Global migration and factors influencing retention of Asian internationally educated nurses: a systematic review.

Background: Given nurses' increasing international mobility, Asian internationally educated nurses (IENs) represent a critical human resource highly sought after within the global healthcare workforce. Developed countries have grown excessively reliant on them, leading to heightened competition among these countries. Hence, this review aims to uncover factors underlying the retention of Asian IENs in host countries to facilitate the development of more effective staff retention strategies.

A global overview of healthcare workers' turnover intention amid COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review with future directions.

Background: Globally, the health workforce has long suffered from labour shortages. This has been exacerbated by the workload increase caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Major collapses in healthcare systems across the world during the peak of the pandemic led to calls for strategies to alleviate the increasing job attrition problem within the healthcare sector.

The early stages of caregiving: A qualitative study into the caregiving experiences of Asian family caregivers of persons with newly-diagnosed dementia.

In Asian societies, the responsibility of caring for persons with dementia often falls upon an immediate family member. However, little attention has been paid to the early stages of caregiving, as well as their transition into a more experienced caregiver. Thus, a qualitative descriptive study involving a purposive sample of 11 main family caregivers of a person with newly diagnosed dementia was recruited from a tertiary hospital in Singapore.

Tenacious team, precarious patient: A phenomenological inquiry into interprofessional collaboration during ICU resuscitations.

Aims: The study aims to explore the lived experiences of interprofessional collaboration among ICU nurses, doctors, and respiratory therapists in managing resuscitations in the ICUs.

Design: Descriptive phenomenological design, underpinned by Husserl's philosophy.

Methods: ICU nurses, doctors and respiratory therapists who have experience in managing resuscitations with the interprofessional team were recruited through purposive sampling from April to December 2019.

The hand-brain-heart connection: ICU nurses' experience of managing patient safety during COVID-19.

Background: COVID-19 has challenged critical care nursing through increased critical care service utilization. This may have a profound impact on intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' ability to maintain patient safety. However, the experiences of ICU nurses in managing patient safety during an infectious disease outbreak remains unexplored.

'From Expert to Novice', Perceptions of General Ward Nurses on Deployment to Outbreak Intensive Care Units during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.

Aims And Objectives: This study aimed to explore the perceived preparedness and psychosocial well-being of general ward nurses prior to their deployment into the outbreak intensive care units (ICUs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: With the surge in COVID-19 cases requiring ICU care, non-ICU nurses maybe deployed into the ICUs. Having experienced through SARS, hospitals in Singapore instituted upskilling programs to secure general ward nurses' competency in providing critical care nursing.

Health literacy and patient activation among adults with chronic diseases in Singapore: A cross-sectional study.

Aims: Increased patient activation levels can improve health outcomes. Hence, this study aims to examine the relationships between sociodemographic variables and domain-specific health literacies with patient activation.

Design: A cross-sectional design.

My health, myself: a qualitative study on motivations for effective chronic disease self-management among community dwelling adults.

Background: Chronic diseases continue to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality despite modifiable risk factors. This suggests that current primary healthcare provision needs to delve beyond patient education, to understand the motivators that drive patients to undertake chronic disease self-management. Understanding these motivations within the context of a multi-cultural community can facilitate tailored support for chronic disease self-management.

Interprofessional collaboration during medical emergencies among doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists in the intensive care unit: A phenomenological study protocol.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of interprofessional collaboration among nurses, doctors, and respiratory therapists during medical emergencies in the intensive care unit.

Design: Descriptive phenomenological study.

Method: Participants will be recruited through purposive sampling with maximum variation across the ICUs in a tertiary hospital in Singapore.

The PEST Model: A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Self-extubation in the Intensive Care Unit.

Background: Self-extubation is an adverse patient event that can lead to severe complications. Gaps in clinical practice from the lack of nursing awareness and decision making capacity have often resulted in cases of preventable self-extubation. Review of current evidence suggests that initiatives to support nursing clinical decision making can help prevent adverse patient events such as self-extubation.