Journal of clinical nursing
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To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia scale and the Checklist of Nonverbal Pain Indicators in Chinese older adults post surgery during the anaesthesia recovery period. ⋯ Observational pain scales can be useful as a tool for patients unable to self-report. Accurate use of one of the observational pain tools can help identify pain during the anaesthesia recovery period, when patients are unable to self-report, to support effective pain management during this period.
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To describe the cues and factors that nurses use in their decision-making when responding to clinical alarms. ⋯ Understanding the cues and factors nurses use when responding to cardiac alarms will guide the development of learning experiences and inform policies to guide practice.
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To update evidence of the effectiveness of preoperative education among cardiac surgery patients. ⋯ A nurse-coordinated multidisciplinary preoperative education approach may offer a way forward to provide a more effective and efficient service. Staff training in developing and delivering such interventions is a priority.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of virtual reality distraction on pain among patients with hand injury undergoing dressing change.
To assess the effect of virtual reality distraction on pain among patients with a hand injury undergoing a dressing change. ⋯ Virtual reality distraction can effectively relieve pain without side effects and is not reliant on a doctor's prescription. This tool is convenient for nurses to use, especially when analgesics are unavailable.
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Multicenter Study
Nurses' views of forensic care in emergency departments and their attitudes, and involvement of family members.
To describe Nurses' views of forensic care provided for victims of violence and their families in EDs, to identify factors associated with Nurses' attitudes towards families in care and to investigate if these attitudes were associated with the involvement of patients' families in care. ⋯ These results can inspire clinical forensic care interventions in emergency departments. Educational efforts for nurses and policies for all groups of victims of violence are needed. Emergency departments may need to rethink how family members are included in their organisation.