Home care for patients with opioid use disorders: A qualitative study of registered nurses' experiences of pain management.

Aim: To explore registered nurses' experiences with pain management in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) in home care.

Design: Qualitative explorative-descriptive design.

Methods: Data were collected via nine individual semi-structured interviews with registered nurses working in home care meeting patients with OUD.

Use of active learning classrooms in health professional education: A scoping review.

Background: Active learning approaches, such as the use of active learning classrooms, can be an important measure to prepare health professional students for work-life. In addition to teaching approaches, the design of the classroom or learning spaces could facilitate learning. Although active learning classrooms are used in health professional education, no previous scoping review has investigated their use and associated outcomes.

Critical care nurses' role in rapid response teams: A qualitative systematic review.

Aim: To analyse the qualitative evidence on the role of critical care nurses in rapid response teams.

Design: Qualitative systematic review.

Methods: This qualitative systematic review employed Bettany-Saltikov and McSherry's guidelines and is reported according to the Enhancing Transparency in Reporting the Synthesis of Qualitative Research checklist.

Critical care nurses' assessment of writing diaries for adult patients in the intensive care unit - A qualitative study.

Background: Patients describe surreal experiences, hallucinations, loss of control, fear, pain, and other discomforts during their stay in intensive care units. Diaries written by critical care nurses can help patients fill-in memory gaps, gain an understanding of their illness after returning home, and enhance recovery. However, critical care nurses have difficulty deciding which patients in the intensive care unit should receive diaries and how to conduct and prioritise this nursing intervention.

Technology-Supported Guidance Models to Stimulate Nursing Students' Self-Efficacy in Clinical Practice: Scoping Review.

Background: In nursing education, bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical skills is crucial for developing competence in clinical practice. Nursing students encounter challenges in acquiring these essential skills, making self-efficacy a critical component in their professional development. Self-efficacy pertains to individual's belief in their ability to perform tasks and overcome challenges, with significant implications for clinical skills acquisition and academic success.

Implementation of remote home care: assessment guided by the RE-AIM framework.

Background: Welfare technology interventions have become increasingly important in home-based palliative care for facilitating safe, time-efficient, and cost-effective methods to support patients living independently. However, studies evaluating the implementation of welfare technology innovations are scarce, and the empirical evidence for sustainable models using technology in home-based palliative care remains low. This study aimed to report on the use of the Reach Effectiveness Adoption Implementation Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to assess the implementation of remote home care (RHC) a technology-mediated service for home-living patients in the palliative phase of cancer.

Non-invasive ventilation in the care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with palliative care needs: a scoping review.

Background: Patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could have palliative care (PC) needs because of unmet needs such as dyspnoea. This may lead to anxiety and may have an impact on patients' ability to perform daily activities of living. PC can be started when patients with COPD have unmet needs and can be provided alongside disease-modifying therapies.

Postgraduate nursing students' experiences with simulation-based learning in palliative care education: A qualitative study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore postgraduate palliative care nursing students' experiences with simulation-based learning focusing on communication skills, as a learning method in palliative care education.

Background: Communication is one of several important competencies in palliative care and found to be challenging. Developing appropriate communication skills in palliative care requires education and practice.

Impact of COIL: Learning From Student Nurses in Norway Who Collaborated With U.S. Students.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the experience of Norwegian nursing students with internationalization through participation in a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) course.

Background: Educators in Norway and the United States collaborated to incorporate internationalization and population health concepts into virtual courses during the pandemic. Literature gaps exist in post-implementation assessment data that ascertain internationalization through the COIL experience.

Patient-reported outcome measures in children, adolescents, and young adults with palliative care needs-a scoping review.

Background: Measuring outcomes facilitates evaluation of palliative services for children, adolescents, and young adults (CAYAs) with life-limiting and/or life-threatening (LL/LT) conditions. Implementation of patient-reported, proxy-reported, or patient-centered outcome measures (hereafter PROMs) is recommended to ensure palliative services. The purpose of this scoping review was to provide an overview of PROMs relevant for CAYAs living with LL/LT conditions eligible for pediatric palliative care (PPC).

Critical care nurses' experiences of caring for patients with iatrogenic opioid withdrawal in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study.

Objectives: To explore critical care nurses' experiences of caring for adult patients experiencing iatrogenic opioid withdrawal in the intensive care unit.

Research Methodology/design: A qualitative study with an explorative and descriptive design was conducted. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and systematic text condensation was used to analyse the data.

A Technology-Supported Guidance Model to Support the Development of Critical Thinking Among Undergraduate Nursing Students in Clinical Practice: Concurrent, Exploratory, Flexible, and Multimethod Feasibility Study.

Background: There is widespread recognition and acceptance of the need for critical thinking in nursing education, as it is necessary to provide high-quality nursing. The Technology-Supported Guidance Model (TSGM) intervention was conducted during clinical practice among undergraduate nursing students and aimed to support the development of critical thinking. A major element of this newly developed intervention is an app, Technology-Optimized Practice Process in Nursing (TOPP‑N), combined with the daily guidance of nursing students from nurse preceptors and summative assessments based on the Assessment of Clinical Education.

Critical care nurses' role in the decision-making process of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment: A qualitative systematic review.

Aim: To synthesise the qualitative evidence regarding the role of critical care nurses in the decision-making process of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment in critically ill adults.

Design: Qualitative systematic review.

Review Methods: This qualitative systematic review employed the guidelines of Bettany-Saltikov and McSherry.

"I am accustomed to something in my body causing pain": a qualitative study of knee replacement non-improvers' stories of previous painful and stressful experiences.

