Journal of clinical nursing
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This paper aims to present a theoretical account of professional nursing challenges involved in providing care to patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The study objectives are patients' and nurses' expectations, goals and approaches to assisted personal body care. ⋯ The paper proposes that patients' integrity and comfort in the body care session should be given first priority and raises attention to details that nurses should take into account when assisting severely ill patients.
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The aim of the present study was to investigate nurses' opinions about using standardised care plans in electronic health record and quality standards for clinical practice. ⋯ Use of standardised care plans can improve nursing documentation and facilitate work for nurses. Moreover, it can support nurses in their use of evidence-based nursing methods. The present study shows that nurses have positive attitudes, which could facilitate continued use of standardised care plans.
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To investigate the utility of electronic nursing documentation by exploring to what extent and for what purpose general practitioners use nursing documentation and to what extent and in which cases care unit managers use nursing documentation for quality development of care. ⋯ The results of this study can provide a part of a basis upon which a multi-professional patient record could be developed and which could also function as an alarm to managers at different levels to prioritize the development of nursing documentation.
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This observational study sought to investigate the process of evidence use by health professionals during development of evidence-based clinical management tools. ⋯ Nurses have an important role to play in the development of multidisciplinary evidence-based clinical management tools, but to actively participate in this process they need to be familiar with the relevant research evidence and have the skills and confidence to integrate the evidence into practice.
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To examine the prescribing practices of nurse supplementary prescribing in diabetes. ⋯ * Recent legislative changes mean that nurses can now independently prescribe practically any drug. * Nurses in general practice appear to prescribe most frequently as a nurse supplementary prescriber for patients with diabetes. * Nurse supplementary prescribers are likely to use this mode of prescribing to deliver medicines to patients with diabetes. * Over two-thirds prescribe for common but serious complications of diabetes, e.g. hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and cardiovascular disease.