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- Argenbright, Christine, et al.
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Embracing diversity : measuring the impact of an international immersion learning experience on nursing students' cultural beliefs and values
- 2022
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Ingår i: International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. - : Walter de Gruyter. - 1548-923X .- 2194-5772. ; 19:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVES: An international Nursing Leadership Collaborative covened in Japan to hold a patient safety and quality workshop for nursing students from six countries. The purpose was to measure students' self reported beliefs reflecting sensitivity and openness to cultural diversity before and after the international experience.METHODS: A pre-post-test design was used and the Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory was administered to international undergraduate and graduate nursing students.RESULTS: The group aggregate data analysis indicate that prior to the start of the workshop, the group presented itself as quite introspective and after the workshop the group reported being more sophisticated in making causal explanations about why the world works in the way it does.CONCLUSIONS: Nursing students experienced an expanded awareness of their beliefs and values that reflect a greater degree of intercultural sensitivity for acceptance of inclusivity and diversity after the experience.
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- Bengtsson, Mariette, 1957-, et al.
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Errors linked to medication management in nursing homes : an interview study
- 2021
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Ingår i: BMC Nursing. - : BioMed Central. - 1472-6955 .- 1472-6955. ; 20:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: The number of errors in medication management in nursing homes is increasing, which may lead to potentially life-threatening harm. Few studies on this subject are found in the municipal nursing home setting, and causes need to be identified. The aim of this study was to explore perceptions of errors connected to medication management in nursing homes by exploring the perspective of first-line registered nurses, registered nurses, and non-licensed staff involved in the care of older persons.METHODS: A qualitative research approach was applied based on semi-structured interviews with 21 participants at their workplaces: Seven in each of the occupational categories of first-line registered nurses, registered nurses, and non-licensed staff. Subcategories were derived from transcribed interviews by content analysis and categorized according to the Man, Technology, and Organization concept of error causation, which is as a framework to identify errors.RESULTS: Mistakes in medication management were commonly perceived as a result of human shortcomings and deficiencies in working conditions such as the lack of safe tools to facilitate and secure medication management. The delegation of drug administration to non-licensed staff, the abandonment of routines, carelessness, a lack of knowledge, inadequate verbal communication between colleagues, and a lack of understanding of the difficulties involved in handling the drugs were all considered as risk areas for errors. Organizational hazards were related to the ability to control the delegation, the standard of education, and safety awareness among staff members. Safety issues relating to technology involved devices for handling prescription cards and when staff were not included in the development process of new technological aids. A lack of staff and the lack of time to act safely in the care of the elderly were also perceived as safety hazards, particularly with the non-licensed staff working in nursing homes.CONCLUSIONS: The staff working in nursing homes perceive that the risks due to medication management are mainly caused by human limitations or technical deficiencies. Organizational factors, such as working conditions, can often facilitate the occurrence of malpractice. To minimize mistakes, care managers need to have a systemwide perspective on safety issues, where organizational issues are essential.
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- Ek, Malin, et al.
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Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Women With Endometriosis and Microscopic Colitis in Comparison to Irritable Bowel Syndrome : A Cross-Sectional Study
- 2021
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Ingår i: Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology. - : AVES. - 1300-4948 .- 2148-5607. ; 32:10, s. 819-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms similar to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are often present in women with endometriosis and microscopic colitis (MC). The objective of this study was to estimate GI symptoms in IBS, endometriosis, and MC, to compare the clinical expression of the diseases. Methods: Women with IBS, endometriosis, and MC were identified by diagnosis codes at a tertiary center. The patients had to complete the visual analog scale for IBS to estimate specific GI symptoms. Women fulfilling Rome III criteria for IBS were diagnosed as IBS (n = 109) and divided into subgroups depending on predominating symptoms. Women diagnosed with endometriosis (n = 158) and MC (n = 88) were evaluated whether they also fulfilled the Rome III criteria for IBS. Results: Women with IBS experienced aggravated abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloating and flatulence, nausea and vomiting, the urgency to defecate, the sensation of incomplete evacuation and intestinal symptom's influence on daily life, and impaired psychological wellbeing, compared to women with endometriosis. When patients with endometriosis also fulfilled the criteria for IBS, all symptoms in the 2 cohorts, except intestinal symptom's influence on daily life, were equal. Women with IBS or diarrhea-predominated IBS experienced aggravated abdominal pain, bloating and flatulence, intestinal symptom's influence on daily life, and impaired psychological well-being compared to MC, but at equal levels as MC with IBS-like symptoms. Conclusions: Women with IBS generally experience aggravated GI symptoms and impaired psychological well-being compared to endometriosis and MC. Patients with endometriosis or MC, in combination with IBS, express similar symptoms as patients with sole IBS.
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- Jassim, Taghrid, et al.
