Ranran Ding, V. Betihavas, B. McElduff, S. Dale, K. Coughlan, E. McInnes, Sandy Middleton, O. Fasugba
{"title":"Fever, Hyperglycemia, and Swallowing Management in Stroke Unit and Non–Stroke-Unit European Hospitals: A Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) Europe Substudy","authors":"Ranran Ding, V. Betihavas, B. McElduff, S. Dale, K. Coughlan, E. McInnes, Sandy Middleton, O. Fasugba","doi":"10.1097/jnn.0000000000000743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jnn.0000000000000743","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 BACKGROUND: Stroke unit care reduces patient morbidity and mortality. The Quality in Acute Stroke Care Europe Study achieved significant large-scale translation of nurse-initiated protocols to manage Fever, hyperglycemia (Sugar), and Swallowing (FeSS) in 64 hospitals across 17 European countries. However, not all hospitals had stroke units. Our study aimed to compare FeSS protocol adherence in stroke unit versus non–stroke-unit hospitals. METHODS: An observational study using Quality in Acute Stroke Care Europe Study postimplementation data was undertaken. Hospitals were categorized using 4 evidence-based characteristics for defining a stroke unit, collected from an organizational survey of participating hospitals. Differences in FeSS Protocol adherence between stroke unit and non–stroke-unit hospitals were investigated using mixed-effects logistic regression, adjusting for age, sex, and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. RESULTS: Of the 56 hospitals from 16 countries providing organizational data, 34 (61%) met all 4 stroke unit characteristics, contributing data for 1825 of 2871 patients (64%) (stroke unit hospitals). Of the remaining 22 hospitals (39%), 17 (77%) met 3 of the 4 stroke unit characteristics (non–stroke-unit hospitals). There were no differences between hospitals with a stroke unit and those without for postimplementation adherence to fever (49% stroke unit vs 57% non–stroke unit; odds ratio [OR], 0.400; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.087-1.844; P = .240), hyperglycemia (50% stroke unit vs 57% non–stroke unit; OR, 0.403; 95% CI, 0.087-1.856; P = .243), swallowing (75% stroke unit vs 60% non–stroke unit; OR, 1.702; 95% CI, 0.643-4.502; P = .284), or overall FeSS Protocol adherence (36% stroke unit vs 36% non–stroke unit; OR, 0.466; 95% CI, 0.106-2.043; P = .311). CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrate that the nurse-initiated FeSS Protocols can be implemented by hospitals regardless of stroke unit status. This is noteworthy because hospitals without stroke unit resources that care for acute stroke patients can potentially implement these protocols. Further effort is needed to ensure better adherence to the FeSS Protocols.","PeriodicalId":50113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Nursing","volume":"41 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138588433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Supawadee Maneekrong, T. Tankumpuan, Suporn Danaidutsadeekul, R. Siwanuwatn
{"title":"Resilience of Patients With Brain Tumor While Awaiting Surgery","authors":"Supawadee Maneekrong, T. Tankumpuan, Suporn Danaidutsadeekul, R. Siwanuwatn","doi":"10.1097/jnn.0000000000000739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jnn.0000000000000739","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 BACKGROUND: Resilience is the ability of patients to adapt effectively when given a diagnosis of an illness. While awaiting brain tumor surgery, patients often experience uncertainty from brain tumor–related symptoms resulting in inducing depressive symptoms, having physical disability, and reducing quality of life. Resilience studies have been widely conducted in the postoperative phase with a limited knowledge on the preoperative phase. This study aimed to identify predictors of resilience while awaiting brain tumor surgery. METHODS: This cross-sectional predictive study includes 100 participants 18 years and older, with diagnosis of brain tumors, and waiting for brain tumor surgery at the outpatient department of 1 tertiary hospital in Bangkok between August 2022 and February 2023. Multiple linear regression was used to examine the predictors of resilience. RESULTS: Most of the sample (77%) were female with a mean age of 52.71 (13.17) years. The most common type of brain tumor was meningioma (38%). The median waiting time since brain tumor diagnosis until the date of preadmission for operation was 18 (3-1464) days. Symptom severity, social support, and treatment plan were able to explain 37.3% of the variance of resilience in patients awaiting brain tumor surgery (F = 19.077, P < .01, R\u0000 2 = 0.373, adjusted R\u0000 2 = 0.354). CONCLUSION: Resilience is an important skill for patients with brain tumor to manage uncertainty events that occur in their lives. The preoperation phase needs to assess both physical and mental tumor-related symptoms, and include caregivers as part of the care, to promote resilience skill for patients awaiting brain tumor surgery.","PeriodicalId":50113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Nursing","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138586299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peer