International journal of nursing studies
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of nature-based sound therapy on agitation and anxiety in coronary artery bypass graft patients during the weaning of mechanical ventilation: A randomised clinical trial.
Weaning from mechanical ventilation is a frequent nursing activity in critical care. Nature-based sound as a non-pharmacological and nursing intervention effective in other contexts may be an efficient approach to alleviating anxiety, agitation and adverse effects of sedative medication in patients undergoing weaning from mechanical ventilation. ⋯ Nature-based sound can provide an effective method of decreasing potential adverse haemodynamic responses arising from anxiety and agitation in weaning from mechanical ventilation in coronary artery bypass graft patients. Nurses can incorporate this intervention as a non-pharmacological intervention into the daily care of patients undergoing weaning from mechanical ventilation in order to reduce their anxiety and agitation.
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Review Meta Analysis
The effectiveness of problem-based learning on development of nursing students' critical thinking: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimate the effectiveness of problem-based learning in developing nursing students' critical thinking. ⋯ The results of the current meta-analysis indicate that problem-based learning might help nursing students to improve their critical thinking. More research with larger sample size and high quality in different nursing educational contexts are required.
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Controlled Clinical Trial
Integrative acupoint stimulation to alleviate postoperative pain and morphine-related side effects: a sham-controlled study.
Although it can be reduced, postoperative pain remains a problem. Acupressure with electric stimulation may be more effective for postoperative pain management than acupressure alone. ⋯ The study demonstrates that combined auricular acupressure and TEAS decreased postoperative pain, the use of equianalgesic morphine, and morphine-related side effects. IAS provides better analgesia when used in conjunction with PCA after lumbar spine surgery and can be regarded as a component of multimodal analgesia.