Objective To discuss the nursing measures for thyroid nodule patients who undergo core-needle biopsy (CNB) guided by ultrasound. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the experiences and main points of nursing for 1 900 thyroid nodule patients who underwent CNB guided by ultrasound between June 2010 and May 2014. Results All the 1 900 patients underwent CNB successfully. The nursing time was between 5 and 15 minutes, averaging (8.0±3.7) minutes. Complications included hematoma in 25 patients (1.3%) and needle syncope reaction in 30 patients (1.6%), which were cured through symptomatic treatment. No complications such as nerve injury, anesthesia accident or death occurred. No medical disputes happened due to specimen errors or loss. The success rate of specimen collection was 98.4% (1 870/1 900), and the diagnostic accuracy was 95.3% (1 812/1 900). Conclusions Ultrasonography-guided CNB is a safe and reliable operation with a high success rate, high diagnosis accuracy and few complications. Being familiar with the process of nursing cooperation and correct disposal and transfer of biopsy specimens are crucial for successful CNB in patients with thyroid nodules.
Objective To retrospectively analyze the search strategy of systematic reviews/meta-analyses(SRs/MAs) of nursing researches, and to provide the references for developing search strategy of SRs/MAs of nurse researchers in future. Methods The SRs/MAs in nursing journals from CSCD and Web of Science were searched from inception to October 2015. Four reviewers independently screened literatures and extracted data. Then data analysis was conducted by using Excel 2007 software. Results A total of 112 nursing SRs/MAs were finally included, 44 were published in English and 68 were published in Chinese. 37.5% (42/112) SRs/MAs reported the flow charts, 13.39% (15/112) reported the knowledge of reviewers, and 8.04% (9/112) reported the comprehensive search strategies. 48.21% SRs/MAs searched less than five databases, 15% SRs/MAs searched more than ten databases. 45.54% SRs/MAs reported supplementary retrieval, 8.93% searched the gray literatures. Patients combined with intervention was the most way in searching. Conclusion There are still some limitations in search strategy of SRs/MAs for nursing studies. We advise that: (1) it’s necessary to choice typical databases as many as possible according to search field; (2) the reporting of search strategy of nursing SRs/MAs should reporte knowledge of reviewers; (3) to improve transparency and quality of SRs/MAs in nursing researches, journals should introduce reporting complete search strategy in their instruction for authors.
ObjectiveTo explore the influence of nursing interruption event intervention on the incidence of nursing risk events. MethodsIn January 2012, we carried out intervention on nursing interruption events. And general situation questionnaire was used on December 30th, 2011 (control group) and December 30th, 2012 (intervention group) respectively to investigate 190 clinical nurses. ResultsThe occurrence of the interruption events was positively correlated with the incidence of nursing risk events. Effective intervention significantly reduced the incidence of risk events (P<0.05). ConclusionEffective prevention of adverse outcomes caused by interruption events reduces the risk of nursing, improves the quality of care, and ensures the safety of the patient.
Objective To explore the characteristics of articles related to Evidence-based Nursing (EBN) and to identify the problems and difficulties encountered by clinical nurses when they were engaged in evidence-based practice in China.Methods We searched for articles published in 6 nursing journals in China from 2000 to early 2006, and classified, investigated and analyzed the retrieved articles. Results Research on EBN has been changing from explaining theories and methods to applying research results in nursing practice. Among articles on clinical application, 90.9% did not describe the methods and search strategy used; 63.6% did not specify the sources of the evidence applied in practice; 93.9% did not describe the methodological quality of the evidence; only 6.1% used the results of systematic reviews or randomized trials to guide clinical practice; and 72.7% did not use effective evaluation methods to identify the nursing outcomes after applying evidences in clinical practice. Conclusions The quality of EBN related articles needs to improve further. Nurses should learn more about the knowledge and skills associated with EBN so as to improve the quality of nursing practice and of academic articles on EBN
ObjectiveTo explore course content and teaching-learning strategies of advanced nursing practice in graduate nursing education, so as to provide reference for nursing schools to develop relevant courses.MethodsA teamof course teachers was set up, and the course was developed. The course was implemented in grade 2015 and 2016 graduate nursing students. The students’ perception and evaluation of course contents, teaching methods, teaching quality, curriculum value and course satisfaction were collected through questionnaires and interviews.ResultsA totalof 23 students were enrolled. The mean scores of teaching quality, curriculum value and course satisfaction were 93.48±1.01, 51.04±4.88, and 17.00±2.28, respectively. Students recognized the necessity and the importance of including the advanced nursing practice in each specialty in the course content, and hoped to add in practice sections.ConclusionsIt is advisable to include the advanced nursing practice in each specialty as well as the practice section, so as to strengthen the students’ concrete understanding of the advanced nursing practice. Seminar and discussion are the teaching methods with first priority.