Review Should Be a Partnership to Help the Author Get Published","authors":"DaiWai M Olson","doi":"10.1097/jnn.0000000000000741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jnn.0000000000000741","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Nursing","volume":"20 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138589785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multidisciplinary Teamwork Perceptions When Mobilizing Ventilated Neurosurgery Patients.","authors":"Adrianna Lall Vinar, Daisha J Cipher, Molly Ormand, Byron Carlisle, Deborah Behan","doi":"10.1097/JNN.0000000000000726","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JNN.0000000000000726","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>BACKGROUND: Multidisciplinary teamwork is essential in delivering holistic care to critically ill populations, including ventilated neurosurgery patients. Although it is considered a safe and feasible aspect of patient care, mobilization is often missed in this population because of negative healthcare provider perceptions regarding barriers and patient safety. Nurse-led teamwork has been suggested to overcome these barriers and to achieve earlier mobilization for patients, as well as positive provider perceptions, which may affect the culture and frequency of mobilization on neurointensive care units. Quantitative studies analyzing multidisciplinary teamwork perceptions to mobilize ventilated neurosurgery patients with or without a nurse-led protocol have not been previously conducted. Analyzing such perceptions may provide insight to team-related barriers related to missed mobility. This pilot quasi-experimental study aimed to determine whether the use of a nurse-led mobility protocol affects teamwork perceptions when mobilizing ventilated neurosurgery patients. METHODS: A sample of multidisciplinary teams, composed of nurses, patient care technicians, and respiratory therapists, mobilized ventilated neurosurgery patients according to either standard of care (for the control group) or a nurse-led mobility protocol (for the interventional group). Teamwork perceptions were measured via the reliable and valid Nursing Teamwork Survey tool. RESULTS: Linear mixed model analyses revealed that multidisciplinary teams in the nurse-led mobility protocol group had significantly higher levels of overall perceived teamwork than those in the control group, t3 = -3.296, P = .038. Such differences were also noted for teamwork variables of team leadership and mutual trust. CONCLUSION: Nurse-led mobility protocols should be considered to increase teamwork when performing multidisciplinary teamwork-based mobility for ventilated neurosurgery patients. Future studies should continue to evaluate teamwork perceptions after nurse-led mobility.</p>","PeriodicalId":50113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"199-204"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10056266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elusive Evidence.","authors":"Lori M Rhudy, Debbie Summers","doi":"10.1097/JNN.0000000000000723","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JNN.0000000000000723","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Nursing","volume":"55 5","pages":"149"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10136217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations of Nonmotor Symptom Burden, Activities of Daily Living, and Fear of Falling in Parkinson Disease.","authors":"Feride Taskin Yilmaz, Selda Celik, Gulden Anataca, Emine Mercan Sakar","doi":"10.1097/JNN.0000000000000712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000712","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>BACKGROUND: Parkinson disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor and nonmotor symptoms, can affect the daily activities of individuals. This study was conducted to determine nonmotor symptom burden in patients with PD and to reveal the relationship of nonmotor symptom burden with activities of daily living and fear of falling. METHODS: This cross-sectional and correlational study was carried out with 309 patients given a diagnosis of PD. The data were collected using a personal information form, the Non-Motor Symptoms Scale, the Katz Activities of Daily Living Scale, and the Fear of Falling Questionnaire. RESULTS: Whereas 70.2% of the patients had very high nonmotor symptom severity levels, 33.7% were semidependent or dependent in terms of performing their activities of daily living. The fear of falling was experienced by 32.7% of the patients. A statistically significant inverse relationship was found between the mean Non-Motor Symptoms Scale scores of the patients and their mean Katz Activities of Daily Living Scale and Fear of Falling Questionnaire scores ( P < .05). Nonmotor symptom burden independently explained 66% of the total variance in the performance of activities of daily living and 69% of the total variance in fear of falling ( P < .01). CONCLUSION: Nonmotor symptom burden in PD patients is a significant determinant for participation in activities of daily living and fear of falling. Nurses should approach patients with PD with a focus not only on assessing motor symptoms but also on assessing nonmotor symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":50113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Nursing","volume":"55 4","pages":"137-142"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9796703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer Collins, Yolanda Babenko-Mould, Kimberley T Jackson, Tracy Smith-Carrier
