Qualitative evaluation in nursing interventions-A review of the literature.

Aim: To identify and synthesize qualitative evaluation methods used in nursing interventions.

Design: A systematic qualitative review with a content analysis. Four databases were used: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase and CINAHL using pre-defined terms.

A meta-ethnographic synthesis of qualitative research on women's experience of midwifery care.

Labor and birth constitute a significant emotional event for a childbearing woman. The aim was to explore women's reflections on their experiences of labor and birth and how these were influenced by the midwifery care they received. A modified version of Noblit and Hare's meta-ethnographic approach was used to develop an inductive and interpretive synthesis of nine qualitative articles.

Patients' Experiences of Participating Actively in Shared Decision-Making in Mental Care.

Background: Patients in mental care express a wish for more active participation. Shared decision-making is a way of increasing patient participation. There is lack of research into what the shared decision-making process means and how the patients can participate in and experience it in the context of mental care.

Development of resilience in nursing students: A systematic qualitative review and thematic synthesis.

Resilience is a term commonly used to describe the ability to turn adversity into opportunities and learn from demanding situations. There seems to be a need to identify support strategies for developing resilience among nursing students in order to strengthen their professional practice. The aim of this review was to synthesize qualitative research exploring how resilience can be developed in nursing students.

Being in a space of sharing decision-making for dignified mental care.

WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Several studies describe barriers and facilitators for implementing shared decision-making in mental care, yet a deeper understanding of the meaning of shared decision-making in this context is lacking. Shared decision-making is aimed at facilitating patients' active participation in their care. Mental care is intended to empower the patients by increasing their responsibility and self-awareness and helping them to use their own resources.

A Paradigm Shift in Nurse Specialist Clinical Supervision-Implementation of a Competence Program.

The change of the anesthesia-, intensive-, surgery-, and oncological nursing postgraduate education into clinical-oriented master programs makes it necessary to increase the professional skills of nurse specialist clinical supervisors. A competence program for clinical supervisors (15 credits) was developed by a university in Norway from 2014 to 2015 in order to facilitate capacity building of academic and pedagogical knowledge. To illuminate nurse specialist clinical supervisors' learning components by implementing a competence program in clinical supervision.

Risk management-Evaluation of healthcare professionals' reasoning about and understanding of maternity care.

Aim: To evaluate healthcare professionals' explanations of the prerequisites for safe maternity care and understanding of risk management, including the underlying reasons for decision-making intended to ensure safe care.

Background: Risk management focuses on maintaining and promoting safe care by identifying circumstances that place childbearing women at risk of harm, thus reducing risks.

Methods: A hermeneutic action research approach was chosen.

Factors that influence the health of older widows and widowers-A systematic review of quantitative research.

Aim: To examine factors that influence the health of older widows and widowers. The review question was: What is the evidence of the relationship between widowhood and health in older adults?

Design: Systematic review.

Data Sources: Academic Search Elite, CINAHL, Medline (Ovid) and PubMed were searched for articles published between January 2013-December 2017.

Links between patient safety and fear of childbirth-A meta-study of qualitative research.

Aim: To conduct a meta-study of qualitative empirical research to explore the links between patient safety and fear of childbirth in the maternity care context. The review questions were: How are patient safety and fear of childbirth described? and What are the links between patient safety and fear of childbirth in the maternity care context?

Design: Meta-study.

Data Sources: The CINAHL, Cochrane, PubMed, Webb of Science, Proquest and Medline (Ovid) electronic databases were searched for articles published between June 2000-June 2016.

The Association between Deliberate Self-Harm and School Bullying Victimization and the Mediating Effect of Depressive Symptoms and Self-Stigma: A Systematic Review.

Background: Identifying deliberate self-harm in the young and its relationship with bullying victimization is an important public health issue.

Methods: A systematic review was performed to explore evidence of the association between deliberate self-harm and school bullying victimization in young people, as well as the mediating effect of depressive symptoms and self-stigma on this association. An advanced search in the following electronic databases was conducted in January 2018: PubMed/Medline; CINAHL; PsycINFO; PsycARTICLES; Science Direct; Scopus, and Cochrane Library.

Qualitative exploration of fear of childbirth and preferences for mode of birth among Japanese primiparas.

Antenatal fear of childbirth (FOC) is associated with negative effects, such as postnatal traumatic symptoms. As the birth-related culture of East Asian countries differs from that in Western countries, the aim of the present qualitative, descriptive study was to explore FOC, perceptions for Caesarean section (CS), and obstetric analgesia (OA) among Japanese primiparas. The qualitative, descriptive study included focus group interviews with 11 primiparous women, which were conducted in a birth house and a maternity hospital in a metropolitan area of Japan in 2013.

