Nurses' experiences and attitudes towards family witnessed resuscitation an accident and emergency units in two South African hospitals

A research report is submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing Johannesburg, 2015Background: Family witnessed resuscitation is a practise that is internationally growing and nurses’ attitudes and experiences influence this practice. Aim: To determine the experiences and attitudes of nurses towards family witnessed resuscitation in an accident and emergency unit and to make recommendations towards the development of a family witnessed resuscitation protocol based on the results of the first objective. Design: Descriptive quantitative research design. The population was comprised of accident and emergency nurses who all met the inclusion criteria, with a sample size of n=76. Methods: South African Accident and Emergency nurses completed a self-administered questionnaire which was aimed at determining their experiences and attitudes towards family witnessed resuscitation. The questionnaire was divided into four sections. The first section was demographic data, the second section investigated nurses experiences on family witnessed resuscitation, the third section further examined the nurses attitudes of family witnessed resuscitation, which comprised 5 point Likert Scale questions ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. An open-ended question was also added (section 4) to allow nurses to expand upon their experiences and attitudes towards family witnessed resuscitation. Results: Of the total sample (n=76), the majority (67.1%; n=49) of respondents reported that they had not experienced a situation in which family members were present during resuscitation. In addition, only six (n=6; 8.0%) respondents had offered the family an opportunity to be present at the bedside during resuscitation and 55.4% (n=42) reported that family members had not requested to be present during CPR. Most (86.5%; n=64) of the respondents reported that there was no written policy or protocol regarding family presence during resuscitation in the two academic hospitals. An overwhelming (86.8%; n=66) of the respondents believed the family members should not be offered the opportunity to be present during CPR. Furthermore 77.6% (n=59) of respondents indicated that family presence during CPR was not common practice, 77.6% (n=59) did not find family presence beneficial for the patient. When asked whether family members might decide to stop CPR, the majority (88.2%) of respondents disagreed and 11.8% agreed. Upon unsuccessful CPR, 65.8% (n=50) of nurses believed being present would not help the family members grieving process and 46.1% (n=35) were concerned that their emotional readjustment would be prolonged. Conclusion: It can be concluded from the study that accident and emergency nurses of two academic hospitals in the Gauteng Province have not experienced family witnessed resuscitation, furthermore, there were no written policies or protocols regarding family witnessed resuscitation. Relevance to clinical practice: It is recommended that policies or protocols towards family witnessed resuscitation be developed. Furthermore the resuscitation team need to be in- serviced on this internationally recognised practise to promote good patient care delivery in the accident and emergency unit

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Inpatients' experiences of care in psychiatric care units : a litterature review

Bakgrund: Inom psykiatrisk vård är det viktigt att respektera patientens personliga förväntningar och mål för att uppnå goda behandlingsresultat och för att patienterna ska känna sig tillfreds med den vård de erhåller. Sjuksköterskan bör underlätta för patienter att kommunicera om sina besvär, stödja patienten att analysera destruktivt beteende, stödja patienten att skapa en normal daglig livsföring samt främja patientens integritet och egenvård. Trots detta upplever inte patienterna att detta uppfylls alla gånger. Syfte: Syftet med denna litteraturöversikt var att undersöka patienter med psykisk ohälsa med fokus på deras upplevelser av vården på psykiatriska vårdavdelningar.  Metod: I denna litteraturöversikt har författarna använt tio vetenskapliga artiklar för att besvara syftet. Dessa har granskats för att förstå skillnader och likheter och sedan delats in i teman. Resultat: Tre teman och tre underteman påvisades i denna litteraturöversikt. Ett tema var patienters upplevelser av att bli eller inte bli behandlad med respekt med undertemana patienters upplevelser av stigmatisering samt patienters upplevelser av vårdande miljö. Det andra temat var upplevelser av personalens förhållningssätt med undertemat patienters upplevelser av vårdande relationer. Det tredje och sista temat var patienters upplevelser av trygghet. Diskussion: I diskussionen diskuterar författarna patienters upplevelser på psykiatriska vårdavdelningar samt hur dessa påverkar dem. Författarna kom fram till fyra områden; patienters upplevelser av maktlöshet vid stigmatisering, vårdandets och miljöns påverkan på känslor av trygghet, självbestämmandets betydelse samt betydelsen av delaktighet. Dessa områden diskuterades och jämfördes med befintlig forskning och knöts an till Phil Barkers tidvattenmodell.Background: In psychiatric care, it is important to respect the patients’ personal expectations and goals in order to achieve good treatment outcomes and to make patients feel satisfied with the care. The nurse should help patients to communicate about their inconveniences, support the patient to analyze destructive behaviors, support the patient to create a normal daily life routine and promote patients’ integrity and self-care. However, patients do not experience this in psychiatric care. Aim: The aim of this literature review was to explore patients with mental illness focusing on their experiences of care in psychiatric care units. Method: In this literature review the authors used ten scientific papers to answer the aim of the review. These articles have been examined to understand differences and similarities and then the authors performed a thematic analysis. Results: Three themes and three subthemes were identified in this literature review. The first theme was patients’ experiences of being or not being treated with respect with the associated subthemes patients’ experiences of stigmatization and patients’ experiences of the health care environment. The second theme was the experience of the staff's attitude with the associated subtheme patients’ experiences of caring relationship. The third and last theme was patients’ experiences of safety. Discussion: The authors discussed patients' experiences in psychiatric care units and how these experiences affect the patients. The discussion emphasized four areas; patients experiences of powerlessness in stigmatization, the healthcare’s and the environment's impact on feelings of safety, the importance of self-determination and the importance of participation. These areas were discussed and compared to existing research and also linked to Phil Barker's tidal model

