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The aim of this integrative review was to explore registered nurses' understandings of organisational culture and cultures of care in aged care.
Integrative literature review.
A literature search was conducted of Medline (OVID), CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Scopus, Proquest Nursing and Allied Health, and Informit databases in June 2024. In October 2024, a search for grey literature was conducted focusing on Google Scholar, the Analysis and Policy Observatory (Australia), Australian Government websites, European Union Institutions and Bodies, and usa.gov. The inclusion criteria were Australian and international literature published in English between 2004 and 2024. The inclusion criteria were amended to focus on literature published from 2014 to 2024.
Seventeen research studies met the inclusion criteria for the review. Four primary themes were identified: competing hierarchies of power; the multifaceted role of nurses in long-term care settings; standing still is not an option; and implications for culture change strategies in practice.
Registered nurses in aged care are pivotal to evolving clinical and administrative practice and creating organisational cultures that affirm the rights of older people, including providing a supportive workplace for those who care for them, in an environment focussed on developing and sustaining quality care. Viewing the complex relationships at different organisational levels through the prism of Foucault's ideas on disciplinary power generates new insights into the role of registered nurses in aged care settings. This review also underscores that research on organisational culture in aged care is at a formative stage. There is potential for future research that fosters a robust evidence base to support the development of organisational cultures that nurture a person-centred environment ultimately leading to improved care and staff experience.
Registered nurses in aged care settings are advocating for a transformative shift in organisational cultures that prioritises inclusivity, compassion and person-centred care. Empowering nurses through clinical and administrative leadership roles is crucial for cultivating person-centred organisational cultures in aged care settings. It is essential that policymakers invest in the development of registered nurses who can excel in clinical and operational roles at management and executive levels. Policy changes that promote frameworks that facilitate nursing leadership are essential for establishing and maintaining person-centred workplace cultures.
Prisma extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA—ScR).
This study did not include patient or public involvement in its design, conduct, or reporting.
Young people (YP) whose parents have depression are at elevated risk for developing depression themselves and could benefit from preventive interventions. However, when parents are in a depressive episode, this reduces the effects of psychological interventions for depression in YP. Moreover, parental depression is often managed suboptimally in usual care. There is, therefore, a case for identifying and optimising parental depression treatment to enhance the effectiveness of psychological preventive interventions for depression in YP.
This is a randomised controlled trial (Skills for adolescent WELLbeing) to determine the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention compared with usual care in increasing the time to a major depressive episode in YP by 9-month follow-up (primary outcome). The intervention offers a 12-week treatment-optimisation phase for parents depressed at study entry, followed by randomisation of the young person to a small group manualised online CBT programme facilitated by a therapist. YP allocated to the intervention will receive eight weekly sessions plus three monthly continuation sessions. Secondary outcomes include the number of depression-free weeks, mental health symptoms and functioning. Mechanisms of intervention action will be assessed with mediation analysis of quantitative data and thematic analysis of qualitative interviews. Participants (parents/carers with depression and their children aged 13–19 years) will be identified through existing cohorts of adults with depression, from primary care through health boards in Wales and England, UK, schools and advertising including via social media.
The trial has received ethical approval from Wales NHS Research Ethics Committee (REC) 5, the Health Research Authority and Health and Care Research Wales (IRAS 305331; REC 22/WA/0254). This manuscript is based on V.5.7 of the protocol (17 January 2025). Findings will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Reports and social media messages will be used to disseminate findings to the wider public.
ISRCTN13924193 (date registered: 15 March 2023).
To establish the prevalence of clinically significant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and relevant characteristics in individuals with a significant smoking history who are hospitalised for acute myocardial infarction (MI).
Cross-sectional study.
Hospital inpatients at 8 European centres (7 in Sweden, 1 in the UK).
518 men or women (302 in Sweden, 216 in the UK) hospitalised for acute MI, aged 40 years or older, with a smoking history of at least 10 pack-years.
The primary outcome was prevalence of detected significant COPD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stages 2–4), defined as a ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 and 6 s (FEV1/FEV6) 1
The prevalence of significant COPD was 91/518 (18% (95% CI 14 to 21)) with no difference between the countries. Of those with detected significant COPD, 69 (76%) had no previous COPD diagnosis. A CAT score >10 was found in 65%, and a blood eosinophil count of ≥100/mm3 and ≥300/mm3 was found in 76% and 20%, respectively. Inhaled corticosteroids were used by 15% of the patients.
