Journal of clinical nursing
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To better understand chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients' informational needs and associated factors using the Predisposing, Reinforcing and Enabling Causes in Educational Diagnosis and Evaluation model. ⋯ Healthcare professionals need to be sensitive to the fact that treatment-related information was not the top priority of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Healthcare professionals also need to target the special subpopulation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with greater total informational need to maximise educational impact.
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To identify and synthesise the available research evidence in order to generate an explanatory framework for nursing practice in stroke rehabilitation. ⋯ Integrating stroke-specific rehabilitation skills in nurses' practice could contribute substantially to improving outcomes for stroke survivors. The explanatory framework developed from the review findings identifies issues which will need to be addressed in order to maximise nurses' contribution to the rehabilitation of stroke survivors.
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To describe changes and transitions in everyday life in the first two years following an intracranial aneurysm rupture. ⋯ Patients experiencing transitions in the recovery period after intracranial aneurysm rupture may benefit from nursing interventions that support them through the transitional process. Nurse-led follow-up care by a specialist nurse from the neurosurgical clinic may be a possible way to provide support.
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To develop a gender-sensitive measure of women's mental health and to evaluate the measure's psychometric properties. ⋯ The Women's Mental Health Scale appears to be a gender-sensitive measure to assess the positive mental health potentials among women population.
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To identify and critically appraise studies addressing the implementation of education for children aged 2-12 years undergoing elective surgical procedures and to determine whether education is associated with improvements in children's anxiety and other emotions. ⋯ Education can be incorporated into the care provided to children aged four to six years or older undergoing elective surgical procedures, according to their individualised needs.