Journal of clinical nursing
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To systematically review the literature describing factors perceived by nurses as impacting the provision of patient-centred nursing in the intensive care unit. ⋯ Measures to enhance patient-centred nursing could promote critical care nurses' job satisfaction and workforce retention, and be applied more broadly and collaboratively to promote multidisciplinary patient-centred care.
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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 present a comprehensive review of current evidence on the factors which impact on nurse-physician communication and interventions developed to improve nurse-physician communication. ⋯ Cross-training and interprofessional educational from undergraduate to postgraduate programmes will better align the training of nurses and physicians to communicate effectively. Further research is needed to determine the feasibility and generalisability of interventions, such as localising physicians and using communication tools, to improve nurse-physician communication. Organisational and cultural changes are needed to overcome ingrained practices impeding nurse-physician communication.
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To conduct an integrative review of the current literature on using life review as an intervention to address the spiritual need of patients with terminal illnesses. ⋯ This review adds weight to the need of a better understanding on the use of life review in addressing the spiritual needs of patients with terminal illness. Such understanding would provide evidence for the use of life review as an alternative approach in palliative care delivery.