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WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: New parents who have previously experienced psychosis outside and/or following childbirth have an increased likelihood of experiencing an episode during the postpartum period. The decision to try to conceive can be agonising. Receiving care from a specialist perinatal community mental health team can improve outcomes. WHAT DOES THIS PAPER ADD TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: This article offers a first-person insight into the steps the author took to minimise the impact of an episode of postpartum psychosis and/or postnatal depression whilst navigating new motherhood...

INTRODUCTION: There has been a paradigm shift in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) over the past decade. With the advent of self-administered targeted oral anticancer agents (OAAs), the treatment of CLL has begun to shift from the infusion clinic to the patient's home. This introduced new challenges including patient non-adherence, class-specific adverse effects, and financial toxicity to treatment. In this paper, we discuss a structured approach to identifying and addressing barriers to optimal patient outcomes...

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 epidemic has revealed disturbing information about how chronic diseases are treated globally. Healthcare providers and coronavirus response teams have primarily reported on how individuals with chronic conditions sought care and treatment. However, individuals' experiences of patients are yet unknown. AIM: This study aimed to explore those strategies that enabled patients with chronic diseases access to chronic care and treatment during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic...

Dignity is a central value in care for aged adults, and it must be protected and respected. With demographic changes leading to an aging population, health ministries are increasingly investing in digitalization. However, using unfamiliar digital technology can be challenging and thus impact aged adults' dignity and well-being. The INNOVATEDIGNITY project aims to research new, dignified ways of engaging with aged adults to shape digital developments in care delivery. This qualitative study aimed to explore how innovative digitally-led healthcare have influenced aged adults' well-being and dignity through three studies conducted as part of the INNOVATEDIGNITY project: a scoping review, an empirical study and a policy analysis...

BACKGROUND: On December 7, 2022, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of China's State Council released the "Ten New Guidelines" to optimize the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention policies further. This signaled a broader shift from "dynamic clearing" to "coexisting with the virus" nationwide. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine the experiences and perspectives of interdisciplinary nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak in China after the implementation of the "Ten New Guidelines"...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate which features from a patient's history are either high or low risk that could support healthcare professionals in ophthalmic emergency triage. METHODS: Prospective, 12,584 visits from 11,733 adult patients attending an Accident and Emergency department at a single tertiary centre were analysed. Data were collected by ophthalmic nurses working in triage, using an online form from August 2021 to April 2022. Multivariate analysis (MVA) was conducted to identify which features from the patients' history would be associated with emergency care...

Hepatitis E infection is typically caused by contaminated water or food. In July and August 2022, an outbreak of hepatitis E was reported in a nursing home in Zhejiang Province, China. Local authorities and workers took immediate actions to confirm the outbreak, investigated the sources of infection and routes of transmission, took measures to terminate the outbreak, and summarized the lessons learned. An epidemiological investigation was conducted on all individuals in the nursing home, including demographic information, clinical symptoms, history of dietary, water intake and contact...

BACKGROUND: Understanding the immune response kinetics to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination is important in nursing home (NH) residents, a high-risk population. METHODS: An observational longitudinal evaluation of 37 consenting vaccinated NH residents with/without SARS-CoV-2 infection from October 2020 to July 2022 was conducted to characterize the immune response to spike protein due to infection and/or mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Antibodies (IgG) to SARS-CoV-2 full-length spike, nucleocapsid, and receptor binding domain protein antigens were measured, and surrogate virus neutralization capacity was assessed using Meso Scale Discovery immunoassays...

BACKGROUND: Following esophagogastric cancer treatment, patients with esophageal cancer and their relatives struggle with adjusting to a new everyday life as they experience various challenges after treatment requiring rehabilitation. Health professionals must address long-term impacts on patients' health, everyday life, family functioning, and support needs. OBJECTIVE: This qualitative descriptive study aimed to explore patients', relatives', and health professionals' experience with long-term impacts and rehabilitation after treatment for esophageal cancer...

This study used a quantitative descriptive survey with a sample of 92 participants to assess perceived nurse faculty competency in their role at Saudi Arabian universities. Participants' perceptions overall were highly positive in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service competencies. Participants reported less competence in the areas of scholarship and service when they started in their role. Orientation and a mentor relationship with senior faculty were reported to aid in their transition to the faculty role...

