University of Windsor, Faculty of Nursing, 401 Sunset, Health Education Center, Room 328, Windsor, Ont. N9B 3P4, Canada.
Published: February 2007
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Article Abstract
This descriptive survey examined: (a) differences between nurses' (N=47) perceptions of self-performance and that of their colleagues with regard to their roles with family members of intensive care patients, and (b) the impact of nurses' comfort on their role enactment as it relates to family focused interventions. Participants rated their self-performance higher than that of their colleagues with respect to 15 of the 19 items, suggesting that they think they perform better than their colleagues. The results also showed that nurses' comfort was positively correlated with their role enactment as it pertains to discussing patient prognosis (r=.496; p<.001), explaining patient's equipment (r=.43; p=.003), and discussing the possibility of death with family members (r=.43; p=.003).
Objective: To investigate the current situation of the touch comfort of nurses in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Grade A tertiary hospitals and analyse its influencing factors, to provide a basis for formulating intervention programmes.
Methods: In August 2022, 343 nurses in the ICUs of eight tertiary-level hospitals in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province were surveyed, and the current situation of nurses' tactile comfort and the factors affecting it in the ICU were analysed using the Nurses' General Information Questionnaire, Nurses' Touch Comfort Scale, Nurses' Humanistic Qualities Self-Assessment Scale and Nursing Work Environment Scale.
Results: The mean score for the tactile comfort of ICU nurses was (5.
Background: Efforts to reduce cesarean birth overuse have had varied success. De-implementation strategies that incorporate change to organizational characteristics (i.e.
Background: Managing pain and the level of sedation of critically ill children admitted to the intensive care unit is a complex process and one of the most basic problems of nurses, which requires the use of an available valid, and reliable scale. The present study aimed to translate the comfort behavioral scale into Persian and check its validity and reliability.
Methods: This methodological research was carried out in the children's hospitals of Tehran Province (Iran) from Nov 2023 to Apr 2024.
Objectives: This paper addresses nutritional challenges in advanced cancer and at the end of life and implications for oncology nursing practice.
Methods: Recent literature and position statements regarding nutritional support in advanced disease and at the end of life were reviewed and case studies were developed to illustrate the nutritional issues facing patients and family members.
Results: The literature and case examples illustrate the many issues confronting patients, families, and clinicians related to nutritional support including balancing the goals of comfort versus prolonged survival.
