Journal of advanced nursing
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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 an introduction to the characteristics of philosophical inquiry. ⋯ Some have argued that to neglect philosophy in nursing is to place the discipline at risk. However, there is little guidance available to researchers new to this method of inquiry. By providing a beginning roadmap, our hope is that philosophical inquiry will take its place alongside scientific methods of inquiry with the goal of constructing robust knowledge for the discipline of nursing.
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This paper is a comparison of nursing's patterns of knowing with the systems identified by cognitive science, and evaluates claims about the equal-status relation between scientific and non-scientific knowledge. ⋯ Scientific reasoning and evidence-based knowledge have epistemological priority over the other forms of nursing knowledge. The implications of this claim for healthcare practice are briefly indicated.
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This paper is a report of a study to explore family members' perspectives and experiences of waiting rooms in adult intensive care units. ⋯ Future research should focus on the impact of the interior design of waiting rooms on the comfort and welfare of family members and on identifying needs of family members across different cultures.