A Study of Knowledge and Recognition on Postoperative Delirium Among Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Nurses.

Purpose: Postoperative delirium (POD) is a syndrome that often occurs after surgery. Nursing staff are the first-line personnel who have the most time and close contact with postoperative patients. If delirium is not recognized immediately, it will affect the patient's prognosis and increase clinical care requirements and health care costs.

Fatigue and Quality of Life Among Patients with Diabetes and Non-diabetes Receiving Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.

Purpose: Few studies have examined the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) on patients with coronary artery disease. The relationships between quality of life (QoL), risk factors, and DM of patients receiving percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) are poorly understood. We investigated the influence of DM on fatigue and QoL over time among patients receiving PCIs.

Effects of comprehensive geriatric care on depressive symptoms, emergency department visits, re-hospitalization and discharge to the same residence in older persons receiving hip-fracture surgery: A meta-analysis.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate depressive symptoms, emergency department visits, re-hospitalization and discharge to the same residence of comprehensive geriatric care in patients receiving hip-fracture surgery.

Background: Hip fractures among older persons result in restricted activities of daily living, longer hospital stays, frequent emergency department visits and re-presentation to hospital, which may increase depressive symptoms and death risk. The benefits of comprehensive geriatric care have not been determined.

The effectiveness of acupressure for managing postoperative pain in patients with thoracoscopic surgery: A randomized control trial.

Purpose: More than 86% patients experience moderate to severe pain after thoracoscopic surgery. A combination of diverse nonpharmacological pain relief methods is a developing trend for pain management. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of acupressure in reducing pain after thoracoscopic surgery.

Self-Efficacy Care Program for Older Adults Receiving Hip-Fracture Surgery.

Hip fractures decrease older adults' physical activity and quality of life (QoL). However, no current self-efficacy care programs are managed by clinical nurses, and thus no studies have measured their effects on self-care self-efficacy (SCSE). Hence, this quasi-experimental study determined the effectiveness of a self-efficacy care program (SECP) in 104 older adults receiving hip-fracture surgery who were divided into intervention and control groups.

Music Interventions in Percutaneous Coronary Procedures: A Meta-Analysis.

To clarify the effectiveness of music intervention for improving the well-being of patients undergoing coronary procedures for coronary heart disease, we conducted full-text searches of various databases (MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, ProQuest, and Airiti Library; 1966-2019) to identify randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies of music intervention in recipients of angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention. Outcome measures included anxiety, discomfort, pain, heart rate, and blood pressure. The Cochrane methodology, Jadad Quality Score, and ROBINS-I were employed to evaluate evidence from 10 studies.

Arrhythmia Perception and Quality of Life in Bradyarrhythmia Patients Following Permanent Pacemaker Implantation.

Although studies have evaluated the quality of life (QoL) of patients undergoing permanent pacemaker (PPM) placement, their results are inconsistent. To assess arrhythmia perceptions and QoL in bradyarrhythmia patients following PPM implantation, 137 patients completed demographic, arrhythmia perception, and QoL questionnaires before and six months after implantation. Before implantation, they reported fatigue (74.

Meta-analysis: Effectiveness of Comprehensive Geriatric Care for Elderly Following Hip Fracture Surgery.

Hip fractures may increase mortality and decrease mobility in elderly patients. Effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric care (CGC) has not been verified. A systematic review and a meta-analysis were conducted by searching full-text databases (1988-2018) of Cochrane Library, Clinical Key, Embase, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and ProQuest for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CGC following hip fractures.

[Nursing Care of Patients With Carotid Artery Stenosis Who Receive Carotid Artery Stent].

Atherosclerosis, a major cause of carotid artery stenosis, has a high correlation to stroke, which may induce transient ischemic attack (TIA) and/or permanent brain damage. The main treatment of carotid artery stenosis includes medication, carotid endarterectomy (CEA), and carotid artery stenting (CAS). However, when artery stenosis becomes severe, CEA or CAS is the most-often recommended intervention.

Age and pain as predictors of discomfort in patients undergoing transfemoral percutaneous coronary interventions.

Background: Transfemoral percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) requires strict bed rest, causing pain and discomfort in patients. However, no studies have investigated this issue.

Objectives: To investigate the predictors of discomfort in transfemoral PCI patients.

Safety and efficacy of using vascular closure devices for hemostasis on sheath removal after a transfemoral artery percutaneous coronary intervention.

Aim: To determine the efficacy of vascular closure devices (VCDs) for hemostasis following transfemoral percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs).