In a cohort of patients hospitalised for acute MI in Sweden and the UK, one in five patients with a history of smoking was found to have significant COPD based on microspirometry. Symptom burden was high and treatment rates with ICS low. Among those diagnosed with COPD, three out of four had not been previously diagnosed with COPD.
Weight loss is often recommended as the primary intervention for infertility in individuals with high body mass index. However, focusing on body mass index might overlook other important factors like cardiometabolic health. This study aims to examine cardiometabolic health in patients seeking fertility treatment and its impact on reproductive outcomes.
A cross-sectional analysis of 800 systematically selected participants (400 couples) will be completed on a single visit to the study site. This session will involve taking blood samples to examine metabolic biomarkers, the completion of questionnaires assessing preconception health factors and an exercise ‘step test’ to assess cardiorespiratory fitness. Metabolic panels will be compared with target values and, where available, normative population data. Fitness data will be transformed into normative percentile values based on the participant’s age and sex. Patients will be followed for 2 years to allow yearly data collection related to conception, gestation and parturition. Associations between cardiometabolic health during the preconception phase and reproductive outcomes will be examined.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Board has provided ethical approval for this study (HREB #20230825). Each patient will be required to give written consent prior to any data collection. We will share study findings at conferences and submit manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, we will create knowledge translation presentations for Newfoundland and Labrador Fertility Services and Family Practice Clinics.
This study aims to inform the development of a patient-reported symptom questionnaire for head and neck cancer and outline the requirements for a patient-reported symptom-based risk stratification system. The study objectives are to explore how clinicians ask questions and decide subsequent steps for patients referred with suspected head and neck cancer; the language patients and clinicians use to describe symptoms; how clinicians reassure and discharge low-risk patients; and identify clinician and patient experiences of the head and neck cancer diagnostic pathway and their views on a novel diagnostic pathway using patient-reported symptom-based risk stratification.
The study employed qualitative methods including observation and recordings of clinic consultations and semistructured interviews with clinicians and patients. Analysis proceeded concurrently with data collection using a rapid qualitative analysis approach.
Three acute UK National Health Service Trusts with variation in service delivery models. Data collection took place between April and October 2023.
One hundred and fifty-six adults referred for suspected head and neck cancer, and 21 clinicians from different subspecialties were recruited. A subset of recruited patients (n=16) and clinicians (n=13) were interviewed. One observation of a general head and neck clinic was conducted.
The findings highlight types of symptoms and the language used by patients and clinicians to describe these symptoms in clinic consultations. During interviews, patients described the need for in-person support and human clinical decision-making, an accessible system for reporting their symptoms and reassurance regarding the security of patient data. Clinicians discussed the need for risk scores to be sufficiently validated to be trusted, the potential clinical usefulness of a risk score-based system, for example, to support triage by discriminating symptoms, and accessibility for patients. The observation highlighted inconsistent and sometimes unclear referral information and the limited time clinicians have to read referral information.
The findings have implications for the development of a patient-reported symptom-based risk stratification system. As well as ensuring patients can understand the language used, it will be important to consider how their emotional needs can be met. The findings also have wider implications for understanding the impact of language on emotionally evocative healthcare interactions.
To explore the nature of interactions that enable older inpatients with cognitive impairments to engage with hospital staff on falls prevention.
Ethnographic study.
Ethnographic observations on orthopaedic and older person wards in English hospitals (251.25 h) and semi-structured qualitative interviews with 50 staff, 28 patients and three carers. Findings were analysed using a framework approach.
Interactions were often informal and personalised. Staff qualities that supported engagement in falls prevention included the ability to empathise and negotiate, taking patient perspectives into account. Although registered nurses had limited time for this, families/carers and other staff, including engagement workers, did so and passed information to nurses.
Some older inpatients with cognitive impairments engaged with staff on falls prevention. Engagement enabled them to express their needs and collaborate, to an extent, on falls prevention activities. To support this, we recommend wider adoption in hospitals of engagement workers and developing the relational skills that underpin engagement in training programmes for patient-facing staff.
Interactions that support cognitively impaired inpatients to engage in falls prevention can involve not only nurses, but also families/carers and non-nursing staff, with potential to reduce pressures on busy nurses and improve patient safety.
The paper adheres to EQUATOR guidelines, Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research.
