Exploration of a nurse practitioner-led phase two cardiac rehabilitation programme on attendance and compliance.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a nurse practitioner-led phase two cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention programme on attendance and compliance.

Background: Despite strong evidence for the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, attendance/completion rates remain low. Nurse practitioner-led services have been reported as more effective than physician-led services at increasing patient adherence to evidence-based recommendations.

Nurses' perceptions and experiences of caring for patients who die in the emergency department setting.

Introduction: The number of people dying in emergency departments (EDs) is increasing. However, EDs are not well designed or resourced for safe and effective End-Of-Life (EOL) care encounters, and there is little evidence regarding clinicians' perceptions and experiences of providing such care when the death is sudden and unexpected.

Aim: This study explored nurses' perceptions and experiences of caring for patients who die suddenly and unexpectedly in the ED.

Understanding how nurse managers see their role in supporting ICU nurse well-being-A case study.

Aim: To explore how nurse managers perceive and experience their role in supporting the well-being of intensive care nurses.

Background: While it is known that nurse manager behaviours affect nurse well-being, literature indicates that intensive care nurses may not receive the support they require. Understanding how nurse managers see their role in supporting nurse well-being is crucial to offer recommendations for improvement.

The perceived and experienced role of the nurse unit manager in supporting the wellbeing of intensive care unit nurses: An integrative literature review.

Introduction: The number of patients requiring admission into intensive care units (ICUs) is increasing worldwide. Concurrently, recruitment and retention of the ICU nursing workforce is becoming a major challenge due to the high intensity environment, heavy workloads, and decreasing nurse wellbeing. Nurse unit managers play a vital role in promoting and supporting ICU nurse wellbeing, yet little is known about perceptions and experiences of this role.

Modeling Missed Care: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice.

Background: There is a growing nursing literature that views missed care as an inevitable consequence of work intensification associated with the rationing of nursing and material resources available to deliver care. Global studies recognize that missed care is now ubiquitous, although studies tend to be conducted in one region, rather than nationwide. This study seeks to understand the Australian context of missed care.

How do clinicians practise the principles of beneficence when deciding to allow or deny family presence during resuscitation?

Aims And Objectives: To examine how clinicians practise the principles of beneficence when deciding to allow or deny family presence during resuscitation.

Background: Family presence during resuscitation has important benefits for family and is supported by professional bodies and the public. Yet, many clinicians restrict family access to patients during resuscitation, and rationales for decision-making are unclear.

Can Nursing Students Practice What Is Preached? Factors Impacting Graduating Nurses' Abilities and Achievement to Apply Evidence-Based Practices.

Background: In order to meet national Australian nursing registration requisites, nurses need to meet competency requirements for evidence-based practices (EBPs).

Aims: A hypothetical model was formulated to explore factors that influenced Australian nursing students' ability and achievement to understand and employ EBPs related to health care provision.

Methods: A nonexperimental, descriptive survey method was used to identify self-reported EBP efficacy estimates of 375 completing undergraduate nursing students.

Factors influencing decision-making around family presence during resuscitation: a grounded theory study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine factors impacting family presence during resuscitation practices in the acute care setting.

Background: Family presence during resuscitation was introduced in the 1980s, so family members/significant others could be with their loved ones during life-threatening events. Evidence demonstrates important benefits; yet despite growing support from the public and endorsement from professional groups, family presence is practiced inconsistently and rationales for poor uptake are unclear.

Coding, Constant Comparisons, and Core Categories: A Worked Example for Novice Constructivist Grounded Theorists.

Grounded theory method has been described extensively in the literature. Yet, the varying processes portrayed can be confusing for novice grounded theorists. This article provides a worked example of the data analysis phase of a constructivist grounded theory study that examined family presence during resuscitation in acute health care settings.

Experiences of registered nurses who supervise international nursing students in the clinical and classroom setting: an integrative literature review.

Aims And Objectives: To examine the literature reporting the experiences and perceptions of registered nurses who supervise international nursing students in the clinical and classroom setting.

Background: Nursing education relies on clinical experts to supervise students during classroom and clinical education, and the quality of that supervision has a significant impact on student development and learning. Global migration and internationalisation of nursing education have led to increasing numbers of registered nurses supervising international nursing students.

Nurses' experiences of the hospitalisation of their own children for acute illnesses.

Background: The hospitalisation of a child is a stressful event for parents. Parents who are also nurses may face additional challenges not encountered by other parents; yet, scant attention has been given to this issue in the literature.

Aim: To explore the experiences of Nurse-Parents whose children were hospitalised for acute illnesses.

Psychometric Evaluation of a Self-Report Evidence-Based Practice Tool Using Rasch Analysis.

Aims: This paper reports if estimates of final year nursing students' self-rated abilities in responding to evidence-based practice (EBP) issues is a psychometrically robust measure.

Background: EBP as it applies to nursing continues to be heralded as a method to improve clinical patient care. Health professionals such as nurses are well positioned to respond to this demand; however, evidence suggests they are not always able to embrace this important foundation of everyday nursing practice.

Torn between dual roles: the experiences of nurse-family members when a loved one is hospitalised in a critical condition.

Aims And Objectives: To understand and interpret the experiences of nurse-family members when a family member or loved one is hospitalised in a critical condition.

Background: Having a family member hospitalised with a critical illness is a traumatic stressor, often with long-term sequelae. Providing holistic care for family members who are also nurses makes the provision of care more complex because of their professional expertise; yet few studies have explored this issue.

Nursing students' perceptions regarding the amount and type of written feedback required to enhance their learning.

Effective feedback can enhance student learning, but limited evidence exists on whether nursing students actually use and learn from written feedback. This descriptive survey explored nursing students' perceptions regarding the amount and type of written feedback required to enhance their learning. In stage one, 362 students completed a 28-item questionnaire regarding feedback experiences and preferences; in stage two, 227 students selected a preferred feedback option for a final topic assignment.

Qualitative systematic review: the unique experiences of the nurse-family member when a loved one is admitted with a critical illness.

Aim: To interpret and synthesize nurse-family member experiences when a critically ill loved one is admitted to hospital.

Background: Having a family member hospitalized in a critical condition is an important stressor. When the family member is also a nurse, the provision of care is more complex, yet little research exists on this issue.

Barriers to education in cardiac rehabilitation within an Iranian society: a qualitative descriptive study.

Introduction: Cardiac rehabilitation programmes that include patient education aim to maximise physical, psychological and social functioning, and enable people with acute coronary syndrome to lead fulfilling and productive lives. Despite strong evidence for the benefits of patient education, various barriers exist that need to be addressed to ensure the effective delivery of care. This study explores patients/family members and health professionals' perceptions and experiences of the barriers to cardiac rehabilitation education in an Iranian context.

The timing of the literature review in grounded theory research: an open mind versus an empty head.

The timing of the literature review in grounded theory has been debated for decades, with previous recommendations to delay the review now under question. Mounting evidence suggests that a preliminary review can enhance theoretical sensitivity and rigor and may lead to innovative insights. However, researchers must acknowledge the influence of prior knowledge during data analysis and theory development to avoid bias.

Benchmarking to the international pressure ulcer prevalence survey.

Purpose: Authors and team members from the naval medical center at portsmouth (NMCP), virginia, obtained data on the prevalence and incidence of pressure ulcers (PUs) in our agency and compared them to national benchmark data as a basis for improving our wound care protocols.

Subjects And Setting: health care facilities throughout the nation volunteered to participate in the data collection process for a multiday PU prevalence survey performed in february 2009, including nmcp. Each facility collected prevalence data during a preselected 24-hour period out of the 72-hour time frame selected by the national study.