Journal of clinical nursing
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To examine hospital nurses' attitudes towards caring for older adults and delineate associated factors contributing to their attitudes. ⋯ Bolstering postgraduate gerontological preparation is critical for promoting nurses' attitudes towards older adult care. Creating age-friendly work environments, including appropriate resource allocation, is important to support older people care and facilitate positive nursing attitudes.
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To review what is characteristic of registered nurses' intuition in clinical settings, in relationships and in the nursing process. ⋯ We find that intuition plays a key role in more or less all of the steps in the nursing process as a base for decision-making that supports safe patient care, and is a validated component of nursing clinical care expertise.
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To identify the supportive care needs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease patients and their caregivers, categorise and summarise them into a Supportive Care Needs Framework and identify gaps in literature. ⋯ The Supportive Care Needs Framework has potential utility in the development of patient-centred support services or healthcare policies and serves as an important base for further studies; especially, specific examples of each supportive care needs domain can guide in clinical settings when healthcare professionals provide multidisciplinary care to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease patients and individualised care.
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To identify the spiritual aspects of patients experiencing infertility and seek a deeper and broader meaning of the involuntary childlessness experience. ⋯ Infertile couples' experiences of infertility may offer an opportunity for spiritual care particularly related to the assessment of spiritual needs and the promotion of spiritual coping strategies. Effective holistic care should support couples in overcoming and finding meaning in this life and health condition.
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To identify barriers to adherence with prescribed analgesic regimens in recently discharged trauma patients. ⋯ It is crucial that nurses and other healthcare professionals are aware of and actively contribute to correct and complete discharge processes. Effective patient and hospital facilitators can contribute to good pain management practices amongst recently discharged trauma patients, which will thereby improve the functional outcomes of this patient population.