Enabling professional and personal growth among home care nurses through using the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention-An interpretive descriptive study.

AIM: To explore nurses' experiences of supporting family caregivers in specialised home care while learning to use the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention. BACKGROUND: The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention can provide guidance for discussions with family caregivers in specialised home care concerning their specific support needs. Little attention has been paid to how nurses experience the use of the intervention in their everyday practice. DESIGN: This longitudinal study adopted an inductive qualitative approach using interpretive description. METHODS: Interviews were conducted at two time points. A total of 22 interviews took place with 12 nurses recruited from six specialised home care services. Data were analysed using interpretive description. RESULTS: Nurses' everyday clinical practice changed while learning to use the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention, and they experienced professional and personal growth. Their supportive inputs shifted from being reactive towards being more proactive. Their approach changed from taking on great professional responsibility, towards a shared responsibility with family caregivers. The support altered from ad hoc contacts in the hallway, towards scheduled trustful conversations. Nurses were concerned about the amount of time and energy this kind of support might require. They pointed to the importance of holding good nursing skills to conduct this new way of having conversations. CONCLUSION: Nurses' everyday clinical practice can be further developed through the use of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention. Nurses may develop both professionally and personally, increasing their ability to provide person-centred support. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: With the use of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention, nurses can create trusting conversations with family caregivers of patients with life-threatening illnesses cared for in specialised home care. REPORTING METHOD: Reporting of the study follows the Consolidated Criteria For Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist (File S1). PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Participating nurses were involved in discussing the study design.

Effect of psychological nursing intervention combined with acupressure on postoperative recovery of women after cesarean section.

BACKGROUND: Psychological intervention nursing (PIN) has been considered to have a curative effect on cesarean section (CS) postoperative recovery. However, the therapeutic mechanisms remain obscure. AIM: To explore the effects of PIN combined with acupressure massage on CS postoperative recovery. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted on 150 pregnant women admitted to an obstetrics department between January 2020 and January 2023. The control group (CG) received acupressure therapy (n = 73), and the intervention group (IG) received acupressure therapy and PIN therapy (n = 77). Postoperative recovery time was assessed by anal-exhausting, defecation, bed activity, breastfeeding, and hospital stay times. Adverse effects, including infection, bleeding, limb numbness, intrauterine hematoma, urinary retention, and venous thromboembolism, were recorded. the pain visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the degree of pain. Anxiety and depression status were qualitatively assessed using the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS), and Edinburgh postpartum depression scale (EPDS). The Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) was used to compare sleep quality between the groups. RESULTS: The baseline data and SAS, SDS, EPDS, and PSQI scores did not significantly differ before CS (P > 0.05) and neither did complication rates between the two groups after CS (P > 0.05). However, anal-exhausting, defecation, waking up, breastfeeding, and hospitalization times were significantly shorter for participants in the IG than those for participants in the CG (P < 0.05). The VAS, SAS, SDS, EPDS, and PSQI scores of the IG were significantly lower than those of the CG (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: PIN, combined with acupressure massage, effectively promotes maternal recovery, reduces post-CS pain, and improves postoperative negative emotions and sleeping quality.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of psychological intervention nursing on the quality of life of breast cancer patients.

