What is the existing evidence base for adult medical Same Day Emergency Care in UK NHS hospitals? A scoping review.

Introduction: This scoping review focuses on acute medical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), as medical patients represent a significant proportion of emergency admissions in the NHS.

Methods: This scoping review has been conducted in accordance with the JBI methodology and as detailed in the published scoping review protocol.

Results: Identified papers included two observational cohort studies, four audits, four review articles, two opinion pieces, a paper on potential future developments, three policy documents, one strategy paper and a position statement.

Insights from the pandemic: an autoethnography of nursing clinical placement teams.

Background: Designated placement staff, including academics, professional clinical support teams and stakeholder clinical teams, are responsible for organising students' clinical placements. Disciplines have reported sustained innovations in the way placement staff work following the pandemic. There are few published reports from nursing placement staff.

What is the existing evidence base for adult medical same day emergency care in UK NHS hospitals? A scoping review protocol.

Objectives: Same day emergency care (SDEC) is a new model of care, which has emerged over the past 5 years, building on prior ambulatory care services. The National Health Service (NHS) England National Strategy for SDEC suggests SDEC can meet local health needs by providing alternatives to emergency department attendance or hospital admission, for people with an urgent healthcare need, beyond the limited scope of an urgent treatment centre. This review focuses on acute medical SDEC, as medical patients represent a significant proportion of emergency admissions.

Patient perspectives of positive messages from clinicians: a qualitative secondary analysis and conceptual model.

: A review and meta- analysis of empathic communication and patients' expectations of interventions has shown that if positive messages are delivered there is a small but measurable reduction of pain and anxiety and some improvements in physical outcomes. : To identify elements of health messages that may have a positive impact on patient health outcomes to guide effective nurse-patient- communication. : Data were extracted from each study in a qualitative analysis of a systematic review investigating the health effects of positive messages, and analysed following the principles of thematic analysis.

Nursing education, virtual reality and empathy?

An empathic approach to patient-centred care is a core of nursing practice. One of the methods to develop empathy, which is gaining currency is the use of virtual reality simulations in education. This paper posits some questions, does it simply reinforce a 'type' of patient, neglecting caring for the patient as unique, is empathy what results or is it pity, does it result in a greater distance being created between the patient and the health care provider? Can we ever really know what it is like to walk in a patient's shoes when what we experience through virtual reality provides a small snapshot of the vicissitudes of living with an illness or disability.

Effective Characteristics of Iranian Nursing Students in Their Relationship with Clinical Nurses.

The purpose of this study was to explore the characteristics of undergraduate nursing students, which may determine the nature of their relationship with clinical nurses. Relationships between nursing students and clinical nurses are critical to maximize student learning outcomes and produce skilled graduates for the future health workforce. This qualitative content analysis study was conducted from January to August 2016.

Practising on plastic people: Can I really care?

Purposes: This study evaluated the experiences of undergraduate student nurses with high-fidelity Human Patient Simulation Mannequins (HPSMs) and their perceptions of empathy.

Methods: An exploratory case-study method was used to investigate the literature on empathy and the use of high-fidelity mannequins in nurse education. Two focus groups were conducted with eight third-year undergraduate nursing students in order to elicit responses to their experiences with HPSMs in their learning, especially in relation to empathy.

Supporting parents and parenting: An overview of data-based papers recently published in Contemporary Nurse.

Abstract Nurses have a crucial role in play in supporting parents and in delivering and referring parents to family-support services. In this editorial, we reflect on papers recently published in Contemporary Nurse. We sought to consider data-based papers on parenting published between 2008 and 2012 and elucidate the role/s and potential roles of nurses in enhancing and supporting parenting.

Comparison of two single-platform ISHAGE-based CD34 enumeration protocols on BD FACSCalibur and FACSCanto flow cytometers.

Background Aims: Enumeration of viable CD34(+) cells provides critical information for the bone marrow (BM) transplant physician. The single-platform ISHAGE protocol is the most reliable method currently available to quantitate accurately this important subset of cells. Previous studies have shown that 5 CD34(+) cells/microL blood predicts the collection of at least 0.