{"title":"Understanding the Health and Well-being of Women With Multiple Sclerosis.","authors":"Jennifer Collins, Yolanda Babenko-Mould, Kimberley T Jackson, Tracy Smith-Carrier","doi":"10.1097/JNN.0000000000000714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000714","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease that affects the central nervous system, and is potentially disabling. Women experience MS more frequently than men at a 3:1 ratio. Current literature suggests that women may experience health, social determinants of health, and disability differentially, and there is a gap in the research examining how gender intersects with MS. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with 23 women with MS. van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenology was used to inform and analyze the data to understand the nature and meaning of health and well-being for participants. RESULTS: A key theme of \"enhancing wholeness for women with MS\" emerged from the data, which suggests that women with MS view themselves as healthy and \"whole\" despite living with MS. Supporting factors for physical, mental, and social well-being include the ability to enact human agency within social structures such as with employment or seeking care with MS clinics. The findings informed the development of a figure that depicts the supporting factors of health and well-being for women living with MS. CONCLUSION: The health and well-being of women with MS may be optimally supported by nurses and interdisciplinary healthcare teams through careful consideration as to how agency is enacted within social structures, for example, MS clinics, employment, and social support systems, as well as considerations for social determinants of health.</p>","PeriodicalId":50113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Nursing","volume":"55 4","pages":"131-135"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10157944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Footbath on Postoperative Pain and Sleep Quality in Patients With Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease: A Randomized Controlled Study.","authors":"Seher Ünver, Ülkü Çolakoğlu, Ahmet Tolgay Akıncı","doi":"10.1097/JNN.0000000000000709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000709","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>BACKGROUND: Pain management and good sleep are essential for patients after surgical procedures. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of footbath on postoperative pain severity and sleep quality levels of patients who have undergone degenerative lumbar spine surgery. METHODS: Sixty patients were randomly assigned to the footbath intervention group or the control group. The intervention was a 20-minute footbath in 42°C water before patients fell asleep on the evening of the surgery day. On the morning of the surgery day and the morning of postoperative day, the patient's pain severity and sleep quality scores were obtained using the visual analog scale and the Visual Analog Sleep Scale. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the pain severity scores of the study groups ( P > .05). The sleep quality level of the intervention group was statistically significantly higher than that of the control group ( P < .05). CONCLUSION: Consequently, a footbath is effective in increasing sleep quality levels of patients who have undergone degenerative lumbar spine surgery. It may be used as a simple and practical nonpharmacological nursing strategy for improving patients' sleep quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":50113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Nursing","volume":"55 4","pages":"125-130"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9793795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Silent Experts.","authors":"DaiWai M Olson","doi":"10.1097/JNN.0000000000000718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000718","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Nursing","volume":"55 4","pages":"111"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9812256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Family Role in Care of Patients With Neurological Conditions: International Neuroscience Nursing Research Symposium Proceedings.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/JNN.0000000000000717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000717","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuroscience Nursing","volume":"55 4","pages":"E4"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9802370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}