International nursing review
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Hospital violence against healthcare providers, especially nurses, is a significant concern in every healthcare setting in the world. ⋯ Large-scale studies investigating the consequences of violence on nursing satisfaction and the quality and quantity of care administered to the community in the healthcare sector are recommended.
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Nurses in the general ward are faced with patients who are at high risk of clinical deterioration. Having the key role in performing routine vital signs monitoring, non-registered nurses such as enrolled nurses are the front line nurses who play a pivotal role in detecting and responding to the deteriorating ward patient. ⋯ Nursing education could focus on increasing the awareness of the importance of performing complete vital signs monitoring and undertaking accurate interpretation of vital signs. Strategies to improve clinical processes could include the need for registered nurses to provide supervision of enrolled nurses in the interpretation of vital signs readings and share the responsibility of performing vital signs monitoring.
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The following short article is an account of Israeli nurses caring for Syrian wounded. These wounded are shuffled across the Syrian border into Israeli hospitals. Until today and including today, we are considered 'enemy countries' with no diplomatic relations and fire arms pointing at each other. ⋯ We were told not to communicate with them. However, that request was quickly overlooked and relationships developed. The following report is that of one of the bedside nurses in an Israeli border hospital and her experience of caring for a Syrian casualty.