Journal of emergency nursing : JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
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Patients discharged in the emergency department often have poor understanding of their discharge instructions. Teach-back is a communication method that involves asking patients to explain in their own words what a health care provider just told them. The purpose of this project was to determine whether nurse-led teach-back at discharge could improve patient satisfaction with discharge information. ⋯ Teach-back may improve patient satisfaction with discharge information. Future implementation with measures of intervention adoption, fidelity, accountability, and sustainability are needed.
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Observational Study
A Retrospective Analysis of the Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Hospital in Turkey.
Several vaccines have been developed and approved for use against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2; however, the use of personal protective equipment remains important owing to the lack of effective specific treatment and whole community immunity. Hydroxychloroquine sulfate was a treatment option in the early days of the pandemic; however, it was subsequently removed owing to a lack of evidence as an effective treatment. We aimed to evaluate the testing and infection characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 among health care personnel and determine the effectiveness of prophylactic hydroxychloroquine sulfate use to prevent transmission. ⋯ Protective measures in low-risk areas of our hospital require improvements. All health care personnel should be trained on personal protective equipment use. There was no evidence to support the effectiveness of prophylactic hydroxychloroquine sulfate against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 transmission.
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Each year, emergency departments are seeing an increase in the number of patients with mental illness. Nurses often do not feel equipped with the knowledge or skills for this patient population while caring for them. Although there is published literature about nurses caring for patients with mental illness, there is a gap in knowledge about the lived experiences of these frontline workers. ⋯ The overarching finding in our QIMS was the prevalent feeling of general concern regarding treating patients with mental illness despite the nurses' own preconceptions and apprehensions. It is important to understand the lived experiences of nurses treating patients with mental illness to learn be better prepared for future encounters.