. However, only seven studies have looked at the psychometric properties of the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale, and this has been individually across vastly different countries and cultures (Canada, China, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and United-States), and with different populations, such as undergraduate students, adults, and older adults. In addition, these studies have highlighted issues regarding the replicability of the validity of the scale structure and optimal number of items.

Nurse wellbeing during the coronavirus (2019) pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study.

Background: The wellbeing of individuals influences organisational outcomes. Insight into nurses' wellbeing is crucial to a sustaining a high-quality workforce.

Aim: To describe nurses' perceptions and experiences of wellbeing, work wellbeing, and mental health.

Effect of Safewards on reducing conflict and containment and the experiences of staff and consumers: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Safewards is an internationally adopted framework that provides interventions to reduce conflict and containment in healthcare settings. This systematic review evaluated the effect of Safewards on conflict and containment events in inpatient units and the perceptions of staff and consumers. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies were considered for inclusion.