Value Cocreation and Codestruction in Digital Health Services: Protocol for a Systematic Review.

Background: To successfully design, develop, implement, and deliver digital health services that provide value, they should be cocreated with patients. However, occasionally, the value may also be codestructed. In the field of health care, the concepts of value cocreation and codestruction still need to be better established within emerging digital health services.

Effect of interactive digital counselling on risk factors and lifestyle in patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: Digital counselling has gained paramount importance for coronary artery disease (CAD) patients' treatment in recent years. It has been shown to provide a multitude of benefits, including improved risk factors and enhanced lifestyles. No previous reviews have emphasized the interactiveness of digital counselling.

Dental Hygienists' Readiness to Perform Resin Infiltrations: A Qualitative Study From Finland.

Objectives: Resin infiltration is a micro-invasive treatment method for non-cavitated enamel lesions that aims to arrest the progression of carious lesions and improve the aesthetic qualities of teeth. The aim of this study is to provide a description of dental hygienists' readiness to perform resin infiltration and their experiences of performing it.

Methods: The study was conducted during the years 2020 and 2021 using qualitative research methods.

Recruit, integrate, and retain: Internationally educated nurses mobility to the Nordic region: A two-round policy Delphi study.

Background: The global shortage of nurses has increased the migration of internationally educated nurses (IENs) to the Nordic region, necessitating policies for their migration and workplace integration.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify expert opinions on migration and integration policies for IENs to inform future policy development.

Methods: A two-round policy Delphi study was conducted.

The challenges of diversity in nursing faculty recruitment: the case of Finland.

Background: Diversity considerations in hiring faculty in higher education have garnered significant attention globally in recent years. However, analyses of faculty recruitment dynamics outside the United States, particularly in schools and colleges of nursing, have been limited.

Purpose: This paper explores how concepts related to racism apply to recruitment in nursing education, focusing on the specific context of Finland.

Psychometric Evaluation of a Measure of Evidence-Based Practice in Occupational Health.

Background: Occupational Health Services (OHS) are obliged to follow the principles of evidence-based medicine. However, there needs to be tools to measure this. Therefore, we developed and validated a questionnaire for evaluating OHS practitioners' attitudes, competence, and organisational support to perform evidence-based practice (EBP-OHS) following the JBI Model of Evidence-Based Healthcare.

From challenges to opportunities: Digital transformation in hospital-at-home care.

Background: Digital transformation is an ongoing sosio-technological process that can create opportunities in the health sector. However, the current landscape of digital transformation in hospital-at-home care is unknown.

Aim: To describe healthcare providers' perspectives of digital transformation in hospital-at-home care.

Older adults' preferences in the utilization of digital health and social services: a qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions.

Background: While digital health and social services offer promising solutions, they often overlook the perspectives and needs of older adults. This study aims to comprehensively investigate the preferences of older adults regarding the use and development of digital health and social services.

Methods: The survey spanned from 19 March to 31 March 2023.

Socio-demographic and other factors contributing to excessive leisure screen time in preadolescent children.

Objectives: Excessive screen use in early school age is associated with worsened health habits and negative child development in later age. We aimed to assess the time spent on modern and traditional screen-based devices and examine its associations with socio-demographic characteristics.

Methods: This population-based cross-sectional observation study was conducted in Czechia, Slovakia and Finland between April and June 2021.

Comparative Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Quality: A Multinational Study of SARS-CoV-2 Hotspots.

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, nations implemented lockdown measures to contain the virus. This study assessed air pollution levels during and after lockdowns, focusing on the following heavily affected locations: Oulu and Helsinki in Finland, Paris in France, Madrid in Spain, Milan in Italy, and Wuhan in China. Air Quality Index (AQI) data from these locations over two years were analyzed to understand the effects of lockdowns.

Nipah virus and implications for the nursing workforce and public health: A rapid review.

Background: The Nipah virus has raised significant concerns in global health security. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the nursing workforce continues to face numerous challenges, including inadequate preparedness for pandemics, a shortage of nursing personnel, physical, and mental exhaustion.

Objective: This rapid review aimed to synthesize existing literature on the Nipah virus and its implications for the nursing workforce.

The impact of bridging education programs on internationally educated nurses becoming registered nurses in high-income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Aim: To synthesize the current literature on the impact of bridging education programs for internationally educated nurses (IENs) from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) seeking to become registered nurses (RNs) in high-income countries (HICs).

Background: The issue of qualification pathways for IENs through bridging programs has garnered significant attention in contemporary discourse. The growing population of IENs in HICs has made it imperative to streamline the qualification process to facilitate their integration into the healthcare system.

Factors influencing job satisfaction and professional competencies in clinical practice among internationally educated nurses during the migration journey: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Background: The increasing migration of internationally educated nurses (IENs) from developing to developed countries highlights the importance of implementing integration strategies that facilitate their workplace transition, leading to improved job satisfaction and professional competence.