Background: With the increasing incidence of breast cancer, breast cancer patients suffered from psychological problems in different degrees. There was no unified conclusion on whether psychological intervention nursing can improve the quality of life (QOL) of breast cancer patients. This meta-analysis aimed to explore the impact of psychological nursing interventions on the quality of life of breast cancer patients. Methods: We retrieved related articles from both English databases (including PubMed, Medline, and Embase) and Chinese databases [including China Biology Medicine DISC (CBMdisc), China National Knowledge Network (CNKI), Wanfang, and China Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP]. All of the databases were searched using a combination of the following search terms: psychological intervention nursing, psychological nursing, psychotherapy, breast loss, radical mastectomy, modified radical mastectomy, and quality of life. The quality of the included literature was assessed using RevMan 5.3 provided by the Cochrane system. Results: A total of 12 articles were included, and the meta-analysis results showed that the quality of life questionnaire core 30 (QLQ-C 30) was evaluated, and there was heterogeneity among the studies (P<0.00001, I2=92%). There was no statistical difference between the intervention group and the control group [standardized mean difference (SMD) =0.58, 95% confidence interval (CI): -0.11-1.27, P=0.10]. Short Form 36 Questionnaire (SF-36) was evaluated, and there was no heterogeneity among the studies (P=0.40, I2=0%). The fixed effect model was used for Meta-analysis. There were statistical differences between the intervention group and the control group [mean difference (MD) =6.12, 95% CI: 5.17-7.06, P<0.00001]. According to the evaluation of functional assessment of cancer therapy (FACT), there is heterogeneity among the studies (P=0.003, I2=83%). There were statistical differences between the intervention group and the control group (MD =12.74, 95% CI: 6.34-19.14, P<0.0001). Discussion: Psychological nursing intervention can significantly improve the quality of life of patients with missing breasts undergoing radical mastectomy, which has certain guiding significance for the formulation of clinically effective nursing measures.

Effect of crisis intervention nursing on perioperative psychological state and self-efficacy of patients undergoing laparoscopic radical hysterectomy.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of crisis intervention nursing on perioperative psychological state and self-efficacy of patients with laparoscopic radical hysterectomy. METHOD: A total of 151 cervical cancer patients that underwent laparoscopic radical surgery during January 2018 to March 2020 in our hospital were selected as the research objects. The patients were divided into control group (n=73) and observation group (n=78) according to treatment regimen. The control group received conventional nursing measures, and the observation group was treated with crisis intervention nursing in addition to the traditional measures. The changes of psychological state, self-efficacy, psychological crisis, hope degree before and after intervention, and the satisfaction of the two groups with nursing care were compared. RESULTS: The scores of HAMA, HAMD, self-efficacy, psychological crisis and hope degree in the two groups were remarkably improved after intervention compared with before intervention (all P<0.05), and the improvement of each index in observation group was obviously superior to that in control group (P<0.05). After intervention, the satisfaction to nursing care in observation group was dramatically higher than that in control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The application of crisis intervention nursing on patients with laparoscopic radical hysterectomy is conductive to alleviating the adverse emotions such as anxiety and depression, reducing their sense of psychological crisis, improving the self-efficacy and hope degree of curing disease, as well as the satisfaction rate with the nursing care, which is worthy of clinical application.

The development of intervention nursing in China.

Intervention nursing emerged in China in the 1980s. It has been developing rapidly since then, along with interventional radiology, and has become an indispensable professional discipline in clinical nursing. In this paper, the author focuses on the initiation and development of intervention wards in a Chinese context and how the development of the topic in scientific research, periodical publications, and academic exchanges shows that intervention nursing in China is moving toward specialization, standardization, and scientificalization, and is gradually getting known in the international intervention nursing community via these international conferences which provide a platform for the exchange of innovative ideas.

Uso de tecnologías de información y comunicación para promover la autogestión de ulceras por pie diabético / Use of information and communication technologies to promote self-management of diabetic foot ulcers

