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{"title":"Defining Resilience for Healthcare Professionals- a Delphi Study.","authors":"S Robertson-Malt, F Lasrado, S Hatahet","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2285769","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2285769","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Background</i>: The concept of resilience is widely discussed in healthcare literature. There are various definitions and causal mechanisms underpinning the phenomenon of resilience.<i>Aim</i>: The aim of this study was to clarify this by exploring healthcare professionals' views on the meaning of resilience within their workplace settings. Design: A three-round Delphi survey.<i>Methods</i>: Based on a literature search, 41 'stem statements' related to resilience were constructed. This list was refined, extended, and restricted by a panel of experts.<i>Results</i>: The panel agreed on eight elements that best represented their perception of factors that impact either positively or negatively the level of resilience for UAE healthcare professionals.<i>Conclusions</i>: This consensus-based approach for the assessment of the level of resilience of HCP working in the UAE health system represents a first step toward the development of national guidelines for optimizing the health and wellbeing of healthcare professionals in the UAE.</p>","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":" ","pages":"422-433"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138465010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of an educational intervention on first-year nursing students' knowledge and confidence to perform basic life support: a quasi-experimental study.","authors":"Basil George, Kerry Hampton, Malcolm Elliott","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2287075","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2287075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Knowing how to respond effectively to an acutely deteriorating patient is a National Safety and Quality Health Service Standard and a requirement for nurse registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Authority. Literature has highlighted that a lack of knowledge, skills and confidence in healthcare professionals to perform basic life support may be a contributing factor to the high mortality and morbidity rates associated with cardiac arrest in the hospital setting.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore first-year nursing students' knowledge and confidence to perform basic life support according to the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines before and after watching an online video lecture.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A quantitative quasi-experimental pre- and post-test design to measure changes, if any, in first-year nursing students' knowledge and confidence to perform basic life support at an Australian university in 2021.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The collected data were analysed using Stata, a statistical software for data sciences. Participants' mean knowledge score increased from 9.3 (SD: 2.5) in the pre-test to 13.9 (SD: 3) (<i>p</i> < 0.001) in the post-test (maximum possible score: 19). Participants' mean confidence score increased from 17.0 (SD: 6.3) in the pre-test to 24.5 (SD: 4.4) (<i>p</i> < 0.001) in the post-test (maximum possible score: 30; <i>p</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The most significant improvement in knowledge was observed in chest compression rate, breathing/ ventilation and checking patient response. The study found that the video lecture is an effective teaching method to increase students' confidence to perform basic life support.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>An online video-recorded lecture can increase undergraduate student nurses' knowledge and confidence to perform basic life support. This is one educational strategy that universities can use to improve students' knowledge and confidence to perform this essential skill for practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":" ","pages":"478-490"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138465056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supporting self-determination among internationally educated nurses: a discussion.","authors":"Paige S Randall, Jennie C De Gagne","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2290035","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2290035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Background</i>: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the global nursing shortage. As the shortage worsens, reliance on internationally educated nurses is expected to increase, presenting challenges and opportunities for health care systems and nurse leaders worldwide. While internationally educated nurses bring cultural and ethnic diversity to domestic workforces, they face significant hurdles in successfully integrating due to racism, discrimination, and isolation, which can have a negative impact on their self-determination. The challenges encountered by internationally educated nurses can not only affect their self-determination, but they can also pose risks to patient safety.<i>Objectives</i>: This purpose of this paper was to examine the extant literature to describe the experiences of internationally educated nurses through the lens of Ryan and Deci's Self-Determination Theory. Another aim was to offer nurse managers and administrators strategies for supporting internationally educated nurses within their health care facilities.<i>Design</i>: Discussion Paper.<i>Conclusions</i>: Health care organizations should allocate time and resources to facilitate the professional transition of internationally educated nurses, promoting their psychological well-being and self-determination by fostering autonomy, competence, and relatedness.</p>","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":" ","pages":"416-421"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138500548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Flyer Special Issue Quality Improvement.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2285193","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2285193","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":"59 4-5","pages":"271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138465057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From <i>vox nullius</i> to the vote for a voice.","authors":"Tamara Power, Lynore Geia, Odette Best, Juanita Sherwood, Louise Sheehy, Reakeeta Smallwood, Roianne West","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2266507","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2266507","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":" ","pages":"259-264"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41180712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Flyer Special Issue Quality Improvement.