Manobras para o tratamento da vertigem posicional paroxística benigna: revisão sistemática da literatura Maneuvers for the treatment of benign positional paroxysmal vertigo: a systematic review

A Vertigem Posicional Paroxística Benigna (VPPB) é uma das mais freqüentes patologias do sistema vestibular e é caracterizada por episódios de vertigens recorrentes desencadeados por movimentos da cabeça ou mudanças posturais. Há várias opções para o seu tratamento, porém as efetividades terapêuticas das mesmas permanecem controversas. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a efetividade terapêutica das manobras específicas disponíveis para o tratamento da VPPB. METODOLOGIA: Realizou-se uma busca eletrônica nas principais bases de dados, selecionando-se estudos clínicos randomizados envolvendo adultos com diagnóstico de VPPB confirmado com o teste de Dix-Hallpike e tratamento com manobras específicas (Epley ou Semont, por exemplo). Considerou-se como desfecho clínico a negativação do teste de Dix-Hallpike e a melhora das queixas subjetivas. Agruparam-se em metanálise os estudos com Escala de Jadad igual ou superior a três. RESULTADOS: Cinco estudos clínicos preencheram os critérios de inclusão, ou seja, ensaios randomizados de fase I comparando a manobra de Epley com placebos e controles. A metanálise mostra evidência dos efeitos benéficos da manobra de Epley para o tratamento do canal semicircular posterior (magnitude do efeito de 0,11 [IC 95% 0.05, 0.26] de melhora objetiva (Dix-Halpike) após uma semana, 0.24 [IC 95% 0.13, 0.45] após um mês e 0.16 [IC 95% 0.08, 0.33] de melhora referida pelos pacientes após a primeira semana). CONCLUSÃO: Evidencia-se boa eficácia clínica da manobra de Epley para o tratamento da VPPB do canal semicircular posterior. Contrariamente, trabalhos com a manobra de Semont e as propostas de manejo dos demais canais semicirculares não obtiveram qualidade metodológica satisfatória, não sendo possível demonstrar a efetividade dos mesmos.<br>Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most frequent diseases of the vestibular system and it is characterized by episodes of recurrent vertigo triggered by head movements or position changes. There are several approaches for treatment, but efficacy is still being discussed. AIM: To asses the effectiveness of the specific maneuvers available to the treatment of BPPV. METHODOLOGY: An electronic search at the main databases, including MEDLINE, LILACS, PEDro, Cochrane Collaborations Database was performed, and we selected only randomized clinical trials studying adults with diagnosis of BPPV confirmed by the Dix-Hallpike test. The trials should have included physical maneuvers such as Epley and Semont. The main outcome was Dix-Hallpike negative test and the changes to subjective complaints. The trials were assessed using Jadad’s scale and only studies with quality scores equal or above 3 were pooled on a meta-analyses to assess their effectiveness. RESULTS: We found five controlled clinical trials phase I comparing the Epley’s maneuver with controls or placebo. The meta-analysis showed positive evidence of Epley’s maneuver to the posterior semicircular canal (effect size = 0.11 [CI 95% 0.05, 0.26] of objective improvement [Dix-Halpike] within one week, 0.24 [CI 95% 0.13, 0.45] within one month and 0.16 [CI 95% 0.08, 0.33] of improvement reported by the patients within one week. There are no studies about the efficacy of Semont’s maneuver. CONCLUSION: There is scientific evidence showing good efficacy of Epley’s maneuver in the treatment