Showing posts with label Evidence-Based Nursing current issue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Evidence-Based Nursing current issue. Show all posts

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Higher prevalence of pressure ulcers in people receiving palliative care is not necessarily an indicator of poor care

More research is needed to understand how to provide optimal palliative dementia care to people living at home

Cigarette smoking increases persistent pain intensity and interference, impairs function and sleep

Walking may ameliorate fatigue in women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer

Nurses should be empowered to be proactively involved in family decision meetings on intensive care unit patient care decisions

The problem of late dropout from nursing education is a serious one and educational simulation can be used as a solution

Nurse educators should use a range of approaches to teach students compassion

Nurturing cultural awareness needs to be explicitly addressed in undergraduate nurse curricula

Mindfulness training for primary care patients promotes chronic disease self-management behaviours

Oral health should be considered when working with adults with intellectual disabilities, and larger, higher-quality studies in this area are needed

Are E-cigarettes more effective in supporting smoking cessation than nicotine-replacement therapy?

Sunday, 28 June 2020

Fan therapy is a treatment option for relieving of chronic breathlessness

The largest meta-analysis of pharmaceutical treatments of Generalised Anxiety Disorder consolidates current knowledge and reveals convincing effectiveness of Venlafaxine

Mental health nurses can play a key role in supporting gay, bisexual and two-spirit men experiencing mental health challenges and inequalities

Fathers get depressed too: lifestyle and relationship factors, stress and sleep quality are associated with depression in new fathers in the first 6 months postbirth

Medication assisted therapy (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in youth improves outcomes and saves lives

It is time to consider labour companionship as a human rights issue

Provider-level characteristics are significantly associated with the increased likelihood of mastectomy over conservative surgery among elderly women with breast cancer

The evidence base for pain management of people with dementia in the community is weak and needs to be improved

Being non-frail and having an elective procedure are the strongest predictors associated with functional recovery among older survivors of major surgery