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Cureus
December 2024
Department of Biological Science and Nursing, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, JPN.
Purpose: Postoperative thirst is common and distressing to patients, as is pain and nausea. The causes of postoperative thirst are complex and include factors like preoperative fasting, perioperative fluid loss, and certain anesthesia medications. Effective care for postoperative thirst has been shown in post-anesthesia care units (PACUs), but many Japanese hospitals lack PACUs or do not address thirst in their PACUs.
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January 2025
Faculty of Health and Society, Department of Care Science, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
Aim: To identify existing public knowledge regarding diabetes and diabetes-related services offered to persons living with diabetes in the City of Malmö.
Methods: A literature review of City of Malmö's website, public statistics, School health documentation, job databases, education programs, local newspaper, Swedish National Diabetes Register, and was performed in 2020.
Results: We identified political decisions about diabetes nurses in home care, financing a project about diabetes complications, and funding support in schools for designated children.
BMC Nurs
January 2025
China Rehabilitation Research Center, No.18 Jiaomen North Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, China.
Background: Nursing prescribing rights have been proposed in many countries, with physicians' attitudes playing an important role. This study aimed to investigate the attitudes of physicians toward nurse prescribing rights.
Methods: A cross-sectional study of 112 Chinese physicians was conducted from January to March 2024.
Nurs Clin North Am
March 2025
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, UC Davis Health, 2570 48th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
Chronic wounds are a significant global health issue, yet they are not adequately addressed in nursing education. This lack of focus results in nursing students graduating with insufficient knowledge in chronic wound care, leading to inadequate clinical practice. Consequently, nurses often struggle to manage wounds effectively, which negatively impacts patient care quality.
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January 2025
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, and Research Institute of Neurobehavioral Rehabilitation, Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland.
Background: Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are common in emergency departments (ED) and may cause long-term negative outcomes but knowledge on how the first assessment of children with TBI may predict outcomes is lacking. This study aimed to expand the knowledge by describing the incidence, visits, causes, and outcomes of TBI in children in Iceland.
Methods: A retrospective descriptive data analysis was conducted on electronic medical records of children aged 0-17 that visited Landspitali EDs due to a traumatic head injury in 2010-2021.
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