Commentary on: Yıldız E, Yıldırım Ö. The mediating role of psychological flexibility in the relationship between psychotic symptom severity and depression in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2024. (in press) doi: 10.1111/jpm.13040.
Implications for practice and research Mental health nurses’ training could be more focused on clinical skills and knowledge in enhancing psychological flexibility to minimize the impact of psychotic symptoms on comorbid depression in people with schizophrenia. Further development of the intervention of building psychological flexibility is of research interest for the clinical management of people with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder affecting approximately 23.9 million people worldwide, significantly contributing to the global disease burden, revealing 14.8 (10.9–19.1) million years lived with disability in 2021.
Although the UK is a multicultural society, racially minoritised populations are often under-represented in healthcare research owing to the significant barriers to participation they experience.
Commentary on: Ghavi A, Hassankhani H, Meert KL. Parental supporter in pediatric resuscitation: A mixed-method study with Delphi and analytic hierarchy process. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2023 Nov 29. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12947. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38031298.
Implications for practice and research Parental presence during resuscitation is widely recommended, despite a lack of empirical evidence to guide its implementation. This study explores the characteristics and role of the parental supporter and provides an evidence-based foundation to develop this role in clinical practice.
International guidelines on paediatric resuscitation support parental presence during resuscitation.
Commentary on: Considine J, Casey P, Omonaiye O, et al. (2024). Importance of specific vital signs in nurses' recognition and response to deteriorating patients: A scoping review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 00, 1–18.
Implications for practice and research There is a need to develop training and protocols that will enhance nurse’s documentation and utilisation of vital signs in clinical decision-making and patient care. To further guide the creation of training curricula and standards, future studies should examine how nurses prioritise and make decisions about vital sign assessments and their use in patient care.
Vital signs are essential markers of a patient’s physiological state, and these include heart rate, temperature, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, respiration rate and level of consciousness. Consequently, accurate assessment, documentation and interpretation of these markers are vital for early detection of patients’ deterioration and timely intervention.
Commentary on: Langdon, P.E., Apanasionok, M.M., Scripps, E., Barrowcliff, A., Biswas, A., Bunning, K., Burbidge, C., Byron-Daniel, K., Cookson, A., Croom, S. and Filipczuk, M.2024. Behavioural interventions to treat anxiety in adults with autism and moderate to severe intellectual disabilities: The BEAMS-ID feasibility study. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 375, p.e13282.
Implications for practice and research The BEAMS-ID study demonstrates that behavioural interventions, when properly adapted, are both feasible and acceptable for adults with autism and moderate-to-severe intellectual disabilities. A larger randomised controlled trial is warranted to evaluate the efficacy of these adapted interventions in reducing anxiety in this population.
People with autism, particularly those experiencing moderate-to-severe intellectual impairments, face an increased likelihood of developing anxiety disorders.
This is a perspective on Ridgway et al ‘Creative health a joke or valuable learning experience’. Creative health encompasses creative and arts activities that benefit health and well-being. The article evaluates a creative health placement designed to facilitate students’ learning about creative health and social prescribing, with opportunities to take part in arts activities.
Take home messages Creative health placements equip future nurses with knowledge about social prescribing initiatives to offer holistic person-centred care. The article provides valuable insights into placements that future-proof registrants’ knowledge and skills with the shift towards prevention and a neighbourhood health service. Building creative health placements into the curriculum in other institutions will improve access to this valuable learning opportunity.
A pilot creative health placement for undergraduate student nurses at a UK...
Commentary on: Zhao et al. The impact of education/training on nurses caring for patients with stroke: a scoping review. BMC Nurs 23:90
Implications for practice and research Nurses working in clinical stroke care could benefit from leadership and management strategies that encourage empowerment and time and space to reflect on current evidence, training and practice. Comprehensive evaluation strategies are needed to assess the impact and effectiveness of empowerment-based stroke education and training on patient outcomes.
Stroke nursing is widely recognised for its significant role across the whole multidisciplinary stroke care pathway.
Commentary on: Er S, Murat M, Ata EE, Kose S, Buzlu S. Nursing student’s mental health: How does eco-anxiety effect? Int J Mental Health Nurs. 2024;00:1-12.
Implications for practice and research Nurse educators should be aware of eco-anxiety and think about the impact of climate change on nursing students. Nurse researchers should investigate ways of supporting nursing students affected by eco-anxiety and develop strategies to promote student learning during a climate emergency.
Climate change is causing a global climate emergency, which is increasingly seen as a major problem for global health concern.