Institutional ethnography: A methodology for exploring complex problems in healthcare systems.

Healthcare professionals experiencing barriers in the delivery of care are often unaware of factors within complex institutions that create and perpetuate those problems. Institutional ethnography in healthcare is a research methodology that starts from the perspective of a problem that clinicians or people receiving care experience and seeks to identify how those negative experiences are coordinated by institutional structures. This paper describes and advocates for the use of institutional ethnography as a powerful tool to investigate problems experienced by individuals or groups in the complex systems of healthcare design and delivery.

Predatory journals and their practices present a conundrum for systematic reviewers and evidence synthesisers of health research: A qualitative descriptive study.

Predatory journals are a blemish on scholarly publishing and academia and the studies published within them are more likely to contain data that is false. The inclusion of studies from predatory journals in evidence syntheses is potentially problematic due to this propensity for false data to be included. To date, there has been little exploration of the opinions and experiences of evidence synthesisers when dealing with predatory journals in the conduct of their evidence synthesis.

How should we handle predatory journals in evidence synthesis? A descriptive survey-based cross-sectional study of evidence synthesis experts.

Synthesizers of evidence are increasingly likely to encounter studies published in predatory journals during the evidence synthesis process. The evidence synthesis discipline is uniquely positioned to encounter novel concerns associated with predatory journals. The objective of this research was to explore the attitudes, opinions, and experiences of experts in the synthesis of evidence regarding predatory journals.

Experiences and perspectives of suffering in cancer: A qualitative systematic review.

Purpose: Suffering refers to a situation in which a person's illness and condition threaten their integrity. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize qualitative studies that explored suffering of persons with cancer.

Method: A qualitative systematic review was conducted.

Should I include studies from "predatory" journals in a systematic review? Interim guidance for systematic reviewers.

A systematic review involves the identification, evaluation, and synthesis of the best-available evidence to provide an answer to a specific question. The "best-available evidence" is, in many cases, a peer-reviewed scientific article published in an academic journal that details the conduct and results of a scientific study. Any potential threat to the validity of these individual studies (and hence the resultant synthesis) must be evaluated and critiqued.

Newly graduated nurses' socialisation resulting in limiting inquiry and one-sided use of knowledge sources-An ethnographic study.

Aim: To explore how the socialisation into the clinical setting and interaction between newly graduated nurses and experienced nurses influences the new graduates' use of knowledge sources.

Background: Newly graduated nurses' use of knowledge sources in decision-making has been subject to an increased interest in relation to evidence-based practice. Despite interventions to strengthen nurses' competencies required for making reflective clinical decisions within an evidence-based practice, studies highlight that new graduates only draw on knowledge from research, patients and other components within evidence-based practice to a limited extent.

Patient's experiences of suffering across the cancer trajectory: A qualitative systematic review protocol.

Aim: To identify, appraise and synthesize the available evidence from qualitative research exploring the suffering of patients with cancer during their illness trajectories.

Design: Protocol for a qualitative systematic review.

Data Sources: The database will include PubMed, CINAHL and Psych Info were searched in May 2020.

Guidelines rarely used GRADE and applied methods inconsistently: A methodological study of Australian guidelines.

Objectives: The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach is accepted methodology to assess the certainty of the evidence included in systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines. The GRADE approach is endorsed globally, in Australia, the National Health and Medical Research Council advocated for the use of the GRADE approach in 2011. The purpose of this methodological review was to assess how GRADE has been adopted for Australian practice guidelines.

Factors affecting procurement of wound care products: a qualitative study of hospital managers and clinicians.

Objective To identify factors that influence procurement and disinvestment decisions for wound care products in the acute care setting. Methods A qualitative descriptive study was undertaken. Eighteen face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposively sampled senior clinical and non-clinical managers from three Australian acute care hospitals with responsibility for consumables procurement and disinvestment decisions.

Best evidence for advance care planning in older adults with dementia and their families: an umbrella review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this review is to summarize current best evidence for advance care planning in older adults with dementia and their families.

Introduction: Contemporary end-of-life care cannot be fully achieved without high quality advance care planning practice, which facilitates the expression of patient preferences for treatment if they lose the capacity to decide or communicate their wishes. However, advance care planning for people experiencing dementia can be highly complex and requires additional knowledge and skills.

Nurses' intentions to respond to requests for legal assisted-dying: A Q-methodological study.

Aims: To explore the intentions of nurses to respond to requests for legal assisted-dying.

Background: As more Western nations legalize assisted-dying, requests for access will increase across clinical domains. Understanding the intentions of nurses to respond to such requests is important for the construction of relevant policy and practice guidelines.

