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BMJ Journals

Table of contents

October 2010 - Volume 13 - 4

Evidence Based Nursing: 13 (4)

Purpose and procedure

Purpose and procedure (1 May, 2010) Free

Aetiology

Prospective cohort study: Use of oral contraceptives is not associated with increased risk of death in the UK; a net benefit in all-cause mortality was seen in ever users versus never users – RR 0.88, 95% CI 0.82 to 0.93 (20 September, 2010)
Jane Clarke

Healthcare economics

Cost-effectiveness study: Increasing nurse staffing levels in cardiac surgery centres appears to be a cost effective patient safety intervention (30 July, 2010) Free
Patricia A Hickey

Prevalence

Cohort study: Nineteen per cent of paediatric inpatient medication orders were associated with administration errors and 13.2% had prescribing errors in five London hospitals (5 August, 2010)
Jason Hall
Cross-sectional: National survey shows the majority of nurses use very little research in the first 2 years after their graduation, highlighting a gap between research and clinical practice (30 July, 2010)
Susan B Stillwell
Cross sectional: US survey finds higher availability of palliative care programs, palliative physicians and consultation teams and palliative outpatient services in National Cancer Institute centres compared to non-NCI centres (30 July, 2010)
Margaret M Mahon
Cross sectional study: In surveyed Australian medical-surgical units about a third of nurses on perceive emotional abuse in recent shifts and a fifth report actual violence; perception of violence in the workplace is associated with unstable or negative working conditions and adverse patient outcomes (14 June, 2010)
Joy Lyneham
Cross-sectional: Severe adverse reactions are rare with infusions of infliximab in a community setting (28 September, 2010)
Yusuf Yazici
Cross-sectional study: Survey finds only 15% of emergency departments have formal alcohol screening and intervention policies for trauma patients (16 August, 2010) Free
Paolo Deluca

Prognosis

Prospective cohort study: Activity levels inversely associated with weight gain in women only when BMI is less than 25 (5 August, 2010)
Manfred Stommel
Cohort: Nurses rate readiness for discharge higher than patients do, and nurses scores predict readmission or ED utilisation after discharge better than patient self-assessment (5 August, 2010)
Desley Gail Hegney

Qualitative

Cross sectional study: Survey of people with type 2 diabetes shows the majority prefer diabetes education to be given during regular diabetes check-ups; other education preferences and opinions on self-care vary depending on patient characteristics (28 July, 2010)
Warren Gillibrand
Systematic review: Limited literature available regarding the role of nurses, midwives and health visitors in development and implementation of protocol-based care (30 July, 2010)
Debra Bick, Jo Rycroft-Malone
Cross sectional survey: Different attitudes towards mental health revealed in a survey of nurses across five European countries; more positive attitudes found in Portugal, in women and in those in senior roles (30 July, 2010)
Mark Haddad
Cross-sectional: Small survey finds that new mothers use self-care approaches to manage fatigue more often than other strategies such as seeking help from others (16 August, 2010)
Jane Fisher

Quality improvement

Randomised controlled trial: Computer-assisted module for nursing students provides similar improvements in handwashing knowledge and may improve handwashing practice compared with face-to-face teaching (5 August, 2010)
Mary Chambers

Therapeutics

Treatment

Randomised controlled trial: Care management increases the use of primary and medical care services by people with severe mental illness in community mental health settings (22 June, 2010)
Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow, Angela Albright

Republished from DTB

Update on treatments for head lice (20 September, 2010)

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