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Articles: Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 2022
- The Role of the Indigenous Patient Navigator: A Scoping Review
Articles: Handovers
- Patients prefer bedside handover and wish to be active partners in it
- Assessing the quality of patient handovers between ambulance services and emergency department - development and validation of the emergency department human factors in handover tool
- Using the Performance Improvement Process to Enhance Perioperative Hand-Over Communication
- Handover tips for every shift: Clear, concise communication is vital when changing shifts
- The impact of a structured handover checklist for intraoperative staff shift changes on effective communication, OR team satisfaction, and patient safety: a pilot study
Articles: Anxiety
- Investigating the prevalence of anxiety and depression during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom: Systematic review and meta-analyses
- Anxiety disorders
- Depression,Anxiety and Associated Factors among Frontline Hospital Healthcare Workers in the Fourth Wave of COVID-19: Empirical Findings from Vietnam
- From the First to the Second Wave of COVID-19: Anxiety, De-Pressive, and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in the Italian Population
- Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety in Nurses during the First Eleven Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- The Relationship between Future Anxiety Due to COVID-19 and Vigilance: The Role of Message Fatigue and Autonomy Satisfaction
Articles: International Journal of Nursing Studies, February 2022
- Sufficient personal protective equipment training can reduce COVID-19 related symptoms in healthcare workers: A prospective cohort study
- A comparison between midwifery and obstetric care at birth in Spain: Across-sectional study of perinatal outcomes
- Effects of helping relationships on health-promoting lifestyles among patients with chronic kidney disease: A randomized controlled trial
- Profiling vaccine believers and skeptics in nurses: A latent profile analysis
- Nurse practitioners’ perception of temporary full practice authority during a COVID-19 surge: A qualitative study
- Palliative care organization and staffing models in residential hospices: Which makes the difference?
- Sociodemographic and work environment correlates of missed nursing care at highly specialized hospitals in Mexico: A cross-sectional study
- Categorizing fear of falling using the survey of activities and fear of falling in the elderly questionnaire in a cohort of hospitalized older adults: A cross-sectional design
Events
- New Zealand Women in Medicine (NZWIM) Conference
- New Zealand Women’s Leadership Syposium
National News
- Covid-19: Ill protesters urged to stay away from hospital
- Hospitals consistently understaffed, nurses overworked - report
International news
- As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity
- Nearly three-quarters of Americans have some Covid immunity, experts say
- “Extreme burnout” : 1 in 5 Australians quit their job last year, says NAB
Articles: Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 2022
1. The Role of the Indigenous Patient Navigator: A Scoping Review
Aric Rankin., Andrea Baumann., Bernice Downey., Ruta Valaitis., Amy Montour. & Pat Mandy
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. (2022). 1–12. Doi: 10.1177/08445621211066765
Healthcare systems are complex and as a result patients may experience fragmentation of services. Indigenous populations experience increasingly disproportionate health disparities compared to non-Indigenous populations. Patient navigation is known as a patient-centered approach to empower individuals to connect with appropriate services.
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Articles: Handovers
2.Patients prefer bedside handover and wish to be active partners in it
Hu, Jiale.
Evidence - Based Nursing. (2021, Jan). 24(1), 21-21.
It is important to have patients as active partners in the team during bedside handovers and have their voices heard. Numerous studies have found that bedside handover could significantly enhance the delivery of relevant information and decrease miscommunication between patients and nurses.
3. Assessing the quality of patient handovers between ambulance services and emergency department – development and validation of the emergency department human factors in handover tool
Golling, Marina., Behringer, Wilhelm. & Schwarzkopf, Daniel.
BMC Emergency Medicine. (2022). 22, 1-9.
Patient handover between prehospital care and the emergency department plays a key role in patient safety. Therefore, we aimed to create a validated tool for measuring quality of communication and interprofessional relations during handover in this specific setting.
4. Using the Performance Improvement Process to Enhance Perioperative Hand-Over Communication
Sclafani, Michaela.
AORN Journal: The Official Voice of Perioperative Nursing. (2021, Apr). 113(4), 412-418.
According to The Joint Commission, a handoff (or hand over) is the "transfer and acceptance of patient care responsibility achieved through effective communication. However, there is a risk for miscommunication and patient harm with each hand over. Because some perioperative hand overs are inevitable (eg, transfer of care from the preoperative area to the OR, RN circulator breaks), perioperative leaders should facilitate safe patient hand overs and implement effective communication strategies.
5. Handover tips for every shift: Clear, concise communication is vital when changing shifts
Nursing Standard. (Feb 3, 2021). 36(2), 38-38.
Clear, concise handovers are critical for maintaining patient safety, especially when staff are working flat out. Here are my tips for making handovers as effective as possible.