Aim: The mixed-methods systematic review aimed to synthesise the current literature on factors influencing job satisfaction and professional competencies among IENs throughout their transition process, including the pre-migration, migration, and post-migration periods.

Methods: This study conducted a mixed-methods systematic review from 2013 to 2023, using the CINAHL, Scopus, and PubMed databases and employing a Population, Interventions, Comparisons, Outcomes (PICO) framework.

Competence of healthcare professionals in stroke care pathways: a cross-sectional study.

Aims: To describe healthcare professionals' self-assessed competence in stroke care pathways based on their self-evaluation and identify the factors associated with competence.

Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive explorative study design was used.

Methods: The data were collected during May and September 2021 through a survey sent to healthcare professionals (N=1200, n=215) working in neurological care.

Health and social care managers' self-assessed competence in knowledge management: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Aim: To describe health and social care managers' self-assessed competence in knowledge management and the factors associated with management competence.

Background: It has been shown that the performance of an organization is as good as the competence of its managers, so health and social care managers' competence in knowledge management should be assessed to improve organizational performance.

Desgin: A descriptive cross-sectional design.

The association of teamwork and missed nursing care in acute care setting: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Aim(s): Teamwork among healthcare professionals is a key aspect of patient safety that influences the prevalence of missed nursing care. The association between teamwork and missed care in acute care hospitals is now well established in the literature. Therefore, this review aimed to synthesise the existing empirical evidence on the association between teamwork and missed care in the acute care setting.

Policy Reform on the Qualification Pathway of Internationally Educated Nurses in Greenland and Its Relationship With the Danish System: A Qualitative Discourse Analysis.

The nursing profession in Greenland, particularly in rural and remote areas, faces challenges due to geographical limitation and a lack of interdisciplinary collaboration. The registration process and status of internationally educated nurses (IENs) in Greenland are unclear. This article aimed to analyze existing policies and propose recommendations for an independent registration process for IENs in Greenland.

Climate change integration in nursing education: A scoping review.

Background: The environmental impacts of climate change such as extreme weather, affects human physical and mental health; therefore, including climate change and health is important in nursing education. Despite the recognition of the link between climate change and health, this important knowledge has not yet been systematically integrated into nursing curricula, highlighting the need for immediate action to prepare nurses for these emerging human health challenges.

Objectives: The objective of this review was to gain an overview of the existing literature exploring climate change in nursing curricula and answer following questions: DESIGN: Scoping review.

Developing a Work Accommodation Operating Model for Workplaces and Work Ability Support Services.

Purpose: Workplace accommodation can help employees with disabilities remain employed or access employment rather than leave the labor force. However, the workplace accommodation process is still poorly understood and documented.

Aim: The aim of this study was to develop a national operating model to make workplace accommodation interactive and procedural for workplaces and work ability support services and lower the threshold to making accommodations.

Healthcare professionals' experience regarding competencies in specialized and primary stroke units: A qualitative study.

Aim: To describe healthcare professionals' experience of needed competence in patient stroke care within specialist and primary healthcare.

Background: Healthcare professionals who provide stroke care need multifaceted, multi-professional skills; ongoing training is important for competent stroke care.

Design: A descriptive qualitative study.

Foreign-born nurses as COVID-19 survivors in the Nordic region: A descriptive phenomenological study.

Objective: In 2020, amid limited COVID-19 vaccination access, many nurses from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups in the United States of America and United Kingdom succumbed to the virus. No fatalities among Filipino foreign-born nurses (FBNs) in the BAME groups were recorded in the Nordic region. This study explored the experiences of Filipino FBNs in the Nordic region who, during the initial 2020 pandemic wave, cared for COVID-19 patients, contracted the virus and subsequently recovered.

Recognition of climate-related risks for prehospital emergency medical service and emergency department in Finland - A Delphi study.

Background: Emergency departments (ED) and prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) will experience new or increasing challenges due to the changing climate. The aims of this study was to add knowledge about these challenges in Finland and to help EMS and ED operators to prepare for the effects of climate change.

Methods: A two-round Delphi study was conducted.

Nurses' experiences of competence in lifestyle counselling with adult patients in healthcare settings: A qualitative systematic literature review.

Aims And Objectives: To identify and synthesise nurses' experiences of competence in lifestyle counselling with adult patients in healthcare settings.

Background: Modifiable lifestyle risk behaviours contribute to an increased prevalence of chronic diseases worldwide. Lifestyle counselling is part of nurses' role which enables them to make a significant contribution to patients' long-term health in various healthcare contexts, but requires particular competence.

The Effects of Virtual Reality Training on Cognition in Older Adults: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression of Randomized Controlled Trials.

The aim of this systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression was to examine the effects of virtual reality-based training on global cognition and executive function compared with conventional training or information-based treatment in older adults, regardless of cognitive level. A systematic literature search was conducted using four databases. A total of 31 randomized controlled trials were identified.