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Preceptors' and nursing students' experiences of using peer learning in primary healthcare settings : a qualitative study
- 2022
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Ingår i: BMC Nursing. - : BioMed Central. - 1472-6955 .- 1472-6955. ; 21:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background Due to the need for students to integrate theory with practice, current research seeks the best learning and teaching models in primary healthcare settings. The aim of this study was to explore preceptors' and nursing students' experiences of using peer learning during clinical practice in primary health care. Methods A qualitative research approach was used based on semi-structured interviews with seven preceptors and ten nursing students. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed by using content analysis based on an inductive reasoning. Results Preceptors and students perceived peer learning as an educational model to be beneficial for learning in primary care settings. They found the model to be stimulating, challenging, and leading to development of professional identity and nursing skills. All informants were positive towards the peer learning experience, with students reporting they were seen as individuals, despite working in pairs. However, the physical environment was demanding with regards to telephone counseling issues, limited opportunities for using computers, and the use of small examination rooms. Conclusion This study shows that, despite the complex learning environment, peer learning as an educational model appears to work well in a primary healthcare setting. However, much improvement is needed to facilitate the students' learning process. Consequently, conditions for clinical practice and learning beneficial to both students and preceptors should be prioritized by management.
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- Lundgren, Gunilla, et al.
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Swedish emergency nurses' experiences of the preconditions for the safe collection of blood culture in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2023
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Ingår i: Nursing Open. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2054-1058. ; 10:3, s. 1619-1628
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim: To describe how Swedish emergency nurses experience the preconditions of providing safe care during the COVID-19 pandemic when collecting blood culture in the emergency department. Design: A qualitative exploratory design using content analysis with a manifest approach. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 emergency nurses working in the emergency department. Results: The analysis resulted in one main category: unprecedented preconditions create extraordinary stress and jeopardize safe care when collecting blood culture. This main category includes four additional categories: organizational changes, challenges in the isolation room, heavy workload creates great stress, and continuous learning. Conclusion: The COVID-19 outbreak has made the emergency department a workplace where constant changes of routines combined with new information and reorganization risk jeopardize safe care during blood culture sampling. Accordingly, high workload and stress have been identified as a reason for emergency nurses not following guidelines. It is therefore necessary to optimize the preconditions during blood culture sampling and identify situations where there are shortcomings.
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- Nilsson, Mari-Louise, et al.
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Registered Nurses' experiences of caring for persons with dementia expressing their sexuality
- 2022
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Ingår i: Nursing Open. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2054-1058. ; 9:3, s. 1723-1730
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Sexuality is an integral part of human beings and persons living with dementia still perceive negative attitudes from caregivers in this regard. Aim: This study aimed to explore registered nurses' experiences of caring for persons with dementia living in nursing homes and expressing their sexuality. Methods: A qualitative inductive design was adopted; data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed through content analysis. Results: The analysis reflected three categories. (1) Dealing with different reactions and responding to nursing staff and relatives: The registered nurses experienced discomfort, insecurity, frustration, distress and embarrassment when confronted with sexual expressions in people with dementia. (2) Caring with a focus on the person: The registered nurses expressed the importance of protecting the integrity of the person and consequently their right to sexual expressions. (3) Needing more competence development: The registered nurses expressed the need to educate and inform not only themselves but also the nursing staff and relatives.
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- Samuelsson, Maria, 1982-, et al.
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Cancer specialist nurses' experiences of supporting family members of persons diagnosed with colorectal cancer : A qualitative study
- 2022
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Ingår i: European Journal of Oncology Nursing. - : Elsevier. - 1462-3889 .- 1532-2122. ; 61, s. 102205-102205
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to explore cancer specialist nurses' experiences of supporting family members of persons diagnosed with colorectal cancer.Method: The study was designed as a qualitative study. Data was collected using individual semi-structured telephone interviews with 21 cancer specialist nurses. The interviews were transcribed and analysed with reflexive thematic analysis.Results: The analysis generated one overarching theme, In the shadow of the person diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and four themes: striving for confidence, searching for ways to support, seeking individualization, and balancing between needs. Swedish colorectal cancer care is organized with the persons diagnosed with colorectal cancer as the centre of care and lacks both structure and allocated resources for supportive care for family members. Thus, support for family members has to be provided within the existing colorectal cancer care. The support provided focuses mainly on strengthening the family members' ability in the caregiving role and is offered primarily at the time of diagnosis.Conclusion: There is an apparent need for developing supportive care plans for family members, involving repeated assessments of multidimensional needs, a tailored support, and follow-ups. Accordingly, a re-evaluation of the cancer specialist nurse's role is needed so that key nursing responsibilities are not ranked second to administrative tasks.
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- Samuelsson, Maria, 1982-, et al.
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Models of support to family members during the trajectory of cancer : a scoping review protocol.