By employing a mixed-ligand strategy, we synthesized two new coordination polymers (CPs) featuring Co(II): {Co(H2 L)(bib)]·2H2 O}n (1) and {Co(L)(bib)2 ]·2H2 O}n (2), where H4 L represents 5-(3,5-dicarboxybenzyloxy) isophthalic acid, and bib denotes 1,4-bis(1-imidazolyl)benzene. These CPs were obtained through the reaction of H4 L, a flexible carboxylic acid ligand, with Co(NO3 )2 ·6H2 O in various solvent mixtures, along with the N-donor co-ligand bib. Complexes 1 and 2 are formed through distinct coordination modes, resulting in their distinct structural features and excellent fluorescent properties...

This article presents a discussion of the evolution of the language of the Science of Unitary Human Beings from the terms used by Martha Rogers in her 1970 book to changes in terms Rogers introduced in her publications over the ensuing years to new terms and language offered by Rogerian scholars before and after Rogers' death in 1994. The article follows from Rogers' insistence that the language of a science, which evolves from general language, should be specific to the level of abstraction of the relevant concepts...

INTRODUCTION: Proactive surveillance by a critical care outreach team (CCOT) can promote early recognition of deterioration in hospitalized patients but is uncommon in pediatric rapid response systems (RRSs). After our children's hospital introduced a CCOT in 2019, we aimed to characterize early implementation outcomes. We hypothesized that CCOT rounding would identify additional children at risk for deterioration. METHODS: The CCOT, staffed by a dedicated critical care nurse (RN), respiratory therapist, and attending, conducts daily in-person rounds with charge RNs on medical-surgical units, to screen RRS-identified high-risk patients for deterioration...

AIM:  This study explored physicians' and nurses' attitudes toward an electronic health record (EHR) system and examined the features and factors that clinicians associated with the implementation of EHR systems. METHODS:  A self-administered anonymous questionnaire with high reliability and validity was adopted from existing research to gather clinicians' attitudes toward the EHR system implemented at King Khalid University Hospital, one of the biggest hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia...

A large portion of the world's population is affected by acne vulgaris (AV), with many of these individuals being adolescents. The underlying mechanism of AV is hyperkeratinization and Cutibacterium acnes infection of the pilosebaceous follicle secondary to excessive stimulation of sebaceous glands by androgens. Metformin is a biguanide medication primarily used in efforts to lower patients' sugar levels in the management of type 2 diabetes. It has been proven to reduce levels of circulating androgens in patients with insulin resistance, indicating its potential for treating AV...

BACKGROUNDS: With the advent of the big data era, hospital information systems and mobile care systems, among others, generate massive amounts of medical data. Data mining, as a powerful information processing technology, can discover non-obvious information by processing large-scale data and analyzing them in multiple dimensions. How to find the effective information hidden in the database and apply it to nursing clinical practice has received more and more attention from nursing researchers...

OBJECTIVE: This research aims to develop a nursing assessment tool, based on Gordon's Health Functional Patterns, through a content validation by a committee of experts, applying a Delphi technique. DESIGN: An assessment instrument with 53 items has been designed. SITE: It is carried out within the framework of a doctoral thesis, for its implementation by midwives of Primary Health Care. PARTICIPANTS: The committee was made up of 16 professionals with a hide clinical, teaching and research experience who all participated in the entire validation process...

AIM: This study was aimed at investigating the educational experiences of international nursing students in Turkey. BACKGROUND: Nursing education has now gained an international dimension, which creates an environment where students from different cultures come together. In Turkey, nursing education is expanding internationally due to the increasing number of international students. DESIGN: A descriptive- phenomenological qualitative study...

American healthcare reform efforts are driving healthcare organizations to demonstrate the ability to reduce costs while improving quality and optimizing healthcare outcomes. Nurses are the largest healthcare clinicians and need proper preparatory education to enter the profession as practice-ready clinicians; however, medical errors and reduced nursing board examination success rates highlight the need for improved nurse academic preparation standards. Evidence has elucidated an expanding nursing education-practice gap problem arising from inadequate integration of academic leadership and faculty within the clinical practice arena...

There is a widely recognized need for nursing faculty in the United States. To prepare a practice-ready workforce, schools of nursing are hiring faculty with Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) preparation to ensure clinical expertise is embedded into curriculum by practice experts. However, nurses transitioning from clinical nursing to faculty positions require tailored support and guidance in navigating the academic environment. Preparation for academic promotion is essential to integration into an academic setting...