Methods: This two-group pre-post-test observational study with purposive sampling enrolled 73 patients between January, 2014 and February, 2015. The patients were allocated to either the intervention (vascular closure devices group, n = 34) or the control group (manual compression [MC] group, n = 39).

Effects of Lumbar Fusion Surgery with ISOBAR Devices Versus Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery on Pain and Disability in Patients with Lumbar Degenerative Diseases: A Meta-Analysis.

: Lumbar degenerative diseases (LDDs) cause pain and disability and are treated with lumbar fusion surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of lumbar fusion surgery with ISOBAR devices versus posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) surgery for alleviating LDD-associated pain and disability. : We performed a literature review and meta-analysis conducted in accordance with Cochrane methodology.

Efficacy of forced-air warming for preventing perioperative hypothermia and related complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Perioperatively, unexpected hypothermia may cause adverse surgical outcomes. However, few studies have explored the efficacy of forced-air warming in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery.

Aim/objective: To determine the efficacy of forced-air warming for preventing perioperative hypothermia and complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery.

The Medical Futility Experience of Nurses in Caring for Critically Ill Patients.

Background: Medical futility is a key bioethical concern. In Taiwan, policymakers tend to provide care standards and evaluation guidelines for critically ill and terminal patients whose treatment is medically futile. However, the current status of medical futility for critically ill patients is inadequate, and no consensus currently exists on the definition of medical futility.

Forced-Air Warming for Rewarming and Comfort Following Laparoscopy: A Randomized Controlled Trail.

We investigated the efficacy of a forced-air warming (FAW) system on postoperative rewarming and comfort in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. In this randomized controlled trial, a total of 127 participants were randomly divided into the FAW group ( n = 64) and control group ( n = 63). The esophageal temperature was measured every 30 min during surgery, and the tympanic temperature and comfort levels were measured preoperatively and in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).

Social Support, Unstable Angina, and Stroke as Predictors of Depression in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease.

Background: Depression is known to adversely affect coronary heart disease patients in western countries; however, no study of social support and depression has been conducted in the Chinese population.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictors of depression in patients with coronary heart disease.

Methods: Between January and December 2015, a cross-sectional sample of 105 Taiwanese patients from cardiology units completed a demographic and clinical characteristics questionnaire, Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Social Support Inventory, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

Meta-analysis: effectiveness of forced-air warming for prevention of perioperative hypothermia in surgical patients.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of forced-air warming for preventing perioperative hypothermia.

Background: Perioperative hypothermia commonly occurs in patients receiving anaesthesia during surgeries. However, the effectiveness of warming systems requires verification.

[Nursing Care of Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery Using a Semi-Rigid Device (ISOBAR)].

Aging frequently induces degenerative changes in the spine. Patients who suffer from lumbar degenerative disease tend to have lower back pain, neurological claudication, and neuropathy. Furthermore, incontinence may be an increasing issue as symptoms become severe.

[The influence of bariatric surgery on body image in obesity patients].

Background: Obesity is a worldwide epidemic that threats the health and body image of those who suffer from this condition. While bariatric surgery has been shown to effectively assist patients to achieve weight loss goals and to improve body image, related research on this intervention is lacking in Taiwan.

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of bariatric surgery on body image in obese patients.

Survey of depression by Beck Depression Inventory in uremic patients undergoing hemodialysis and hemodiafiltration.

High prevalence of depression has been reported in patients with end stage kidney disease and depression is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of depression in patients receiving standard hemodialysis (SHD) and hemodiafiltration (HDF) and compare the associated factors between these treatment modalities. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to survey for major depressive symptoms.

Nurses' perceptions of leadership style in hospitals: a grounded theory study.

Aim: This paper explores the leadership style of hospital managers.

Background: Leadership has been widely studied in nursing from the perspective of nurses' psychological strain caused by nursing leadership. There is, however, little contained in the Western and Eastern literatures on the leadership style of hospital managers and certainly no study has explored managers' leadership style in Taiwanese hospitals from the nurses' stance.

Nurses' perceptions of environmental pressures in relation to their occupational stress.

Aim: The aim of this paper was to explore nurses' stress experiences of working under the current health care system in Taiwan (the context) using a qualitative approach.

Background: Although most global health care institutions have been changing in response to the economic contraction, there is a deficit of information in understanding the changes of the ecology of the health care system in Taiwan from nurses' perspectives.

Design: Grounded theory.