6. The impact of a structured handover checklist for intraoperative staff shift changes on effective communication, OR team satisfaction, and patient safety: a pilot study
Nasiri, Ebrahim., Lotfi, Mojgan., Seyyed Muhammad Mahdi Mahdavinoor. & Mohammad Hossein Rafiei
Patient Safety in Surgery. (2021). 15, 1-9.
Handover without a structured format is prone to the omission of information and could be a potential risk to patient safety. We sought to determine the effect of a structured checklist on the quality of intraoperative change of shift handover between scrubs and circulars.
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Articles: Anxiety
7.Investigating the prevalence of anxiety and depression during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom: Systematic review and meta-analyses
Dettmann, Luca Marie., Adams, Sally. & Taylor, Gemma.
British Journal of Clinical Psychology. (Feb 9, 2022). doi:10.1111/bjc.12360
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on mental health. Specifically, the stringent lockdown restrictions have heightened anxiety and depression. Therefore, monitoring and supporting the mental health of the population during these unprecedented times is an immediate priority.
8. Anxiety disorders
Mayo Clinic Health Information Library: Diseases and Conditions. (Jan 19, 2022).
Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. However, people with anxiety disorders frequently have intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. Often, anxiety disorders involve repeated episodes of sudden feelings of intense anxiety and fear or terror that reach a peak within minutes (panic attacks).
9. Depression, Anxiety and Associated Factors among Frontline Hospital Healthcare Workers in the Fourth Wave of COVID-19: Empirical Findings from Vietnam
Quoc-Hung Doan., Nguyen-Ngoc Tran., Manh-Hung Than., Hoang-Thanh Nguyen., Van-San, Bui; et al.
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. (2022). 7(1), 3.
This study aims to assess the magnitude of, and factors associated with, depression and anxiety among Vietnamese frontline hospital healthcare workers in the fourth wave of COVID-19; (2) Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was carried out within two weeks, October 2020, at a central COVID-19 treatment hospital.
10. From the First to the Second Wave of COVID-19: Anxiety, De-Pressive, and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in the Italian Population
Benfante, Agata., Tesio, Valentina., Marialaura Di Tella., Romeo, Annunziata. & Castelli, Lorys.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (2022). 19(3), 1239.
In the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, high rates of clinically relevant anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) have been reported in the Italian population. The persistence of the pandemic and related restrictive measures highlight the need for a reassessment of psychopathological symptoms.
11. Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety in Nurses during the First Eleven Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Slusarska, Barbara., Nowicki, Grzegorz Józef., Niedorys-Karczmarczyk, Barbara. & Chrzan-Rodak, Agnieszka.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (2022). 19(3), 1154.
The high risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection can increase the physical and psychological strain on nurses in professional practice, which can lead to mental health problems. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to establish and estimate the combined incidence of depression and anxiety among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic using standard measurement tool.
12. The Relationship between Future Anxiety Due to COVID-19 and Vigilance: The Role of Message Fatigue and Autonomy Satisfaction
Lee-Won, Roselyn J., Jang, Inyoung., Hyun-Suk, Kim. & Park, Sung-Gwan.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (2022). 19(3), 1062.
How does future anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic relate to people’s willingness to remain vigilant and adhere to preventive measures? We examined the mediating role of message fatigue and the moderating role of autonomy satisfaction in the relationship between future anxiety due to COVID-19 and willingness to remain vigilant.
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Articles: International Journal of Nursing Studies, February 2022
13. Sufficient personal protective equipment training can reduce COVID-19 related symptoms in healthcare workers: A prospective cohort study
Haegdorens, Filip., Franck, Erik., Smith, Pierre., Bruyneel, Arnaud., Monsieurs, Koenraad G. & Van Bogaert, Peter.
International Journal of Nursing Studies. (2022, Feb). Vol. 126, Article 104132.
The association between inadequate personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic and an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in frontline healthcare workers has been proven. However, frontline healthcare workers with an adequate supply of personal protective equipment still showed an increased risk of contracting COVID-19.
14. A comparison between midwifery and obstetric care at birth in Spain: Across-sectional study of perinatal outcomes
Martin-Arribas, Anna., Escuriet, Ramon., Borràs-Santos, Alicia., Vila-Candel, Rafael. & González-Blázquez, Cristina
International Journal of Nursing Studies, (2022, Feb). Vol. 126, Article 104129.
The organizational structure of maternity services determines the choice of which professionals provide care during pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period, and it influences the kind of care they deliver and the level of continuity of care offered.
15. Effects of helping relationships on health-promoting lifestyles among patients with chronic kidney disease: A randomized controlled trial
Chao, Shu-Mei., Yen, Miaofen., Lin, Huey-Shyan., Sung, Junne-Ming., Hung, Shih-Yuan. & Natashia, Dhea
International Journal of Nursing Studies, (2022, Feb). Vol. 126, Article 104137.