Introducción: El uso de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación en las intervenciones educativas de enfermería facilita los procesos de autogestión para lograr la adaptación en las condiciones crónicas de salud. Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto de una intervención educativa de enfermería para promover la autogestión en la prevención de ulceras por pie diabético en adultos diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en Colombia mediante la inclusión de las tecnologías de la Información y comunicación. Materiales y métodos: Estudio cuasi experimental con medición pre y post intervención realizado con 82 adultos que asistían a la consulta de enfermedades crónicas de un hospital de segundo nivel de atención en el departamento de Boyacá Colombia Los grupos fueron asignados aleatoriamente a los grupos experimental y comparación. Los datos fueron recolectados a partir de una ficha de caracterización y un cuestionario de autogestión. Resultados: No hubo diferencias significativas entre los dos grupos de experimental y comparación en términos de puntaje de autogestión, previo a la intervención. Sin embargo, el puntaje promedio de autogestión del grupo experimental fue significativamente mayor que el del grupo control 6 semanas después de la intervención (p<0.005) el resultado primario fueron los comportamientos de autogestión dados desde el cuidado de los pies. Se usaron las pruebas no paramétricas de Wilcoxon y Mann Whitney. Discusión: Las intervenciones de enfermería deben soportarse en enfoques teóricos propios de la disciplina, que permita visualizar resultados específicos, en este caso la autogestión la cual requiere de estrategias como el conocimiento, la habilidad y el soporte social que apoyaran la adaptación para las situaciones de enfermedad crónica. Conclusión: La intervención educativa a partir del uso de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación mejoro la autogestión para la prevención de heridas en pie diabético, logrando las personas un cambio en su comportamiento.

Introduction: Using information and communication technologies in nursing educational interventions facilitates self-management processes to adapt to chronic health conditions. Objetive:To evaluate the effect of a nursing educational intervention to promote self-management and prevent diabetic foot ulcers in Colombian adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus through information and communication technologies. Materials and Methods:A quasi-experimental, pre- and post-intervention study was conducted with 82 adults attending the chronic patient consultation of a second-level hospital in the department of Boyacá, Colombia. Participants were randomly allocated to the experimental and comparison groups. Results: There were no significant differences between the experimental and the comparison groups in terms of preintervention self-management scores. However, the experimental group's mean self-management score was significantly higher than the control group's six weeks after the intervention (p<0.005); the primary outcome was self-management behaviors from foot care. Nonparametric Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney tests were used. Discussion:Nursing interventions should be supported by theoretical approaches specific to the discipline, which allow visualizing specific results, in this case self-management, which requires strategies such as knowledge, skills and social support that will support adaptation to situations of chronic illness. Conclusions: The educational intervention based on the use of information and communication technologies improved self-management for preventing diabetic foot injuries, achieving a change in people's behavior.

Introdução: O uso de tecnologias de informação e comunicação nas intervenções educativas de enfermagem facilita os processos de autogestão para alcançar a adaptação em condições crônicas de saúde. Objetivo: Avaliar o efeito de uma intervenção educativa de enfermagem para promover o autogerenciamento na prevenção de úlceras do pé diabético em adultos com diabetes mellitus tipo 2 na Colômbia por meio da inclusão de tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Materiais e métodos: Estudo quase experimental com mensuração pré e pós-intervenção realizado com 82 adultos atendidos no ambulatório de doenças crônicas de um hospital de atenção secundária do departamento de Boyacá, Colômbia. Os grupos foram aleatoriamente designados para o experimento e comparação grupos. Os dados foram coletados a partir de uma ficha de caracterização e de um questionário de autogestão. Resultados: não houve diferenças significativas entre os dois grupos experimental e de comparação quanto ao escore de autogestão, antes da intervenção. No entanto, a pontuação média de autogerenciamento do grupo experimental foi significativamente maior do que a do grupo controle 6 semanas após a intervenção (p<0,005), sendo o desfecho primário os comportamentos de autogestão dados a partir do cuidado com os pés. Foram utilizados os testes não paramétricos de Wilcoxon e Mann Whitney. Discussão: As intervenções de enfermagem devem ser apoiadas por abordagens teóricas específicas da disciplina, que permitam a visualização de resultados específicos, neste caso a autogestão que requer estratégias tais como conhecimentos, competências e apoio social que apoiem a adaptação a situações de doença crónica. Conclusões: A intervenção educativa baseada no uso de tecnologias de informação e comunicação melhorou a autogestão para a prevenção de lesões no pé diabético, proporcionando às pessoas uma mudança no seu comportamento.