Instruments measuring behavioural aspects of the nurse-patient relationship: A scoping review.

Aims And Objectives: To identify and map tools measuring behavioural aspects of the nurse-patient relationship.

Background: The behaviours nurses employ to develop relationships with patients form a key part of nursing practice. Systematically measuring these behaviours provides an objective means of assessing and evaluating how nurses establish and maintain relationships with patients in a variety of settings.

Neurophysiology of human touch and eye gaze in therapeutic relationships and healing: a scoping review.

Objective: The primary objective of this scoping review was to examine and map the range of neurophysiological impacts of human touch and eye gaze, and consider their potential relevance to the therapeutic relationship and to healing.

Introduction: Clinicians, and many patients and their relatives, have no doubt as to the efficacy of a positive therapeutic relationship; however, much evidence is based on self-reporting by the patient or observation by the researcher. There has been little formal exploration into what is happening in the body to elicit efficacious reactions in patients.

Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Military Nursing Officers.

Background: Nurses working in military trauma teams often work in hostile and remote locations. They are faced with the burden of carrying out their duties while ensuring the safety of their patients and themselves in areas of conflict and humanitarian crisis. The stories and experiences of military nurses often go untold.

Anticipated advantages and disadvantages of a move to 100% single-room hospital in Australia: A case study.

Objectives: There is an international policy trend for building government hospitals with greater proportions of single-occupancy rooms. The study aim was to identify advantages and disadvantages for patients and nursing staff of a pending move to 100% single-room hospital, in anticipation of the challenges for nurse managers of a different ward environment. This paper presents these findings, summarizing potential advantages and disadvantages as well as comparison with findings from similar studies in England.

Use of GRADE in Australian clinical practice guidelines: a methodological review protocol.

The purpose of this methodological review is to determine whether and to what extent GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) methodology has been and is currently being used in Australian clinical practice guidelines.

Perceptions and experiences of nurses and midwives in continuing professional development: a systematic review protocol.

The objective of this systematic review is to explore the perceptions and experiences of nurses and midwives in undertaking continuing professional development.

Instruments measuring behavioral aspects of the nurse-patient relationship: a scoping review protocol.

The objective of this scoping review is to identify and map the range of tools that measure behavioral aspects of the nurse-patient relationship (i.e. the behaviors employed by nurses to develop and maintain a relationship with their patients) within any healthcare setting and for any patient group.

Centrality of spirituality/religion in the culture of palliative care service in Indonesia: An ethnographic study.

Experiencing life-threatening illness could impact on an individual's spirituality or religious beliefs. In this paper, we report on a study which explored cultural elements that influence the provision of palliative care for people with cancer. A contemporary ethnographic approach was adopted.

Burn care and rehabilitation in Australia: health professionals' perspectives.

Objective: To understand health professionals' perspectives of burn care and rehabilitation.

Design: Qualitative and semi-structured interviews.

Setting: Australian burn and rehabilitation units.

Developing effective and caring nurse-patient relationships.

Establishing positive and trusting therapeutic relationships with patients has long been recognised as an essential component of nursing practice and is important for effective care. There are various challenges in clinical practice that make it increasingly difficult to deliver effective care centred on such relationships. Understanding and addressing these challenges is crucial to ensure a positive experience of care for patients, families, carers and nurses.

Newly graduated nurses' use of knowledge sources in clinical decision-making: an ethnographic study.

Aims And Objectives: To explore which knowledge sources newly graduated nurses' use in clinical decision-making and why and how they are used.

Background: In spite of an increased educational focus on skills and competencies within evidence-based practice, newly graduated nurses' ability to use components within evidence-based practice with a conscious and reflective use of research evidence has been described as being poor. To understand why, it is relevant to explore which other knowledge sources are used.

The neurophysiology of human touch and eye gaze and its effects on therapeutic relationships and healing: a scoping review protocol.

The objective of this scoping review is to examine and map the range of neurophysiological impacts of human touch and eye gaze, and better understand their possible links to the therapeutic relationship and the process of healing. The specific question is "what neurophysiological impacts of human touch and eye gaze have been reported in relation to therapeutic relationships and healing?"

Partnerships to Improve Oral Hygiene Practices: Two Complementary Approaches.

The omission of oral care is linked to increased nurse workload and may contribute to serious patient infection and growing healthcare costs. Therefore, ineffective oral care comprises a significant patient safety issue across healthcare settings internationally. As studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont) and improved patient outcomes, it is imperative that leaders seek effective approaches to facilitate contextual exploration of barriers and facilitators for resolution of oral care delivery problems.