A qualitative evaluation of healthcare professionals' perceptions of adverse events focusing on communication and teamwork in maternity care.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore healthcare professionals' (HCPs) perceptions of adverse events (AE) during childbirth with focus on communication and teamwork.

Background: Inadequate communication, a poor teamwork climate and insufficient team training are harmful to women. Reviews of reported AE can be used to develop a safety culture based on preparedness for preventing AE and strengthening patient safety (PS).

Qualitative study of women's experiences of safe childbirth in maternity care.

Few studies have focused on women's childbirth experiences in relation to patient safety. The aim of this study was to explore the meaning of safety as a process phenomenon by outlining women's positive and negative experiences of safety in childbirth. A descriptive explorative design was chosen and 16 interviews were conducted.

Strategies for teaching evidence-based practice in nursing education: a thematic literature review.

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is imperative for ensuring patient safety. Although teaching strategies to enhance EBP knowledge and skills are recommended, recent research indicates that nurses may not be well prepared to apply EBP. A three-level hierarchy for teaching and learning evidence-based medicine is suggested, including the requirement for interactive clinical activities in EBP teaching strategies.

First-line nurse managers' perceptions of the challenges involved in decision-making when older patients' wish to die.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore first-line nurse managers' perceptions of the challenges involved in decision-making concerning older patients who wish to die.

Design: A descriptive qualitative design in three communities in Norway between January 2016 and June 2016.

Methods: Qualitative focus group interviews with eight first-line nurse managers.

Shared Decision-Making-Balancing Between Power and Responsibility as Mental Health-Care Professionals in a Therapeutic Milieu.

Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) is supposed to position patient and expert knowledge more equal, in which will have an impact on how mental health-care professionals relate to their patients. As SDM has not yet been widely adopted in therapeutic milieus, a deeper understanding of its use and more knowledge of interventions to foster its implementation in clinical practice are required.

Aim: To explore how mental health-care professionals describe SDM in a therapeutic milieu as expressed through clinical supervision.

Aggregated Alpha-Synuclein Transfer Efficiently between Cultured Human Neuron-Like Cells and Localize to Lysosomes.

Parkinson's disease and other alpha-synucleinopathies are progressive neurodegenerative diseases characterized by aggregates of misfolded alpha-synuclein spreading throughout the brain. Recent evidence suggests that the pathological progression is likely due to neuron-to-neuron transfer of these aggregates between neuroanatomically connected areas of the brain. As the impact of this pathological spreading mechanism is currently debated, we aimed to investigate the transfer and subcellular location of alpha-synuclein species in a novel 3D co-culture human cell model based on highly differentiated SH-SY5Y cells.

Aetiological relationships between factors associated with postnatal traumatic symptoms among Japanese primiparas and multiparas: A longitudinal study.

Objective: this study aims to identify the aetiological relationships of psychosocial factors in postnatal traumatic symptoms among Japanese primiparas and multiparas.

Design: a longitudinal, observational survey.

Setting: participants were recruited at three institutions in Tokyo, Japan between April 2013 and May 2014.

Enhancing students' moral competence in practice: Challenges experienced by Malawian nurse teachers.

Background: Nurses and student nurses in Malawi often encounter challenges in taking a moral course of action. Several studies have demonstrated a need for increased awareness of ethical issues in the nursing education.

Objective: To explore the challenges experienced by nurse teachers in Malawi in their efforts to enhance students' moral competence in clinical practice.

Health Resources and Strategies among Employed Women in Norway during Pregnancy and Early Motherhood.

The number of women in paid employment is increasing. However, when becoming a mother for the first time, many seem unprepared for the challenge of balancing motherhood and work as well as for the impact on their health. The aim of this study was to investigate the health resources and strategies of employed women in Norway during pregnancy and early motherhood by means of salutogenic theory.

Maternal health coping strategies of migrant women in norway.

The aim of the study was to explore the maternal health coping strategies of migrant women in Norway. The ethnic and cultural background of the Norwegian population have become increasingly diverse. A challenge in practice is to adjust maternal health services to migrant women's specific needs.

Associations of dietary intake and plasma concentrations of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid with prenatal depressive symptoms in Japan.

The association between depression and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, including eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid, continues to gain focus. In this study, we examined whether dietary intakes and plasma concentrations of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid were associated with depressive symptoms during pregnancy. Healthy Japanese women with singleton pregnancies were recruited at a university hospital in Tokyo between 2010 and 2012.