Nursing quality psych

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To identify and synthesise nurses' experiences of competence in lifestyle counselling with adult patients in healthcare settings. BACKGROUND: Modifiable lifestyle risk behaviours contribute to an increased prevalence of chronic diseases worldwide. Lifestyle counselling is part of nurses' role which enables them to make a significant contribution to patients' long-term health in various healthcare contexts, but requires particular competence...

BACKGROUND: Eye cancer is a serious eye disease that threatens patients' lives. In the past decade, there have been more and more studies on eye cancer. From the recently published eye cancer literature review, it can be seen that the two most popular research hotspots are retinoblastoma (RB) and uveal melanoma (UM) [1, 2]. Although several studies have assessed QOL in different types of eye cancer patients, a study that synthesizes the factors influencing QOL in eye cancer patients is yet to be undertaken...

AIMS: To identify studies and the content of the interventions that have facilitated the implementation of pressure injury (PI) prevention measures in nursing home settings. DESIGN AND METHOD: A scoping review methodology was employed. The author has carried out the following steps successively: Identified this scoping review's questions, retrieved potentially relevant studies, selected relevant studies, charted the data, summarised the results, and consulted with stakeholders from nursing homes in China...

BACKGROUND: Dignity therapy is a psychotherapeutic intervention that is potentially effective in improving the well-being of patients receiving palliative care. However, the effects of dignity therapy are not well-understood. OBJECTIVE: We attempted to determine the effectiveness of dignity therapy in palliative patients to provide evidence that dignity therapy could be used in their care. DESIGN: Systematic review. PARTICIPANTS: The number of participants from all the studies was 1202 (intervention group, 619 patients; control group, 583 patients)...

PURPOSE: This study aims to appraise and synthesize evidence examining the effects of toxic leadership on the nursing workforce and patient safety outcomes. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: This is a systematic review in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses protocol. Five electronic databases (SCOPUS, PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL and Psych INFO) were searched to identify relevant articles. Two independent researchers conducted the data extraction and appraisal...

AIMS: To identify the barriers and facilitators to healthcare for people without documentation status. DESIGN: We conducted a systematic integrative literature review following the Whittemore and Knafl methodology. METHODS: Literature search was conducted to identify studies addressing barriers or facilitators to healthcare for people without documentation status in the United States between 2012 and 2022. Studies were critiqued for quality, with results analysed thematically using the social-ecological model...

BACKGROUND: A considerable number of published reviews have addressed the effects of physical exercise on mental health, cognitive function, or attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) symptoms as outcomes in children and adolescents with ADHD. Their findings have often conflicted, therefore, there is an urgent need to synthesise a hierarchy of the evidence and examine the credibility of previous meta-analyses. To establish the robustness of these findings, we conducted an additional meta-analysis on a number of individual studies that were not covered in previous reviews but were suitable for inclusion in our own study...

AIM: To identify the experiences of shared decision-making (SDM) for adults with end-stage kidney disease undergoing haemodialysis (HD) and their family members. DESIGN: A scoping literature review. METHOD: A scoping literature review, using Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines. DATA SOURCES: Medline (OVID), EMBASE, CINAHL, Psych Info, ProQuest, Web of Science, Open grey and grey literature were searched covering years from January 2015 to July 2022...

INTRODUCTION: This scoping review was performed to collect, examine, and present literature on interventions promoting the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in U.S. primary health care settings. METHOD: The literature searched was from 2011-2022, in the English language, in PubMed, CINAHL, Psych INFO, Cochrane, and Web of Science, for persons with autism or ASD aged ≤ 18 years. RESULTS: Six studies met the search criteria, including a quality improvement project, a feasibility study, a pilot study, and three primary care provider (PCP) intervention trials...

PURPOSE/AIM: To establish cultural considerations for people from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds at the end-of-life in Australia. BACKGROUND: Globally, there is a rapidly increasing proportion of the ageing population, and high levels of migration to Australia, the Australian healthcare community must recognise individualised and cultural needs when approaching death and end-of-life care. Many people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds do not traditionally practice the palliative care approaches that have been developed and practised in Australia...

