Fear of cancer recurrence in adolescent patients with malignant bone tumors: a cross-section survey.

Background: Adolescent malignant-bone tumor patients' fear of cancer recurrence is a significant psychological issue, and exploring the influencing factors associated with fear of cancer recurrence in this population is important for developing effective interventions. This study is to investigate the current status and factors influencing fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) related to malignant bone-tumors in adolescent patients, providing evidence for future targeted mental health support and interventions.

Design: A cross-sectional survey.

Development and validation of a predictive model for patients with post-extubation dysphagia.

Background: Swallowing disorder is a common clinical symptom that can lead to a series of complications, including aspiration, aspiration pneumonia, and malnutrition. This study aimed to investigate risk factors of post-extubation dysphagia (PED) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with endotracheal intubation, and to develop a risk-predictive model for PED, which could serve as an assessment tool for the prevention and control of PED.

Methods: Patients retrospectively selected from June to December 2021 in a tertiary hospital served as the derivation cohort.

Nursing rounds: A quality improvement project to improve outpatient satisfaction.

Aim: To implement the nursing rounds to improve the quality and patient satisfaction of the outpatient department.

Background: Patient satisfaction is one of the most critical standards for judging the quality of hospitals. Clinical daily nursing rounds significantly increase patient satisfaction and influence safety.

Can a one-on-one mentorship program reduce the turnover rate of new graduate nurses in China? A longitudinal study.

Nursing graduates experience "reality shock" upon entering the workplace as well as face challenges and stress during their transition from nursing student to qualified nurse. The high turnover rate of new graduate nurses not only increases an organization's human resources costs but also results in a shortage of nurses. In particular, a poor experience during the transition from nursing student to qualified nurse can lead to significant turnover.

Opioid analgesics-related pharmacokinetic drug interactions: from the perspectives of evidence based on randomized controlled trials and clinical risk management.

Background: Multimorbidity results in complex polypharmacy which may bear a risk of drug interactions. A better understanding of opioid analgesics combination therapy used for pain management could help warrant medication safety, efficacy, and economic relevance. Until now there has been no review summarizing the opioid analgesics-related pharmacokinetic drug interactions from the perspective of evidence based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

The optimal choice of medication administration route regarding intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous injection.

Background: Intravenous (IV), intramuscular (IM), and subcutaneous (SC) are the three most frequently used injection routes in medication administration. Comparative studies of SC versus IV, IM versus IV, or IM versus SC have been sporadically conducted, and some new findings are completely different from the dosage recommendation as described in prescribing information. However, clinicians may still be ignorant of such new evidence-based findings when choosing treatment methods.

Quality improvements in decreasing medication administration errors made by nursing staff in an academic medical center hospital: a trend analysis during the journey to Joint Commission International accreditation and in the post-accreditation era.

Background: Medication errors may occur during prescribing, transcribing, prescription auditing, preparing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring. Medication administration errors (MAEs) are those that actually reach patients and remain a threat to patient safety. The Joint Commission International (JCI) advocates medication error prevention, but experience in reducing MAEs during the period of before and after JCI accreditation has not been reported.

Chaotic control and synchronization in optical second-harmonic generation with parameter modulating by delay feedback.

Chaotic behaviors can be controlled and converted into periodic behaviors by modulating the cavity detuning parameters using delay feedback signal from itself in optical second-harmonic generation (OSHG) system. Numerical simulations show that the period orbit differs on the account of the modulating coefficient and delay time. When the modulating coefficient and delay time are matching, many OSHG systems, whether or not they are in chaos initially, can reach chaotic synchronization if they are driven by a master system and their cavity detuning parameters are varied with the time-delay feedback chaotic signal.