- 2020
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Ingår i: BMJ Open. - : BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. - 2044-6055. ; 10:9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- INTRODUCTION: A cancer diagnose, for example, colorectal cancer, not only affects the cancer-person stricken, but also the surrounding family. Thus, this scoping review intends to identify appropriate models of support that will guide the development of a model of support to family members during the trajectory of colorectal cancer.METHODS AND ANALYSIS: , and described by the Joanna Briggs Institute. All the stages will be conducted iteratively and reflexively. First, a search strategy will be developed with a librarian and applied in the following peer-reviewed databases: PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and PsycINFO. Additional searches will be performed in Google Scholar and SwePub for identification of grey literature and hand searched in the reference lists. Searches will be conducted from December 2019 to February 2020. A draft of the preliminary search strategy was performed in PubMed in November 2019. Subsequently, three members of the research team will independently screen all abstracts for relevance, as well as the full-text articles. Studies meeting the inclusion criteria will be critically evaluated using the Joanna Brigg Institute Critical Appraisal Tools. A descriptive summary of study characteristics and of the scoping review process will be presented, including a visual flow diagram. Lastly, a thematic analysis as presented by Braun and Clarke will be conducted. To enhance validity, contact nurses of persons with colorectal cancer will be provided an overview of the preliminary results.ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Being a secondary analysis, ethical approval is not needed for this study. The findings of the analysis will be used to inform the design of a future study aiming to develop a model of support and an upcoming scoping review, which will be published in a scientific journal and presented at relevant conferences.
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- Samuelsson, Maria, 1982-, et al.
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Models of support to family members during the trajectory of cancer : A scoping review
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Clinical Nursing. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0962-1067 .- 1365-2702. ; 30:21-22, s. 3072-3098
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aims and objectives To map the existing literature on support models provided to family members during the cancer trajectory. Background Cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship have a profound influence on the surrounding family members. This scoping review is part of the development of a support model for family members of persons diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Design The method was guided by the Arksey and O'Malley framework, described in the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines, and the reporting is compliant with PRISMA-ScR Checklist. Searches were conducted in PubMed, CINAHL and PsycINFO from November 2019-February 2020 with no limitation in publication year or study design. Complementing searches were conducted in reference lists and for grey literature, followed by an additional search in September 2020. Inclusion criteria were primary research about support provided by health care, to family members, during cancer, of an adult person, in Swedish or English, of moderate or high methodological quality. Quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools. Data were extracted using a charting form. Result A total of 32 studies were included in the review describing 39 support models. Conclusion The mapping of the existing literature resulted in the identification of three themes of support models: psychoeducation, caregiver training and psychological support. In addition, that future research should target a specific diagnosis and trajectory phase as well as include family members and intervention providers in model development. Relevance for clinical practice Knowledge from the literature on both the needs of the family members and existing support models should be incorporated with the prerequisites of clinical practice. Clinical practice should also be complemented with structured assessments of family members' needs conducted regularly.
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- Samuelsson, Maria, 1982-
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Support for family members in routine outpatient colorectal cancer care : Development of a tailored support model
- 2024
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this thesis was to identify how to offer support, tailored to supportivecare needs, for family members in routine outpatient colorectal cancer care. Toachieve this, four studies were undertaken. First, support models for familymembers of persons diagnosed with cancer were mapped in a scoping review.Second, colorectal cancer specialist nurses were interviewed about theirexperiences of supporting family members of persons diagnosed with colorectalcancer. In the third study, family members were interviewed about theirconceptions of their supportive care needs across the colorectal cancer trajectory.In the fourth study, a questionnaire allowing for measurement of unmetsupportive care needs was translated into Swedish and its psychometric propertieswere evaluated in a sample of Swedish family members of persons diagnosedwith colorectal cancer.Findings indicate that existing support models that comprehensively addressfamily members’ supportive care needs are difficult to apply in routine cancercare. In routine colorectal cancer care, support for family members is evident yetunstructured, unequal, universal, and primarily offered at the time of diagnosis.At this phase, family members conceive their needs to be unimportant. Instead,supportive care needs unfold during treatment or survival. However, familymembers suppress their supportive care needs so as not to burden others.Concurrently, cancer specialist nurses avoid penetrating needs due to lack oftools, resources, and knowledge. Thus, unmet supportive care needs may end upunrecognized. Evaluations of the translated and culturally adapted questionnaireshowed promising validity and reliability for measuring unmet needs of supportin a sample of the population under study. Yet, this needs further examination ina larger sample.Findings indicate a need to address discrepancies between support and supportivecare needs, to find tools for uncovering unmet needs and to target thephenomenon that family members suppress their needs. The complexity ofsupporting family members in routine colorectal cancer care needs to be disclosedand reflected upon so support can be operationalized in a way that is equal,applicable, and appropriate. This thesis suggests supporting family membersthrough preparing them for their cancer trajectory, by encouraging recognition ofand acting on emerging needs and by offering information about where to turn ifthat occurs. Building on these actions, persisting unmet needs post treatment canbe screened for and those in need can be offered a counselor. This may help tobridge the gap between psychologically distressed family members andemotional support for the purpose of preventing negative outcomes on health.
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