Use of wearables for monitoring cardiometabolic health: A systematic review.

Introduction: Cardiometabolic disorders (CMD) such as hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidemia are the leading causes of mortality and significant public health concerns worldwide. With the advances in wireless technology, wearables have become popular for health promotion, but its impact on cardiometabolic health is not well understood.

Purpose: A systematic literature review aimed to describe the features of wearables used for monitoring cardiometabolic health and identify the impact of using wearables on those cardiometabolic health indicators.

Mastectomy With Flat Closure: What Oncology Nurses Need to Know.

Women choosing to undergo a mastectomy with flat closure encounter a variety of challenges during the decision-making process and throughout their journey with flat closure. Oncology nurses play a critical role in meeting the.

"My body, my choice": A qualitative study of women's mastectomy with flat closure experiences.

This qualitative study aimed to describe and explore the pre and post-mastectomy experiences of women choosing flat closure after a breast cancer diagnosis. Aesthetic flat closure creates a flat contoured chest wall after a mastectomy. There is limited research on women's flat closure experiences.

The mirror viewing experience of women undergoing a mastectomy: An integrative review.

Aims: To appraise the current literature on the mirror viewing experience of women undergoing a mastectomy.

Design: Whittemore and Knafl's approach to integrative reviews, Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis, and PRISMA guidelines were utilized for this review.

Data Sources: A systematic search of primary peer-reviewed articles from April 2012 to 2022 was conducted using PubMed, CINAHL, Academic Search Complete and Google Scholar databases.

What the American Journal of Critical Care Junior Peer Reviewers Were Reading During Year 2 of the Program.

The American Journal of Critical Care's Junior Peer Reviewer program aims to mentor novice reviewers in the peer review process. To grow their critical appraisal skills, the participants take part in discussion sessions in which they review articles published in other journals. Here we summarize the articles reviewed during the second year of the program, which again focused on the care of critically ill patients with COVID-19.

A concept analysis of decision regret in women with breast cancer.

The aim of this article is to understand the components of decision regret for women making breast cancer treatment decisions. Patient-centered care models encourage women to become more active in the decision-making process, inadvertently exposing them to the risk of experiencing decision regret. Enhancing the understanding of the concept of decision regret can offer insight into ways to mitigate this phenomenon.

Satisfaction Outcomes in Women Who "Choose to Go Flat" After Mastectomy: An Integrative Review.

A considerable number of women undergoing mastectomies are "choosing to go flat," forgoing reconstruction. This integrative review sought to identify satisfaction outcomes and relevant factors among these women. Using variations of the key word "going flat," a systematic search of 7 databases was conducted.

Parenteral nutrition: a clear and present danger unabated by tight glucose control.

Background: The infectious risks of parenteral nutrition (PN) in critical illness are well described, although most literature predates tight glucose control (TGC) practice. The authors hypothesized that PN-related complications are ameliorated by TGC and are equivalent to those in enteral nutrition (EN) patients.

Methods: A prospective cohort study of patients admitted to the surgical intensive care unit was conducted, comparing PN and EN patients.

Universal consent practice in academic intensive care units (ICUs).

Unlabelled: The purpose of this study was to determine national practice for obtaining consent in academic adult intensive care units (ICUs) for routine bedside procedures and to define universal consent rates by patient demographics within our own institution's ICUs.

Methods: A 10-question survey was sent to the program directors for all U.S.

Nurses' implementation of guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia accounts for 47% of infections in patients in intensive care units. Adherence to the best nursing practices recommended in the 2003 guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Objective: To evaluate the extent to which nurses working in intensive care units implement best practices when managing adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation.