Journal of advanced nursing
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This paper is a report of a study to examine how decisions about managing pain were made between patients with chronic kidney disease and nurses, what affected the decision style and the types of analgesics and adjuvant therapies given for pain relief in relation to a particular decision style. ⋯ Nurses need actively to encourage patient involvement in treatment decisions because this promotes effective pain control. More research is needed into how specific detailed information about pain treatments could improve patient participation in decision-making.
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This paper is a report of an evaluation study to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-International training conference in providing education and support materials to participants so they might return to their home countries and disseminate palliative care information. ⋯ The first End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-International training programme demonstrated the feasibility of providing high-quality, essential education to nurses from a variety of countries. Because End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium is designed as a train-the-trainer programme, assistance with translation to native languages, along with textbooks and other resources, is needed to allow participants to fully implement this curriculum.
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This paper is a report of a study to identify what operating room nurses believe influences patient safety and how they see their role in enhancing patient safety. ⋯ Operating room nurses have a common understanding of the core of their work, which is to ensure patient safety during operations. The work environment is increasingly characterized by latent error, i.e. system-based threats to patient safety that can materialize at any time. Interventions to enhance patient safety in operating room nursing are needed.
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Children's experiences of visiting a seriously ill/injured relative on an adult intensive care unit.
This paper is a report of a study of children's experiences of visiting a seriously ill/injured relative in an intensive care unit. ⋯ Children's experiences of visiting an adult intensive care unit seem to support theories that emphasize the involvement and participation of children in family matters.
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This paper is a report of a systematic review describing instruments used to measure nurses' attitudes towards research utilization. ⋯ Many published instruments are available for use by nurse researchers to measure nurses' attitude towards research utilization, but only one has been subjected to rigorous testing: the Research Utilization in Nursing Survey by Estabrooks.