ObjectiveTo explore the effect of clinical nursing pathway on rehabilitation indicators in patients who had undergone transurethral resection of prostate (TURP). MethodsA total of 241 patients underwent TURP between July 2010 and March 2014 were randomly divided into path group (121 cases) and control group (120 cases). The nursing results of the two groups were observed. ResultsThe complication rate of bladder spasm, secondary hemorrhage, urethral stricture in path group were lower than those in the control group with significant differences (P<0.05). ConclusionThe performance of clinical nursing pathway on TURP patients may reduce the complications rate, and promote the health economics indicators and quality of care.
Objective To design nursing record sheet for day surgery in the Department of Ophthalmology and evaluate its effect through clinical application. Methods The nursing record sheet for day surgery in the Department of Ophthalmology was designed based on the theory of forms and record control, using the method of process analysis and process reengineering and taking into consideration the characteristics of nursing care during day surgery in the Department of Ophthalmology. The adverse event rate in nursing for ophthalmologic surgery and the satisfaction rate of operating room nurses were calculated before and after the application of this record sheet. Results From July to October 2015, the Department of Ophthalmology was involved in 9 cases (7.96%) of adverse events resulting from drawbacks of the nursing record design or mistakes in recording. From November 2015 to February 2016, the Department of Ophthalmology was involved in only 1 case (1.28%) of advense event resulting from defect caused by nuring record sheet; the difference was significant (P < 0.05). From July to October 2015, the satisfaction rate of oph thalmologic nurses before using the nursing record sheet was 54.33%, which was significantly improved to 98.71% from November 2015 to February 2016 after the utilization of the nursing record sheet. Conclusion The nursing record sheet for day surgery in the Department of Ophthalmology has been appropriately designed and is easy to use, which can improve the quality of surgery nursing as well as the satisfaction of operating room nurses.
ObjectiveTo explore the effect of patient safety education course on the undergraduate nursing students in terms of knowledge, attitude and skills about patient safety. MethodsWe enrolled five-year undergraduates admitted to Wannan Medical College in 2009. Eighty two nursing students who took part in the elective course of patient safety education course at the first semester of the seniors were selected as the observation group; while the other 359 nursing students who did not took part in the course were selected as the control group. The questionnaire method was performed to investigate the knowledge, attitude and skills about patient safety before and after the course. ResultsThere were significant higher scores in the observation group than in the control group in the following domains:"Knowledge of medical errors" and "What should I do after medical errors occur?". ConclusionSetting up "patient safety education" course could significantly improve the knowledge, attitude and skills about patient safety for undergraduate nursing students.
ObjectiveTo carry out health education to day surgery patients, assist the smoothness of their operation, promote early recovery of patients and improve the quality of nursing and patients' degree of satisfaction. MethodsA total of 1 888 operations from January to May, 2013 were chosen to be the control group; and 2 136 operations from January to May, 2014 were regarded as the trail group. Patients in the control group accepted routine nursing and health education, while patients in the trail group accepted health education before and after surgery, and through telephone during the follow-up period. ResultsThe rate of failure to keep the appointment, the readmission rates, and the satisfaction rate to the nursing work were 0.28%, 0.94% and 94.71% respectively in the trial group, while were 3.50%, 3.07%, and 90.20%, respectively in the control group. the differeces between the two groups were significant (P<0.05). ConclusionPersonalized health education can ensure the smooth operation of day surgery, advance wound healing of the patients, and improve the day surgery ward care quality and patient satisfaction.
Objective To analyze the clinical effect of individualized pain nursing intervention on the pain relieving after ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) . Methods From March to June 2017, a total of 180 ambulatory LC patients were selected and randomly asigned into the control group and the intervention group with 90 cases in each group. Parecoxib sodium (40 mg) was preoperatively administrated half an hour before the surgery to the patients in both of the two groups. The patients in the control group were treated with routine nursing intervention, while the ones in the intervention group were given individualized pain nursing interventions, including regular pain assessment, preoperative pain health guidance, enhanced education for pain related knowledge, and following the nursing theory of enhanced recovery after surgery. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to measure the degree of postoperative pain, and the data of dormant pain were collected. Results There was no significant difference between the two groups in VAS one hour after the operation (P>0.05); the VAS scores 2, 6 and 12 hours after the operation gradually decreased in the two groups (P<0.05), and the scores of patients in the intervention group were much lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The time of pain relieving in the intervention group and the control group was (3.25±1.72) and (5.39±2.06) hours, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The incidence of dormant pain in the intervention group (12.2%) was lower than that in the control group (33.3%), and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Individualized pain nursing interventions can effectively alleviate the postoperative pain and improve the quality of sleep in ambulatory LC patients.