, I have had the pleasure of hearing directly from nurses about nurse-led initiatives being implemented across Canada. Nurses are often very keen to discuss innovations occurring on the front lines of care delivery. The development of the Nursing Retention Toolkit was directly informed by nurses from across the country to ensure that diverse perspectives were reflected in reconsidering the way in which we value nursing work (Health Canada 2024). One of the many goals of the Nursing Retention Toolkit is to "spark change in how we think about and value the nursing profession and build on the work others have done to improve nurses' working conditions in Canada" (Health Canada 2024: 8).
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JMIR Aging
December 2024
Department of Neurology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Background: There are numerous communication barriers between family caregivers and providers of people living with dementia, which can pose challenges to caregiving and clinical decision-making. To address these barriers, a new web and mobile-enabled app, called CareHeroes, was developed, which promotes the collection and secured sharing of clinical information between caregivers and providers. It also provides caregiver support and education.
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December 2024
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, P. O. Box 269, Debre Markos, Gojjam, Ethiopia.
Background: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is non-cancerous growth of the prostate gland which surrounds the urethra. For men with BPH who are older than 50, a prostatectomy is a common surgical procedure. Open prostatectomy is still more prevalent in regions with limited access to advanced surgical procedures like transurethral resection of the prostate and robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Vasc Access
December 2024
National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital and Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, China.
Crisis intervention is crucial in managing acute medical crises to improve outcomes. Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), a severe skin reaction often triggered by drug exposure, poses challenges, especially in chemotherapy patients. Evidence on nursing care for TEN patients with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) retention during chemotherapy is limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Adv Nurs
December 2024
Jhpiego, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Aims: With respect to midwives and nurse-midwife populations (1) measure and (2) explore professional identity and (3) explore how the midwifery profession may be best represented in the public realm.
Design: Convergent Parallel Mixed-Methods Design.
Methods: A web-based survey was used to collect data from 860 midwives and nurse-midwives from 102 countries between February and July 2022.
Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs
December 2025
Department of Breast Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a Systematic Transaction Model (STM)-guided dyadic coping nursing intervention for patients with breast cancer and their spouses.
Methods: A single-arm, pre-test/post-test pilot study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Wuxi, China, recruiting 28 breast cancer patient-caregiver pairs. Each dyad participated in six hybrid intervention sessions.
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