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2285193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2285193","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":"59 4-5","pages":"271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Voice: stronger together.","authors":"Ella Berckelman","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2272688","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2272688","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":" ","pages":"265-270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"61567049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A phenomenological exploration of the gender transition experience: findings to improve culturally competent nursing care and decrease health disparities.","authors":"Stephanie Lewis, Holly Carter, Stacey Jones, Shawna M Mason, Amy Spurlock, Noreen Lennen, Eula Pines","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2262063","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2262063","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Most recently, it has been reported that 1.4 million adults in the United States identify as transgender. This number is double what was reported just five years earlier. What little research has been completed on this vulnerable population indicates that people who identify as transgender experience higher rates of depression, suicide, and social stigmatization than the cisgender population. Stigmatization of transgender people and lack of access to quality care is often the root for these disparities. Very few studies have examined the experience of transition.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experience of transitioning from one gender to another.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Non-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted via an online platform with 11 male-to-female transgender adults who gave their informed consent to participate.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Through a process of group data analysis, four major themes emerged: (a) Everybody Saw the Mask; (b) A Turning Point; (c) Shedding My Skin; and (d) Navigating the Way.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings can heighten healthcare personnel's sensitivity to this vulnerable population, as well as guide students and providers to provide culturally appropriate care, which can lead to a decrease in health disparities.</p>","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":" ","pages":"402-412"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41175680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Experiences of redeployment by haemodialysis nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a hermeneutic phenomenological approach.","authors":"Edward Zimbudzi, Denise Fraginal","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2262064","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2262064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Redeployment of healthcare workers is one of the strategies that has been successfully used to manage increased workload and shortage of staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known about how best to do this in the pandemic and beyond. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of haemodialysis nurses who were redeployed across five haemodialysis units affiliated with a large metropolitan teaching hospital in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Qualitative design utilizing a hermeneutic (interpretive) phenomenology approach.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Interviews were conducted in March 2022 among nurses who had been redeployed to other haemodialysis units during the COVID-19 pandemic (<i>N</i> = 16). Audiotaped interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed independently by two researchers following specific steps of hermeneutic phenomenological analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five themes were derived from the analyses. These were: (1) Nurses' immediate reaction; (2) Barriers to redeployment; (3) Benefits of redeployment; (4) Local and organisational support and (5) Opportunities for improvement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Redeployment of nurses across different haemodialysis units is associated with personal and organisational benefits and number of barriers that need to be addressed. Future studies should explore the long-term effects of redeployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic on haemodialysis nurses and other healthcare workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":" ","pages":"377-391"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41176278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding the hospital discharge planning process for medical patients with dementia.","authors":"Mary Duah-Owusu White, Fiona Kelly, Michael Vassallo, Samuel R Nyman","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2266530","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2266530","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Background:</i> Poor hospital discharge processes can result in the readmission of patients and potentially increase the stress levels of carers. Therefore, this study sought to understand the factors related to the discharge planning process for patients with dementia.<i>Methods:</i> The researchers interviewed 32 carers of patients with dementia and 20 hospital staff who worked on medical wards in a United Kingdom (UK) hospital. The semi-structured interviews were analysed thematically using a systems theory (patient-carer-staff relationships, hospital equipment and policies).<i>Results:</i> The findings indicated that the following factors could either have a positive or negative impact on discharge planning: patient (e.g. cognitive capacity), carer (e.g. preconceived ideas about care homes), staff (e.g. communication skills), policy (e.g. procedures such as discharge meetings), equipment (e.g. type of service provider delivering the equipment) and the wider social context (e.g. availability of specialist dementia beds in care homes).<i>Conclusion:</i> It is important for hospital staff to adopt a systems perspective and to integrate the different elements of the hospital system when planning for patients' discharge.</p>","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":" ","pages":"323-333"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49686350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}