BACKGROUND: Defining the main barriers and facilitators of cancer pain self-management are essential to improve patients' overall quality of life. AIM: The main purpose of this review was to identify the main barriers and facilitators for cancer pain self-management. METHOD: An integrative review guided by the five-stages framework that was identified by Souza et al. (2010) was used: (1) preparing the guiding question; (2) searching or sampling the literature; (3) data collection; (4) critical analysis of the studies; and (5) discussion of results...

Background: With the prevalence of mental issues worldwide, more and more people are suffering from psychological torture. Mental Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP) has been introduced to improve the life quality of humans. Objectives: To explore and synthesize evidence of participants' experience of mental health first aid (MHFA) training course. Method: Peer-reviewed qualitative evidence was systematically reviewed and thematically synthesized...

This study aims to review the current literature regarding the association between suicide risk in patients aged 65 years or over with dementia residing in long-term care facilities (LTCs). We also evaluate the most common methods of suicide and protective versus risk factors of nursing home (NH) life on suicide behavior in patients with dementia. Following preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we performed a systematic review of the relevant free full-text articles found in PubMed, Pub Psych, Cochrane library, and Science Direct up until April 4, 2022...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This integrative review aimed to synthesise current evidence on the factors that precede and contribute to the occupational distress of emergency nurses. BACKGROUND: Emergency nurses practice within an environment challenged by demand exceeding capacity, an inability of staffing to meet this demand in addition to limited resources which contribute to form a unique risk to clinician and patient safety. The risk of occupational distress, while demonstrated across specialties, is noted to be highest in emergency nurses with subsequent impacts for clinicians, organisations and patients being explored...

AIM: To examine the impact that patient violence, experienced in the emergency department, has on emergency nurses' intention to leave their job. BACKGROUND: Emergency departments have become known for their overcrowding, chaos, unpredictability and violence. Emergency nurses are at high risk of experiencing workplace violence, which is cited in the literature as having a direct effect on general nurses' intention to leave. A high rate of nursing turnover may lead to short staffing, jeopardize the quality of patient care and increase overcrowding and wait times...

Background: Persons with hematologic malignancies have a high symptom burden throughout the illness journey. Coping skills interventions effectively reduce fatigue for other cancer patients. The purpose of this systematic review is to identify if coping interventions can reduce fatigue in patients with hematologic malignancies. Methods: A search of PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, APA Psych INFO, Scopus, Cochrane, and non-traditional publications was performed in June 2021 for studies introducing coping interventions for adults with hematological cancers within the past 20 years...

AIMS: To describe how people of African descent perceive and understand type 2 diabetes, and to examine the impact of their perceptions and beliefs on the uptake of diet, exercise, weight control and adherence to medication recommendations. DESIGN: Systematic literature review of quantitative and qualitative studies. DATA SOURCES: We searched MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, Psych INFO, Academic Search Premier, Education Research Complete, Web of Science and Scopus, World Health Organization (WHO), Diabetes UK and American Diabetes Association for articles published from January 1999 to December 2019...

AIM: This study reviews the outcomes of programmes teaching empathy to post-graduate nurses. BACKGROUND: Nurses who are able to empathise with their patients, place themselves within a preferred position to deliver better patient outcomes. There have been substantial efforts to improve the empathy skill level of undergraduate nursing students, with success but understanding this skill level at the post graduate level is limited. DESIGN: An integrated literature review of the qualitative and quantitative literature on nurse post graduate education programmes over the last 10 years was conducted...

BACKGROUND: The communication skills of older adults living in care homes is an underexplored topic. Ageing can lead to reduced communication ability and activity; and in the care home environment there may also be fewer communication opportunities. This situation is likely to negatively impact well-being. Previous reviews have found evidence of the effectiveness of behavioural interventions in increasing well-being, but no systematic review to date has focused specifically on the evidence base for group language and communication interventions in this population...

PURPOSE: To describe health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using the Wound-Quality of Life (Wound-QoL) questionnaire for those individuals referred to an academic medical center wound clinic. DESIGN: Prospective, descriptive study. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: One hundred eleven participants receiving care in an academic medical center wound clinic in the Southeastern United States. The sample comprised 67 males (60.4%) and 44 females (39.6%) with wounds of 6 major etiologies...