I searched PubMed and CINAHL with these concepts: (patient information AND (telephone OR caller) AND (privacy OR confidentiality).
To look at the search results, please go to http://tinyurl.com/mwx94pu
The following three articles were selected for you.
I searched Pubmed using these search terms (stem cell transplantion OR mesenchymal stem cell transplantation) AND (diabetes mellitus type 1) with emphasis on children. See additional Pubmed references
Hu, Jianxia, et al. “Long term effects of the implantation of Wharton’s jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells from the umbilical cord for newly-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus.” endocrine journal 60.3 (2013):347-57.
I searched PubMed using these search terms: (nurses OR hospital staff nursing) AND (recruitment OR retention) AND (inservice training OR continuing education OR nursing residency OR mentoring). The evidence suggests that many types of educational formats may improve nursing recruitiment/nursing retention.
The majority of search results focused on music therapy reducing pain or stress during dressing changes in burn patients.
Evidence Summaries
Joanna Briggs
Burns Pain (Adults): Non-Pharmacological Management. Miller, Kate [BOccTh PhD]. Kipping, Belinda [BOccTh MPhil]. Gray, Paul [MBBS PhD FANZCA FFPMANZCA]. Schug, Stephan. Munn, Zachary [PhD]. [Recommended Practices] 2014
This study reports that generally there is a lack of high quality evidence for nonpharmacological interventions reducing stress or pain in burn patients.
Literature search in PubMed was more specific to music therapy:
My search strategy was (“Bandages”[Mesh] OR bandages OR biological dressings OR occlusive dressings) AND music therapy AND (pain OR stress)
See addititonal PubMed references by clicking on this link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/collections/public/1PQtun_Aiz3ViSsu-3u3inwQm/
Searching other databases like CINAHL and PsycINFO did not produce any new results.
See also this post in the blog:
Systematic review: According to Crowley’s systematic review, 23 studies using CONSORT 2001, (consolidated standards of reporting trials), were identified. There were deficiencies in these studies as far sample size calculation and randomization concerning under reporting of blinding. Neither regional and local anesthesia nor epidural and femoral nerve block has reduced hospital length of stay.
RCTs published after the review
Ward, James P, et al. “Are femoral nerve blocks effective for early postoperative pain management after hip arthroscopy?.” Arthroscopy 28.8 (2012):1064-1069.
shed after the Crowley article based on a small sample size of 36 subjects, concludes that based on all criteria the femoral nerve block is a good alternative to routine narcotic pain medication for hip arthroplasty.
Spangehl MJ, et al. The Chitranjan Ranawat Award: Periarticular Injections and Femoral Sciatic Blocks Provide Similar Pain Relief After TKA: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Orthop Relat Res 473.1 (2015 Jan):45-53.
160 patients undergoing knee arthoplasty received either femoral block or periarticular injection (PAI). LOS was 2.44 days for the PAI group and 2.84 days for the femoral block group.
Mahadevan D, et al. Combined femoral and sciatic nerve block vs combined femoral and periarticular infiltration in total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial. J Arthroplasty. 2012 Dec;27(10):1806-11.
Fifty-two patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty all received femoral nerve block. They were randomized to also receive either sciatic block or periarticular injection. LOS was 5.5 v. 6 days.
I did a search in PubMed with these search terms (career mobility OR clinical ladders) AND (nursing staff hospital) and retrieved these references:
Adeniran RK, Bhattacharya A, Adeniran AA. Professional excellence and career advancement in nursing: a conceptual framework for clinical leadership development. Nurs Adm Q. 2012 Jan-Mar;36(1):41-51. doi:
Beglinger JE, Hauge B, Krause S, Ziebarth L. Shaping future nurse leaders through shared governance. Nurs Clin North Am. 2011 Mar;46(1):129-35. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2010.10.003. Epub 2010 Dec. 17.
Adeniran RK1, Bhattacharya A, Adeniran AA. Professional excellence and career advancement in nursing: a conceptual framework for clinical leadership development. Nurs Adm Q. 2012 Jan-Mar;36(1):41-51. doi: 10.1097/NAQ.0b013e31823b0fec.
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