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Delirium in adult patients in intensive care: nursing interventions

Identify possible nursing interventions that can be taken to prevent or manage delirium in adult patients in ICU..

Work-related stress assessment in an emergency department in French Guiana

The Karasek model, which has been used worldwide for about three decades, is seen as the gold standard for psychosocial jobs assessment (Kristensen, 1995). It is a three-dimensional instrument that...

The value of nursing support to a surgical camp in Uganda

Uganda is located within the central east of Africa and had a population of over 39 million in 2017 (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2021). Despite significant improvements...

A vision for an equitable future for the world

The rapid spread of COVID-19, having no cure readily available, and watching people fighting for their lives and all too many losing that fight, was quite terrifying. Nurses were not only concerned...

Connecting virtually during a pandemic: a lifeline for migrant nurses

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all healthcare workers, both physically and psychologically. Burnout, anxiety, fear of transmitting infection, feelings of incompatibility with the professional role...

The Florence Nightingale approach: still a template for nursing today

Nightingale's definition of nursing was at odds with the Victorian physicians' view of a nurse as a submissive handmaiden, a minion. Instead, Nightingale proposed a more active role for nurses, who...

Nurses step up to the challenge of working during the pandemic

Happy International Nurses Day 2020! As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the world, bringing with it illness, death and disruption to our daily lives, one thing is standing out—the bravery,...

Innovation, education and variety: the career of a Ugandan nurse

After training at Lacor Nursing School, Gulu [in Uganda], I moved to South Sudan and worked in a hospital before moving to a rural health centre. I learnt Arabic so I could communicate better with...

A simple method to secure data-driven improvement of perioperative care

In 1999, Henrik Kehlet initiated the establishment of the ‘Surgical Project’, a national unit for monitoring surgical outcome in collaboration with the National Board of Health. The purpose was to...

The meaning of hope for individuals with spinal cord injury in Brazil

This qualitative ethnographic study was based on Ernst Bloch's The Principle of Hope (2006), originally published in 1954. This theoretical framework informed the meaning of hope and guided the...

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