Table of contents

Nursing issues

• Cross-sectional study: Assessing beyond vital signs to detect early patient deterioration (19 October, 2015)

  Wei Ling Chua, Sok Ying Liaw
• Cross-sectional study: Authentic leadership influences work-life coping in new nurses (14 October, 2015) Free

  Peter Van Bogaert
• Randomised controlled trial: Simulation versus lecture? Measuring educational impact: considerations for best practice (22 October, 2015)

  Simon Cooper
• Qualitative study—other: Suffering in silence: the core theme for older parents of adult children with cancer (15 October, 2015)

  Lai Wah Lam
• Mixed methods study: Language barriers may put patients at risk during daily hospital care (19 October, 2015)

  Ian K Walsh
• Cross-sectional study: Support for presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation if it is a child or relative, though views differ by gender (20 October, 2015)

  Mae Ann Pasquale
• Qualitative study—other: What ‘a good death’ means for bereaved family carers (27 October, 2015) Free

  Evangelia (Evie) Papavasiliou, Angelos Bakogiannis
• Survey: Provision of preoperative and postoperative information increases the likelihood a person will be fully prepared for home recovery (20 November, 2015)

  Katarina Berg
• Systematic review: Culturally and linguistically diverse healthcare students can find integration into clinical placements (20 November, 2015)

  Sarah Yeun-Sim Jeong
• Systematic review with meta-analysis: Nurse-led early discharge planning for chronic disease reduces hospital readmission rates and all-cause mortality (23 December, 2015)

  Mary Fox