Translating evidence-based nursing clinical handover practice in an acute care setting: A quasi-experimental study.

Effective transfer of information during the nursing handover contributes to patient safety. This study aimed to translate the best practice nursing shift handover recommendations in an acute care setting using the Ottawa Model for Research Use and to explore its effect on patient adverse outcomes (falls, pressure injuries, and medication errors). Using a quasi-experimental design, the study was conducted in four internal medicine wards in a major tertiary hospital.

Shift-to-shift nursing handover interventions associated with improved inpatient outcomes-Falls, pressure injuries and medication administration errors: An integrative review.

The aim of this integrative review was to identify which nursing handover interventions were associated with improved patient outcomes, specifically patients' falls, pressure injuries and medication administration errors, in the hospital setting. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement was used to guide the review. A systematic search of seven electronic databases was conducted, and retrieved articles were assessed by two independent reviewers.

Using a knowledge translation framework to identify barriers and supports to effective nursing handover: A focus group study.

The aims of this study were to systematically assess the barriers and facilitators to evidence-based nursing handover in a clinical environment, and to identify potential adopters and attributes of evidence-based nursing handover for translation into practice. The study was conducted in the medical wards of a major tertiary referral hospital in Brisbane, Australia. Participants comprised registered and enrolled nurses permanently employed in the participating wards for at least three months prior to the commencement of study.

Rapid Rule-out of Acute Myocardial Infarction With a Single High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Measurement Below the Limit of Detection: A Collaborative Meta-analysis.

Background: High-sensitivity assays for cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) are sometimes used to rapidly rule out acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Purpose: To estimate the ability of a single hs-cTnT concentration below the limit of detection (<0.005 µg/L) and a nonischemic electrocardiogram (ECG) to rule out AMI in adults presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain.

Fatigue Self-Management Behaviors in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Prospective Longitudinal Survey.

Purpose/objectives: To explore the fatigue self-management behaviors and factors associated with effectiveness of these behaviors in patients with advanced cancer.
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Design: Prospective longitudinal interviewer-administered survey.

Scoping study into wound management nurse practitioner models of practice.

Objectives: The primary objective of this research was to investigate wound management nurse practitioner (WMNP) models of service for the purposes of identifying parameters of practice and how patient outcomes are measured.

Methods: A scoping study was conducted with all authorised WMNPs in Australia from October to December 2012 using survey methodology. A questionnaire was developed to obtain data on the role and practice parameters of authorised WMNPs in Australia.

Making nursing work: breaking through the role confusion of advanced practice nursing.

Aim: This paper reports a study to develop a research-informed model of the service parameters and an analysis framework for advanced practice nursing roles.

Background: Changing patterns of health care are forcing service planners to examine new service delivery models. Apparent is the call for nursing service that incorporates expanded levels of autonomy, skill and decision-making.

Nurse Practitioner competency standards: findings from collaborative Australian and New Zealand research.

Background: The title, Nurse Practitioner, is protected in most jurisdictions in Australia and New Zealand and the number of nurse practitioners is increasing in health services in both countries. Despite this expansion of the role, there is scant national or international research to inform development of nurse practitioner competency standards.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to research nurse practitioner practice to inform development of generic standards that could be applied for the education, authorisation and practice of nurse practitioners in both countries.