Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Health Personality Assessment for Chinese older adults.

Introduction: The Health Personality Assessment (HPA) is a reliable and brief instrument to evaluating personality in the health domain, but it has not been used in China.

Objectives: To cross-culturally adapt and evaluate the psychometric property of HPA among Chinese older adults.

Methods: The Chinese version of HPA was generated following Beaton's guidelines.

The Evaluation of the Distance Learning Combining Webinars and Virtual Simulations for Senior Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Period.

Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced many schools to adopt distance teaching. This study developed a distance learning program that combines webinars and virtual simulations to meet students' learning needs.

Methods: A descriptive and quasi-experimental design was used.

Family Caregivers' Experiences of Caring for Advanced Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis.

Background: Advanced cancers qualify as severe stressors to family caregivers (FCGs), which can negatively impact caregivers' psychological and physical well-being because of their association with high symptom burden, distress, and poor prognosis.

Objective: This review aims to synthesize FCGs' experiences of caring for advanced cancer patients using a qualitative systematic review method.

Methods: A comprehensive search was conducted in 7 databases from inception until July 2020.

Faculty's experience in developing and implementing concept-based teaching of baccalaureate nursing education in the Chinese context: A descriptive qualitative research study.

Background: Nursing education faces daunting challenges in preparing graduates to think critically in the context of the complex healthcare system of practice. Concept-based teaching (CBT) is an effective approach used in curriculum reform to cultivate critical thinking and active learning abilities in nursing students.

Objectives: This research aims to investigate faculty's experiences while developing and implementing CBT, and clarify barriers to and facilitators of CBT reform in China.

Simulation in disaster nursing education: A scoping review.

Objectives: Disasters are gradually increasing in type and frequency throughout the globe. Simulation is being used in disaster nursing teaching and training. The aim of this scoping review was to systematically map the extent and application of simulation in disaster nursing education.

Baccalaureate nursing students' experiences with high-fidelity simulation: protocol for a qualitative systematic review.

Introduction: High-fidelity simulation (HFS) can bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and nursing practice and improve safety and quality of patient care in baccalaureate nursing education. Although inconsistent assessment instruments or lack of high-quality research designs affect the strength of the evidence and limit the generalisability of the results, quantitative studies generally demonstrate the effectiveness of HFS in baccalaureate nursing education. Synthesis of the existing evidence of baccalaureate nursing students' experiences with HFS is crucial for the improvement and revision of simulation design and teaching.

Identifying End-of-Life Preferences Among Chinese Patients With Cancer Using the Heart to Heart Card Game.

Background: Understanding the preferences for end-of-life (EOL) care is imperative in providing quality care to patients with life-threatening illness. However, it is difficult for patients, families, and health-care providers to initiate EOL conversations in China. An easy-to-use tool that could help health-care providers initiate EOL discussions is the Heart to Heart Card Game (HHCG), originally designed for Chinese Americans.

Association between the number of teeth and frailty among Chinese older adults: a nationwide cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To explore the association between the number of teeth and frailty among older Chinese adults using a nationally representative sample.

Design: Cross-sectional analysis was carried out using the 2014 wave data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, which used a targeted random-sampling design.

Setting: This research was conducted in communities from nearly half of the counties and cities in 22 out of 31 provinces throughout China.

Extensive variability in vasoactive agent therapy: a nationwide survey in Chinese intensive care units.

Background: Inconsistencies in the use of the vasoactive agent therapy to treat shock are found in previous studies. A descriptive study was proposed to investigate current use of vasoactive agents for patients with shock in Chinese intensive care settings.

Methods: A nationwide survey of physicians was conducted from August 17 to December 30, 2012.

Work environment for Chinese nurses in different types of ICUs: a multisite cross-sectional survey.

Aim: To investigate the current nurse work environment, levels of job satisfaction and quality of patient care, and to identify intensive care units with a healthier work environment in mainland China.

Background: A healthy work environment is closely related to a higher nurse job satisfaction and a better patient care quality. The work environment has not been extensively explored among Chinese intensive care unit nurses.