Code-Switching Automatic Speech Recognition for Nursing Record Documentation: System Development and Evaluation.

Background: Taiwan has insufficient nursing resources due to the high turnover rate of health care providers. Therefore, reducing the heavy workload of these employees is essential. Herein, speech transcription, which has various potential clinical applications, was employed for the documentation of nursing records.

[Critical Care Nursing in Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) After Cardiac Arrest].

Targeted temperature management (TTM) is a complex and sophisticated intensive-care procedure that is included in the American Heart Association guidelines for treating patients who remain unconscious after resuscitation from cardiac arrest. TTM has been demonstrated to reduce brain injury associated with reperfusion after resuscitation and to improve the neurological prognosis in patients with cardiac arrest. The TTM process may be divided into four phases: induction, maintenance, rewarming, and normothermia.

Work Stress and Willingness of Nursing Aides during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objectives: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nursing aides (NAs) experienced greater work stress than they do typically because they worked in highly contagious environments. This may have influenced their work morale and willingness to work, which can reduce patient satisfaction, influence their physical and mental health, and even endanger patient safety or cause medical system collapse.

Design: A cross-sectional survey with a structured self-report questionnaire was conducted.

Effectiveness of Multimedia-Based Learning on the Improvement of Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavioral Intention toward COVID-19 Prevention among Nurse Aides in Taiwan: A Parallel-Interventional Study.

Because nurse aides are one of the first-line care providers in hospitals, they should possess better knowledge, attitude, and behavioral intention toward COVID-19 during the pandemic. This study aimed to compare the improvements of COVID-19-related education on learning outcomes between multimedia-based and traditional face-to-face learning models for nurse aides. The parallel-group randomized controlled trial recruited 74 participants in both the experimental and control groups.

Factors Affecting the Competence of Nursing Assistants in Taiwan Long-Term Care Institutions.

With the increasing number of people with disabilities caused by an aging global population, the need for long-term care is gradually increasing. Nursing assistants (NAs) are the primary providers of direct care services to older adults with disabilities, whose knowledge, skills, and beliefs affect the quality of care provided. This study aimed to investigate the influential factors affecting NAs' current competences.

Diabetes mellitus and risk of subsequent depression: a longitudinal study.

Background: Findings of previous studies on the association between diabetes and the risk of depression are contradictory. Furthermore, much less is known concerning the association among young adults.

Objective: To investigate whether diabetes is associated with an increased risk of subsequent development of depression, with emphasis on age-specific variations.