Healthy behaviors can slow the progression of chronic kidney disease. Professional healthcare providers deliver education, physical exercise programs, motivation consultations, and stage-tailored strategies for improving health behaviors, but their effectiveness reported mixed. The helping relationships of significant others based on the transtheoretical model have been shown to be beneficial in facilitating and practicing health-promoting behaviors.
16. Profiling vaccine believers and skeptics in nurses: A latent profile analysis
Leung, Cyrus Lap Kwan., Li, Kin-Kit., Wei, Vivian Wan In., Tang, Arthur., Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan., Lee, Shui Shan. & Kwok, Kin On.
International Journal of Nursing Studies, (2022, Feb). Vol. 126, Article 104142.
A tailored immunization program is deemed more successful in encouraging vaccination. Understanding the profiles of vaccine hesitancy constructs in nurses can help policymakers in devising such programs. Encouraging vaccination in nurses is an important step in building public confidence in the upcoming COVID-19 and influenza vaccination campaigns.
17. Nurse practitioners’ perception of temporary full practice authority during a COVID-19 surge: A qualitative study
O'Reilly-Jacob, Monica., Perloff, Jennifer., Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, Roya. & Flanagan, Jane.
International Journal of Nursing Studies, (2022, Feb). Vol. 126, Article 104141.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, 22 state governors temporarily waived physician supervision of nurse practitioners to expand access to health care during the state of emergency. We examined the nurse practitioner perception of the simultaneous scope of practice changes and the exigent pandemic demands during the initial COVID-19 surge in Massachusetts.
18. Palliative care organization and staffing models in residential hospices: Which makes the difference?
Artico, Marco., Piredda, Michela., D'Angelo, Daniela., Di Nitto, Marco., Giannarelli, Diana., Marchetti, Anna., Facchinetti, Gabriella., De Chirico, Cosimo. & De Marinis, Maria Grazia.
International Journal of Nursing Studies, (2022, Feb). Vol. 126, Article 104135.
The number of patients using palliative care services, particularly residential hospices, is increasing. Policymakers are urging these services to reflect on the most effective organizational strategies for meeting patients’ complex care needs.
19. Sociodemographic and work environment correlates of missed nursing care at highly specialized hospitals in Mexico: A cross-sectional study
Zárate-Grajales, Rosa A., Benítez-Chavira, Luis A., Serván-Mori, Edson., Hernández-Corral, Sandra., Cadena-Estrada, Julio C. & Nigenda, Gustavo.
International Journal of Nursing Studies, (2022, Feb). Vol. 126, Article 104140.
Despite its direct relevance to quality of care, little is known about missed nursing care or its sociodemographic and work environment correlates at highly specialized hospitals in low- and middle-income countries.
Objective: To analyze the frequency of missed nursing care among Mexican nursing professionals, and to assess its associated sociodemographic and labor-related predictors.
20. Categorizing fear of falling using the survey of activities and fear of falling in the elderly questionnaire in a cohort of hospitalized older adults: A cross-sectional design
Brodowski, Hanna., Strutz, Nicole., Mueller-Werdan, Ursula. & Kiselev, Joern.
International Journal of Nursing Studies, (2022, Feb). Volume 126, Article 104152.
Fear of falling is commonly assessed using the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale which is an instrument to measure balance confidence, based on the assumption that fear of falling is due to the absence of balance confidence. The “Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly” measures the concept of fear of falling more directly on a scale of 0.0 and 3.0 points.
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Events
21. New Zealand Women in Medicine (NZWIM) Conference
Rescheduled dates: 12th - 14th May 2022
Venue: Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa: Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Theme: Kotahitanga me Manaakitanga - Celebrating strength in our unity, supporting our community.
22. New Zealand Women’s Leadership Symposium
Date: Thursday 28th July 2022
Venue: Aotea Centre, Auckland, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010
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National News
23. Covid-19: Ill protesters urged to stay away from hospital
Radio New Zealand – 21 February 2022
Wellington Hospital's chief medical officer says anyone at the protest outside Parliament who has Covid-19 symptoms should go home or contact their GP or community health service, rather than heading to the hospital.
24. Hospitals consistently understaffed, nurses overworked – report
Radio New Zealand – 17 February 2022
A major independent report has found nurses are overworked and exhausted because of consistent understaffing and that patients are not always getting full care.
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International news
25. As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity
CNN – 18 February 2022
The BA.2 virus - a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant - isn't just spreading faster than its distant cousin, it may also cause more severe disease and appears capable of thwarting some of the key weapons we have against Covid-19, new research suggests.
26. Nearly three-quarters of Americans have some Covid immunity, experts say
The Guardian – 17 February 2022
Omicron infections and vaccinations mean future surges likely to be less severe but 80 million Americans still totally unprotected
27. ‘Extreme burnout’: 1 in 5 Australians quit their job last year, says NAB
Melbourne Age – 18 February 2022
One in five Australians quit their job within the last year, research by the National Australia Bank shows, and almost one quarter are considering changing their place of employment.
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