'It will dictate how many children I will have"- Women's decision-making in pregnancy following a previous caesarean birth (CB).

Unlabelled: Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) is supported in systematic reviews (Wu et al., 2019) and national guidelines (RCOG, 2015) and women are expected to be involved in the decision-making process for either a repeat caesarean birth or planned VBAC.

Aim: To develop a Grounded Theory (GT) of women's decision making of their birth choices in pregnancy following a previous caesarean birth (CB) OBJECTIVE: To explore what determines women's birth choice and their decision making for birth following a previous CB.

Shelter Characteristics, Infection Prevention Practices, and Universal Testing for SARS-CoV-2 at Homeless Shelters in 7 US Urban Areas.

To examine shelter characteristics and infection prevention practices in relation to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection point prevalence during universal testing at homeless shelters in the United States. SARS-CoV-2 testing was offered to clients and staff at homeless shelters, irrespective of symptoms. Site assessments were conducted from March 30 to June 1, 2020, to collect information on shelter characteristics and infection prevention practices.

Nebulous Intentioning - Acute hospital nurses' struggle to deliver core nursing care.

Aim: To explore the influences on nursing practice in acute hospital care.

Design: A Classic Grounded Theory study.

Methods: Data collection (2013-2015) was through interviews and non-participant observations.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Prevalences Among People Experiencing Homelessness and Homelessness Service Staff During Early Community Transmission in Atlanta, Georgia, April-May 2020.

Background: In response to reported coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks among people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in other US cities, we conducted multiple, proactive, facility-wide testing events for PEH living sheltered and unsheltered and homelessness service staff in Atlanta, Georgia. We describe the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) prevalence and associated symptoms, and review shelter infection prevention and control (IPC) policies.

Methods: PEH and staff were tested for SARS-CoV-2 by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) during 7 April-6 May 2020.

Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence in Homeless Shelters - Four U.S. Cities, March 27-April 15, 2020.

In the United States, approximately 1.4 million persons access emergency shelter or transitional housing each year (1). These settings can pose risks for communicable disease spread.

Care accommodation in the acute care setting: Missed care or not?

Aim: To explain how nurses care for patients with stroke in the acute setting, when working within constraints.

Background: Internationally, health care environments are experiencing constraints such as reduced staffing levels, and lack of time and resources. In such circumstances, patient care is often of poorer quality or missed entirely.

Nurses keeping patients safe by managing risk in perioperative settings: A classic grounded theory study.

Aim: To develop and expand how nurses promote safety in perioperative settings.

Background: This article presents orchestrating a sub-core category from the theory of anticipatory vigilance in promoting safety within preoperative settings (Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27, 2018, 247). Orchestrating explains this and involves effective planning, delegating, co-ordinating and communication.

Smartphones and mobile applications (apps) in clinical nursing education: A student perspective.

Background: Nurse educators are exploring how mobile technology can support students in clinical practice. However, the view of nursing students on the use of smartphones and mobile applications (apps) to enhance clinical education has not been explored. Their opinions are vital to capture if the right technology is to be designed, evaluated, implemented and used.

Playing the game: How young people moderate influences in accommodating asthma in their lives.

This article presents moderating influences, one of the sub-core categories from the theory of accommodating interruptions. This theory emerged in the context of young people who have asthma, explaining how they develop behaviours in their everyday lives (Hughes 2014; Hughes et al., 2017).

Anticipatory vigilance: A grounded theory study of minimising risk within the perioperative setting.

Aims And Objectives: To explore and explain how nurses minimise risk in the perioperative setting.

Background: Perioperative nurses care for patients who are having surgery or other invasive explorative procedures. Perioperative care is increasingly focused on how to improve patient safety.

Accommodating interruptions: A grounded theory of young people with asthma.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop an explanatory theory on the lives of young people with asthma, issues affecting them and the impact of asthma on their day-to-day lives.

Background: Accommodating Interruptions is a theory that explains young people's concerns about living with asthma. Although national and international asthma management guidelines exist, it is accepted that the symptom control of asthma among the young people population is poor.

The effect of adult Early Warning Systems education on nurses' knowledge, confidence and clinical performance: A systematic review.

Aims: This review aims to determine the effect of adult Early Warning Systems education on nurses' knowledge, confidence and clinical performance.

Background: Early Warning Systems support timely identification of clinical deterioration and prevention of avoidable deaths. Several educational programmes have been designed to help nurses recognize and manage deteriorating patients.

Resourcing: An approach used by foreign-born parents struggling on in childhood cancer care.