Patient/public contributors were involved in study design, evaluation and data analysis. They co-authored this manuscript.
Objetivo. Conocer la etiología y el perfil de sensibilidad antibiótica de las bacterias más frecuentes productoras de infecciones del tracto urinario en la comunidad. Método: Estudio transversal, descriptivo y retrospectivo. Realizado en el Departamento de salud 21 (Alicante-España) durante el periodo enero de 2020 al 31 de diciembre de 2021. Se aislaron 8517 uropatógenos, de los cuales 5966 correspondieron a mujeres (70%) y 2551 a hombre (30%). Se analizó la etiología global y en función de la edad y sexo. Resultados. Escherichia coli fue el microorganismo más aislado tanto en el conjunto de la población (51%) como en cada uno de los grupos analizados según edad y sexo. Se observo que E. coli aislado en mujeres fue significativamente superior que en hombres (χ², p=0,041). Su sensibilidad fue: fosfomicina 91,4% y 81% amoxicilina-ácido clavulánico. Conclusiones. Escherichia coli continúa siendo el microorganismo más frecuentemente aislado en ITU con una tasa de sensibilidad a fosfomicina superior al 90% y a la amoxicilina-ácido-clavulánico del 81%. El tratamiento empírico de ITU en nuestro medio debería incluir fosfomicina o amoxicilina-ácido clavulánico, independientemente del sexo y la edad.
Objetivo: El propósito de este estudio fue evaluar la percepción de las enfermeras sobre la seguridad en la preparación y administración de medicamentos en dos departamentos de salud del sistema nacional de salud de España. Metodología: Estudio descriptivo transversal multicéntrico. Se llevo a cabo durante los meses de septiembre hasta diciembre del 2021. Se utilizó el Cuestionario de Autoevaluación de la Seguridad del Sistema de Utilización de los Medicamentos del Institute For Safe Medication Practices. Resultados: En este estudio participaron un total de 156 enfermeras. Se observo asociación significativa en los aspectos relacionados con la información y acceso a los protocolos de medicamentos (p<0,001), la dotación del personal en las unidades (p<0,001) y la información sobre los errores de medicación (p<0,018). Conclusión: a través de nuestro estudio, se podría fomentar las prácticas clínicas seguras y las características de los sistemas de notificación de eventos adversos, mejorando la cultura de seguridad.
Objetivo principal: Analizar los factores relacionados con las notificaciones vacunales en un departamento de salud de atención primaria del Sistema Nacional de Salud de España durante la pandemia Covid-19. Metodología: Estudio fue transversal, descriptivo realizado en el Departamento de salud 21 de Orihuela (Alicante-España) desde el 27 de diciembre 2020 hasta 25 de enero del 2022. El ámbito de estudio fue la atención primaria. Se utilizó el portal de Sistema de Información Vacunal. Resultados principales: Participaron un total de 66 enfermeras. La edad media fue de 37,34 (DE 12,66). El 63% las notificaciones fueron realizadas por mujeres. El volumen de vacunas contra SARS-CoV-2 en cualquiera de sus dosis es muy elevado, y las notificaciones obtenidas muy escasas. Predominan los errores de registro como la principal causa de errores relacionados con el proceso vacunal. Conclusión principal: Consideramos de especial interés nuestras contribuciones con respecto a la infra notificación, la dotación de personal, la formación o la comunicación; como estrategias para la seguridad del paciente y la calidad asistencial.
Objetivo principal: El propósito de esta revisión fue identificar las percepciones de los estudiantes de enfermería sobre la educación recibida durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Metodología: Se seleccionaron elementos de información y directrices para la revisión sistemática (PRISMAScR). Se realizaron búsquedas en cuatro bases de datos electrónicas (Scopus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, MedLine/PubMed y Google Scholar), así como búsquedas manuales para identificar investigaciones originales publicadas entre 2020 y 2021. Resultados principales: Se incluyeron ocho artículos de investigación originales para su revisión. El uso de las intervenciones fue variado, pero se pudo englobar las experiencias de los estudiantes bajo dos encabezados: los relacionados con el aprendizaje en línea y la necesidad psicosocial, destacando la preparación, el apoyo, la incertidumbre, el miedo y la escucha. Conclusión principal: La percepción y formación de los estudiantes sobre la educación recibida durante la pandemia del COVID-19, puede generar cambios en innovación, comunicación de equipo y responsabilidad.
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