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Filter by:Purpose. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the implementation of the Nurse Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Coordinator (NEC), within the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program, in relation to the compliance of patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Methods. Quasi-experimental study with a control group, an intervention group and without random assignment in a multicenter trial; between December 2021 and November 2023. Patients older than 18 years with planned elective intervention of major colorectal surgery will be included; excluding those without social support, with psychiatric illness, cognitive difficulty, planning of simultaneous or emergency surgery. In the intervention arm they will have NEC and in the control group they will not have that resource. Compliance will be the main variable of the study and, in addition, the study aims to assess secondary endpoints such as quality of life (QOL). Conclusions. NEC could increase compliance to ERAS programs, improving health outcomes and QOL perceived by the patient. The applicability in the different hospital centers could generate an opportunity to advance professionally in the nursing figure within the ERAS program. The fact of having NEC could also increase the efficiency of the program due to the cost-effectiveness of the nursing position, although this is not the object of the study. It would be applicable in improving perceived health and QOL, so it could also have an economic impact on the health system.
The study was planned as a two-group parallel randomized controlled experimental study in order to determine the effects of the nurse navigation program developed for mothers in the postpartum period on mothers' self-care power, quality of life, anxiety and depression risks, and physical symptom severity. The study will be carried out in Ankara Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Gynecology Training and Research Hospital. The population of the research will be primiparous mothers who gave birth vaginally in Ankara.
This study was conducted with 90 patients. The phlebotomy site was wiped with circular motion in the group-I, vertical movement in the group-II, and first vertical and then circular motion in the group-III.
This study focused on determining the views of nurses on alarm fatigue and its reduction in adult intensive care units.
Falls place a huge financial burden on healthcare delivery systems, as well as physical and emotional harm to patients and families. Nurses are responsible for identifying fall risks and educating patients about fall risks and prevention, but first must have a thorough understanding of fall risk hazards themselves. The purpose of the study is to determine if enhanced education for caregivers using Virtual Reality simulation increases self-reported use of environmental fall risk interventions, and perceived effectiveness of those interventions, for caregivers on a medical-surgical unit. A secondary purpose is to explore the relationship between perceived effectiveness, unit norms, availability of resources, and self-reported behavior related to the use environmental interventions. The study will use a matched-pair, clustered randomized controlled trial design. The setting is eight medical-surgical units across four hospitals. Unit-pairs at each hospital will be randomly assigned to control or intervention group. The sample will consist of clinical registered nurses and patient care nursing assistants. All participants will receive standard online fall risk education. Participants from the intervention units will also complete virtual reality simulation education delivered via an app on an iPhone that is attached to a headset. The Injurious Fall Risk Factors and Fall Prevention Interventions Survey will be used at baseline, 1 month post-, and 3 months post-education to measure perceived effectiveness, self-reported use, unit peer use, and availability of resources for use of environmental fall prevention interventions. A sample size of 30 participants per nursing unit will be needed for 90% power to detect mean differences of at least 0.5 points between groups.
Lower limb joint replacement surgery is one of the most prevalent globally. In our center, more than 400 lower limb arthroplasties (LLA) are performed annually. Developing a Surgical Site Infection (SSI) after (LLA) increases morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Staphylococcus aureus is the main causative agent of SSI and especially in LLA. One third of the population is a nasal carrier of Staphylococcus aureus, being a risk factor for patients who have to undergo knee replacement or hip replacement. Several studies have confirmed that the detection of S. aureus carriers and their subsequent decolonization reduces SSI rates
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and has a rising prevalence due to an aging population. AF increases the patient's risk of hospitalization, heart failure and stroke and results into deterioration of quality of life. Treatment of symptomatic AF consists of either antiarrhythmic medication or a pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) catheter ablation. However, lots of patients experience recurrence of AF in the first year after PVI. Previous studies showed that PVI outcomes depend on the presence of different treatable risk factors that influence the substrate for AF. Those risk factors include obesity, hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, alcohol use, smoking and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. However, research into the effect of treatment of those risk factors mainly consists of observational studies. Currently, it is not clear to what extent patients will benefit from comprehensive risk factor treatment prior to PVI in terms of ablation success and quality of life. The aim of the current randomized controlled trial is to determine the effect of a nurse-led, technology-supported, personalized care pathway on hospital admissions for cardioversions and re-ablation in patients with AF that are referred for ablation. Patients included in this study will be randomized to either the intervention group receiving the comprehensive risk treatment before PVI or the control group receiving standard usual care. Patients in the intervention group will visit the specialized AF nurse outpatient clinic and receive a personalized treatment plan (with a maximal duration of 6 months) including lifestyle interventions and medication. This includes sleep apnea screening with a Home Sleep Apnea Test (WatchPAT). Patients will also use the VitalHealth Engage platform. The digital platform can be used at home to report AF complaints, send home measurement and complete questionnaires. Furthermore, it supports the nurse in administering effective lifestyle changes by offering the patient personalized content and education. Both study groups will be followed up to 12 months after ablation, during which hospital admissions for cardioversion and re-ablation are evaluated. At baseline, AFEQT, EQ5D and TBQ quality of life questionnaires will be performed. The questionnaires will be repeated prior to ablation, at 3 and 12 months after ablation. At baseline, pre-ablation and after 12 months laboratory tests (such as cholesterol) will be performed to evaluate adherence to lifestyle interventions.
Purpose: In this study, it was aimed to examine the effect of motivational interview on daily living activities on physical adaptation and quality of life in elderly people who underwent total knee replacement.it was aimed to examine the effect of motivational interview on daily living activities on physical adaptation and quality of life in elderly people who underwent total knee replacement. Design: The research was planned as a pretest, posttest, randomized controlled study in order to determine the effect of the motivational interviews on the life quality and physical activity of old patients. H1: After total knee replacement, the target for daily living activities is higher than the patients who applied the hand and those who did not. H2: Patients with targeted daily living activities with total knee replacement begin to get used to it and begin earlier than those who do not.
Mindfulness meditation was used to reduce stress and its responses such as cortisol and C-reactive protein (CRP) among healthy and ill individuals in various cultures, but their effects have not yet been studied among Jordanian nursing students, experienced tremendous stress. Thus, the purpose of study was to examine the effects of three of such intervention on perceived stress (MM) on Trait mindfulness, perceived stress, cortisol, and CRP in Jordanian nursing students. The hypothesis was " mindfulness meditation will improve trait mindfulness, perceived stress, serum cortisol and serum CRP. Using a Randomized controlled study conducted in a large university in Jordan, 108 nursing students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups equally. The experimental group participated in 5 30-minute weekly sessions of mindfulness meditation. Trait mindfulness, perceived stress, serum cortisol, and CRP were measured at baseline and end of intervention.
The purpose of this study is to find out if a new training program for nurses called PACT (Partnership, Assessment, Care, and Transition) will be effective and relevant in helping nurses gain the skills needed to provide high-quality family-centered care. Family-centered care skills include engaging family caregivers as partners in patient care, and strengthening their capacity for caregiving by assessing family support needs and facilitating access to resources when needed. The study will also look at whether the quality of nurses' family-centered care skills is associated with improved outcomes for family caregivers. Both nurses and family caregivers will be enrolled in this study. Participants will be nurses/caregivers who care for advanced GI cancer patients admitted to Memorial Sloan Kettering.