Purpose: To gain knowledge about foreign-born parents' experiences of dealing with their child's illness and treatment in the context of pediatric cancer care.

Method: Data from 11 individual interviews with foreign-born parents were analyzed using qualitative inductive constant comparative analysis.

Results: To struggle on in childhood cancer care, foreign-born parents engaged in resourcing using various strategies including: information-monitoring, staying strong, support-seeking and concern-focusing.

Nursing Students' Opinion on the Use of Smartphone Applications (Apps) in Clinical Education and Training: A Study Protocol.

Nurse educators are exploring different mobile technologies to provide additional support to nursing students in clinical practice. However, the view of nursing students on the use of smartphone applications (apps) to enhance clinical education has not been explored. This proposed study will use a self-reported questionnaire to examine the opinions of nursing students on the current and potential use of smartphone apps when training in clinical settings.

Co-Designing Mobile Apps to Assist in Clinical Nursing Education: A Study Protocol.

Mobile applications (apps) to train health professionals is gaining momentum as the benefits of mobile learning (mLearning) are becoming apparent in complex clinical environments. However, most educational apps are generic, off-the-shelf pieces of software that do not take into consideration the unique needs of nursing students. The proposed study will apply a user-centred design process to create a tailored mobile app for nursing students to learn and apply clinical skills in practice.

Using Co-Design with Nursing Students to Create Educational Apps for Clinical Training.

Mobile technology is being trialed in nursing education to support students in clinical practice, as it can provide instant access to high quality educational material at the point of care. However, most educational mobile apps are generic, off-the-shelf applications that do not take into consideration the unique needs of nursing students, who can require personalised software solutions. This study adapted a socio-cognitive engineering approach and through a series of focus groups with final year nursing students explored the co-design process and gained their input on the design and functionality of a clinical skills based educational app.

[Decision-making processes in nursing and activities at the end of life in intensive care–An international comparative study].

Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) are traditionally settings that offer high technologically advanced treatment for those who are in critical situations due to an illness or accident. Questions regarding the withdrawal and withholding as well as the ending of life sustaining treatment are related to ethical dilemmas. Nurses’ decision-making processes and nursing activities in different countries are scarcely studied.

Mobile technology and its use in clinical nursing education: a literature review.

Nursing students face a variety of challenges to learning in clinical practice, from the theory-practice gap, to a lack of clinical supervision and the ad hoc nature of learning in clinical environments. Mobile technology is proposed as one way to address these challenges. This article comprehensively summarizes and critically reviews the available literature on mobile technology used in undergraduate clinical nursing education.

Negotiated reorienting: a grounded theory of nurses' end-of-life decision-making in the intensive care unit.

Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) focus on treatment for those who are critically ill and interventions to prolong life. Ethical issues arise when decisions have to be made regarding the withdrawal and withholding of life-sustaining treatment and the shift to comfort and palliative care. These issues are particularly challenging for nurses when there are varying degrees of uncertainty regarding prognosis.

Emotional resistance building: how family members of loved ones undergoing chemotherapy treatment process their fear of emotional collapse.

Aims: To explore family members' experiences when their loved one is undergoing chemotherapy treatment as an outpatient for newly diagnosed colorectal cancer and to develop an explanatory theory of how they process their main concern.

Background: Most individuals with cancer are now treated as outpatients and cared for by family members. International research highlights the many side effects of chemotherapy, which in the absence of specific information and/or experience can be difficult for family members to deal with.

A review of oral preventative strategies to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Aim: This article evaluates the evidence for and efficacy of the use of mechanical hygiene and chlorhexidine in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).

Inclusion Criteria: primary research articles; randomized controlled trials; systematic reviews.

Exclusion Criteria: quasi-experimental trials; opinion articles.

Protecting family interests: an interview study with foreign-born parents struggling on in childhood cancer care.

Sweden's population is gradually changing to become more multiethnic and diverse and that applies also for recipients of health care, including childhood cancer care. A holistic view on the sick child in the context of its family has always been a cornerstone in childhood cancer care in Sweden. The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge about the experiences and main concern of foreign-born parents in the context of paediatric cancer care.

Intensive care nurses' knowledge of critical care family needs.

Aims: To explore nurses' knowledge of family needs and to describe their current practices in meeting those needs.

Background: Accurately assessing and responding to family needs of critically ill patients is significant in reducing the negative impact of stress; strengthens the ability to interact positively; increases family satisfaction with care and promotes trust and confidence. Inadequate attention to complex family needs can result in care fragmentation, family alienation, and the development of adversarial relationships between families and care givers.