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Graduate Nurse Transition Programs Pivotal Point Of Participants’ Practice Readiness Questioned During The Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis: A Scoping Review, Kylie Russell, Dianne Juliff
Graduate Nurse Transition Programs Pivotal Point Of Participants’ Practice Readiness Questioned During The Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis: A Scoping Review, Kylie Russell, Dianne Juliff
Nursing Papers and Journal Articles
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic requires an accessible, practice-ready nursing workforce to assist with the increase in health service delivery. Graduate nurse transition programs are the entry point for most graduates into professional practice, and this review focused on both empirical studies and gray literature to identify at what point practice readiness occurs and what can assist graduate nurses’ transition to become practice ready.
Method: A scoping review was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review framework.
Results: Consensus purports supportive environments, ideally in formal structured graduate transition to practice programs, to enhance graduate nurses’ clinical skills and confidence development. …
Supporting Families Of Patients With Dementia At End-Of-Life In Hospital, Felicity Moon, Fiona Mcdermott, David Kissane
Supporting Families Of Patients With Dementia At End-Of-Life In Hospital, Felicity Moon, Fiona Mcdermott, David Kissane
Medical Papers and Journal Articles
Introduction: There are barriers to implementing person-and family-centred end-of-life care for people with dementia in hospitals. Nursing care for people with dementia is enhanced through family involvement. However, families report unmet needs during admissions contributing to distress and dissatisfaction. Furthermore, little is known about families’ needs during end-of-life care for people with dementia in hospital.
Aim: This study examined perceptions of interpersonal care during end-of-life for patients with dementia.
Methods: This research used a qualitative approach framed through a social constructionist and complex systems theoretical frameworks. Hospital clinicians (n = 20) and bereaved family members (n = 12) of deceased …