Publications by authors named "T Heyns"

Background: Nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs) must incorporate new knowledge and evidence-based practice (EBP) into their daily routines to enhance patient outcomes. However, this integration often falls short in ICU settings. Weekly clinical audits reveal incidents where ICU nurses neglect evidence-based interventions, impacting patient outcomes and ICU stays.

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Background: Human trafficking, a form of modern slavery, is a global health problem. Human trafficking victims may need health care while they are being exploited, and traffickers often take victims to emergency departments (EDs) if their injuries and illness prevent them from working. Healthcare professionals in EDs could help combat human trafficking; however, 85% of human trafficking victims in EDs remain unidentified.

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Aims: To develop a programme theory for a transition programme for novice nurses working in emergency departments.

Design: A realist review was conducted, guided by the Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis-Evolving Standards publication standards.

Data Sources: PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, and the Wiley Online Library.

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Objective: To review the available information on clinical practice guidelines for person-centred and current handover practices between emergency care practitioners (ECPs) and healthcare professionals in emergency departments (EDs). Collating existing clinical practice guidelines may improve handover practices.

Eligibility Criteria: Clinical practice guidelines for person-centred handover practices between ECPs and healthcare professionals in EDs.

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Purpose: To describe how healthcare professionals, patients, and their significant others understand the concept of 'person-centred care' in an oncology ICU.

Methods: This study followed the associative group analysis (AGA) method, a quali-quantitative research approach.The population included healthcare professionals, their patients, and significant others in a four-bed oncology adult intensive care unit.

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