Showing papers in "International Emergency Nursing in 2017"

TL;DR: The findings of this study can help policy makers, healthcare leadership, and managers better understand the consequences of WPV so they can advocate for and establish WPV prevention programs and support for nurses who have experienced WPV.

TL;DR: The most common domains were related to communication, planning, decontamination and safety, the Incident Command System and ethics, which will strengthen nurses preparedness to respond competently to disaster cases.

TL;DR: In the international literature there are 24 theories and frameworks pertaining to violence towards nurses in the emergency department which describe different intervention strategies based on these, and such theories might be useful to manage violence towards emergency nurses with greater effectiveness.

TL;DR: The authors' participants reported high levels of fatigue, which compromised patient care, had a negative effect on their personal lives, and created a toxic unit environment, suggesting that unit culture affects nurses and the patients they care for.

TL;DR: Emergency department staff should be involved in the development of patient safety procedures in order to increase knowledge regarding risk factors as well as identify strategies which can facilitate the maintenance of patientSafety during periods in which the workload is high.

TL;DR: There was limited evidence to support the use of ultrasound to increase first attempt success and well-designed and reported randomized controlled trials examining the effectiveness of ultrasound compared to standard of care are warranted.

TL;DR: The study confirmed earlier studies that suggest the benefits of defusing immediately after stress reactions, in addition to simple rituals to defuse stress such as taking short breaks during the workday.

TL;DR: This study elucidates essential parts of the development, usage and perceptions of the competence of ambulance nurses and how, in various ways, this is affected by professional experiences.

TL;DR: The results suggest that promoting work characteristics might foster ED staff functioning on the job as well as improve ED patient care.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the literature identified two predominant factors related to frequent users in the emergency department: a lack of awareness of medical necessity and issues of access, and implications for practice need to be explored and implemented.

TL;DR: Although, disaster nursing models will inform disaster risk reduction strategies, attempts to systematically do so are in preliminary phases and further investigation is needed to develop a domestic nursing model in the event of disasters.

TL;DR: The observed rate of patient safety incidents during interhospital transfers is lower than previously reported in the literature, butoperational and communication incidents, and a higher M-SOFA score are significantly associated with increase odds of harmful incident.

TL;DR: Assessment of healthcare professionals' perceptions of patient safety climate in the context of emergency care helps with assessments of the safety culture, contributes to improvement of health care, reduces adverse events, and can focus efforts to improve the quality of care provided to patients.

TL;DR: This prehospital assessment model indicates a decrease in ambulance transports to an A&E and admissions to a hospital ward, and its impact on the choice of the appropriate level of care for patients with a non-urgent condition is examined.

TL;DR: This grounded theory describes the characteristics of human actors and their reactions to conditions in the practice environment that lead to greater or lesser levels of bullying, and the responses to bullying as it occurs in U.S. emergency departments.

TL;DR: The needs of Taiwanese family members accompanying critically ill patients in the emergency department while waiting for an inpatient bed are described and family members place greater importance than emergency nurses on the need for effective communication.

TL;DR: The attitudes of emergency department nurses towards patient safety were found to be average and was not related to age, gender, education level, nursing experience,ED experience, ED certification, patient safety training, nurse's self sufficiency perception of patient safety, hospital's quality certification or ED quality certification.

TL;DR: An acute situation, as perceived by novice nurses, contains significantly more than medical manifestations related to the patient, a prominent perception being that interpersonal relations are crucial for appropriate management.

TL;DR: The pressure ulcer risk during admission is high in patients with an increased age, lower Glasgow Coma Scale and higher Injury Severity Score in the Emergency Department, and should be assessed in the emergency department to apply preventive interventions in time.

TL;DR: A structural model was constructed and work-family conflict was identified as a key mediator for progression of musculoskeletal problems and subsequent fatigue through stress and burnout in nurses in Brunei.

TL;DR: FPDR was desired by the majority of family members and nurses and education on FPDR is recommended to improve Iranian nurses' views about the advantages of the implementation of F PDR.

TL;DR: In this paper, emergency nurses and other clinicians will be provided with a practical guide to successfully developing a quality research question as the basis of quality research.

TL;DR: Attention is drawn to patients' experiences of the healthcare they received in order to be able to improve and maintain healthcare standards, thus guaranteeing continued quality of care.

TL;DR: GP cooperatives in particular do have the potential to reduce ED workload, and further research is required to uncover recent trends and patient outcomes for walk-in clinics and GP cooperatives.

TL;DR: This study offers a provider-perspective on the challenges faced by ambulance personnel deciding to commence, continue, withhold or terminate resuscitation efforts, and highlights clinical, cognitive, emotional and physical demands associated with decision-making in the cardiac arrest context.

TL;DR: How violent incidents affect nurses' resignation or avoidance behaviors depends on how they feel, and nurses with high burnout levels expressed weaker intention to resign after violent incidents.

TL;DR: A dashboard containing the desired crowding indicators, together with general patient flow characteristics, is developed which enables ED staff to judge whether corrective actions are required in an effort to avoid the adverse effects of ED crowding.

TL;DR: For ED nurses' satisfaction with their working environment was relatively high, although certain areas were better than others (e.g., nervousness), and the perception of workload was higher for T2 staff offered the opportunity to use their ED skills in a different setting, however further work is required.

TL;DR: The EDRN-SBIRT project is designed to improve the knowledge and attitudes of ED nurses working in a large academic medical center to identify and address risky AOD use as it relates to an ED visit.

TL;DR: The intervention positively effected teamwork and mutual understanding concerning nursing handover practice amongst emergency nurses, and there was improvement in the perception of Interaction and support among emergency department nurses.