Background: Approximately 20% of total knee arthroplasty patients experience persistent postsurgical pain one year after surgery. No qualitative studies have explored previous stories of painful or stressful life experiences in patients experiencing persistent postsurgical pain after total knee replacement. This study aimed to explore stories of previous painful or stressful experiences in life in a cohort of patients that reported no improvement in pain one year after total knee arthroplasty.

Simulation-based learning in palliative care in postgraduate nursing education: a scoping review.

Background: Nurses require advanced competence in palliative care, but they face wide variations in education and a shortage in opportunities for clinical placement. Simulation-based learning (SBL) can enable students to develop clinical skills, critical thinking and confidence. No scoping reviews to date have mapped the use of SBL in palliative care within postgraduate nursing education.

Health Care Professionals' Experiences and Perspectives on Using Telehealth for Home-based Palliative Care: Scoping Review.

Background: Telehealth seems feasible for use in home-based palliative care (HBPC). It may improve access to health care professionals (HCPs) at patients' homes, reduce hospital admissions, enhance patients' feelings of security and safety, and increase the time spent at home for patients in HBPC. HBPC requires the involvement of various HCPs such as nurses, physicians, allied health professionals, dietitians, psychologists, religious counselors, and social workers.

Advantages and Challenges of Using Telehealth for Home-Based Palliative Care: Systematic Mixed Studies Review.

Background: Owing to the increasing number of people with palliative care needs and the current shortage of health care professionals (HCPs), providing quality palliative care has become challenging. Telehealth could enable patients to spend as much time as possible at home. However, no previous systematic mixed studies reviews have synthesized evidence on patients' experiences of the advantages and challenges of telehealth in home-based palliative care.

A Technology-Supported Guidance Model to Increase the Flexibility, Quality, and Efficiency of Nursing Education in Clinical Practice in Norway: Development Study of the TOPP-N Application Prototype.

Background: The challenges of nursing shortage in the nursing profession and of limited nursing educational capacity in nursing education in clinical practice need to be addressed to ensure supply according to the demand of these professionals. In addition, communication problems among nursing students, nurse educators, and nurse preceptors; variations in the guidance competence of nurse preceptors; and limited overview from nurse educators on nursing students' clinical practice are common challenges reported in several research studies. These challenges affect the quality of nursing education in clinical practice, and even though these problems have been highlighted for several years, a recent study showed that these problems are increasing.

Comparison of the systematic Inflammatory response syndrome and the quick sequential organ failure assessment for prognostic accuracy in detecting sepsis in the emergency department: A systematic review.

Background: Awareness and prompt recognition of sepsis are essential for nurses working in the emergency department (ED), enabling them to make an initial assessment of patients and then to sort them according to their condition s severity. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate prognostic accuracy in detecting sepsis in the emergency department by comparing the previous sepsis-2 screening tool, the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and the current sepsis-3 screening tool, the Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA).

Methods: This systematic review used the guideline by Bettany-Saltikov and McSherry and was reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 checklist.

Haematological nurses' experiences about palliative care trajectories of patients with life-threatening haematological malignancies: A qualitative study.

Aims: To explore haematological nurses' experiences about the palliative care trajectories of patients with life-threatening haematological malignancies.

Design: A qualitative study with a descriptive and explorative design.

Methods: Data were collected through 12 individual semi-structured interviews of nurses who work with patients with haematological malignancies from four hospitals in Norway.

Registered nurses' experiences and perceptions of supervising international nursing students in a clinical setting - A qualitative study.

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the experiences and perceptions of Indian RNs who supervise Norwegian undergraduate nursing students during their clinical practice in India.

Background: The globalization process has generated a need for registered nurses (RNs) to develop cultural competence. As a result, nursing education and policy need to respond to the challenging nature of global health and prepare RNs to work with diverse cultures by enhancing their cultural competence to help them encounter patients from different cultural backgrounds.

Brazilian undergraduate nursing students' critical thinking need to be increased: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: to map Brazilian undergraduate nursing students' critical thinking level and investigate the correlation between selected sociodemographic data and critical thinking domains.

Methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional study, participants' (N=89) critical thinking was assessed using the Health Science Reasoning Test. Correlation between critical thinking domains and sociodemographic data was assessed using the Pearson correlation coefficient.

Patients' experiences with a welfare technology application for remote home care: A longitudinal study.

Aims And Objectives: To explore the longitudinal experiences using an application named remote home care for remote palliative care among patients with cancer living at home.

Background: Introducing welfare technology in home-based care for patients with cancer in the palliative phase is internationally suggested as a measure to remotely support palliative care needs. However, little is known about the experiences of patients utilising welfare technology applications to receive home-based care from healthcare professionals in a community care context.

Stories of paediatric palliative care: a qualitative study exploring health care professionals' understanding of the concept.

Background: By sharing patient stories, health care professionals (HCPs) may communicate their attitudes, values and beliefs about caring and treatment. Previous qualitative research has shown that HCPs usually associate paediatric palliative care (PPC) with death or dying and that they find the concept challenging to understand and difficult to implement. Attending to HCPs' stories may provide a richer account of their understanding of PPC.

Collaboration between nurses and doctors in the decision-making process when considering ending the life-prolonging treatment of intensive care patients.

Aims: The aim of the study was to explore intensive care nurses' collaboration with doctors' when considering ending the life-prolonging treatment of patients in the intensive care unit.

Design: A qualitative method with an explorative descriptive design was employed.

Methods: Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with four intensive care nurses and four doctors working in three intensive care units at two university hospitals and one local hospital.