Does requiring passwords to protect privacy when providing patient information over the telephone increase patient and family satisfaction?

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.

Sokol, D K, and JCar. “Patient confidentiality and telephone consultations: time for a password.” Journal of medical ethics 32.12 (2006):688-9.

Lewis, Kathleen, and ChristineOlah. “Ring! Ring!: safeguarding patient information with password protection for phone calls.” American journal of nursing 109.11 Suppl (2009):33-4.

Pérez Cárceles, M D, et al. “Balancing confidentiality and the information provided to families of patients in primary care.” Journal of medical ethics 31.9 (2005):531-5. 

 

 

 

Use of eye masks and earplugs to promote sleep and reduce delirium in ICU patients

The following search will find 9 articles when copied and pasted and run in PubMed. You may start with the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library homepage at http://health.library.emory.edu/ and then click “PubMed” or you may use this direct link to Emory’s instance of PubMed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?otool=emorylib.

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What is the effectiveness of continuous renal replacement therapy in reducing hyperkalemia?

Early implementation of continuous renal replacement therapy optimizes casualty evacuation for combat-related acute kidney injury.” The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 75.2 (2013):S210.

Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).” The Internet journal of anesthesiology 21.1 (2009)

Metabolic and nutritional aspects of acute renal failure in critically ill patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy.” Nutrition in clinical practice 20.2 (2005):176.

Brooks G Potassium additive algorithm for use in continuous renal replacement therapy. Nursing in Critical Care (NURS CRIT CARE), 2006 Nov-Dec; 11 (6): 273-80. (24 ref)

Zonies, David, et al. “Early implementation of continuous renal replacement therapy optimizes casualty evacuation for combat-related acute kidney injury.” The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 75.2 Suppl 2 (2013):S210-4.

Jones, Sarah L, and Mark A JDevonald. “How acute kidney injury is investigated and managed in UK intensive care units–a survey of current practice.” Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation 28.5 (2013):1186-90.

Lee, Chia-Ying, Huang-ChiehYeh, and Ching-YuangLin. “Treatment of critically ill children with kidney injury by sustained low-efficiency daily diafiltration.” Pediatric nephrology 27.12 (2012):2301-9.

Trends in stem cell transplantation as an upcoming therapy for diabetes mellitus type 1.

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

Chhabra, Preeti, and Kenneth LBrayman. “Stem cell therapy to cure type 1 diabetes: from hype to hope.” Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2.5 (2013):328-36.

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.

Stanekzai, Jamil, Esma RIsenovic, and Shaker AMousa. “Treatment options for diabetes: potential role of stem cells.” Diabetes research and clinical practice 98.3 (2012):361-8.

D’Addio, Francesca, et al. “Autologous nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in new-onset type 1 diabetes: a multicenter analysis.” Diabetes 63.9 (2014):3041-6.

Zhao, Yong, et al. “New type of human blood stem cell: a double-edged sword for the treatment of type 1 diabetes.” Translational Research 155.5 (2010):211-6.

Domínguez Bendala, Juan, et al. “Concise review: mesenchymal stem cells for diabetes.” Stem Cells Translational Medicine 1.1 (2012):59-63.

Does education improve nursing recruitment or nursing retention?

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.

Gutekunst, Marie-Claude, JeanineDelucca, and Beth AKessler. “The use of an advanced medical-surgical course for the retention and professional development of medical-surgical nurses in an acute care hospital.” The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 43.7 (2012):309-14. 

Cockerham, Janine, et al. “Supporting newly hired nurses: a program to increase knowledge and confidence while fostering relationships among the team.” Nursing forum 46.4 (2011):231-9.

Halfer, Diana. “Job embeddedness factors and retention of nurses with 1 to 3 years of experience.” The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 42.10 (2011):468-76.

Lampe, Kayla, KarenStratton, and Julie RWelsh. “Evaluating orientation preferences of the generation Y new graduate nurse.” Journal for nurses in staff development 27.4 (2011):E6-9.

Schaar, Gina L, et al. “Nursing sabbatical in the acute care hospital setting: a cost-benefit analysis.” The Journal of nursing administration 42.6 (2012):340-4.

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What are the patient safety concerns for administration of epoprostenol?

Kingman, Martha S.; Chin, Kelly. Safety Recommendations for Administering Intravenous Prostacyclins in the Hospital.
Critical Care Nurse (CRIT CARE NURSE), 2013 Oct; 33 (5): 32-41. (37 ref)

Fuentes, Amaris; Coralic, Aida; Dawson, Kyle L. A new epoprostenol formulation for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AM J HEALTH SYST PHARM AJHP), 2012 Aug 15; 69 (16): 1389-93.

Buckley, Mitchell S, et al. “Clinical utility of treprostinil in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: an evidence-based review.” Core evidence 9(2014):71-80.

Sitbon, Olivier, et al. “EPITOME-2: An open-label study assessing the transition to a new formulation of intravenous epoprostenol in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.” The American heart journal 167.2 (2014):210-7.

Shirai, Yuichiro, et al. “Intravenous epoprostenol treatment of patients with connective tissue disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension at a single center.” Modern rheumatology 23.6 (2013):1211-20.

Fuentes, Amaris, Aida Coralic, and Kyle L. Dawson. “A new epoprostenol formulation for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.” American journal of health-system pharmacy 69.16 (2012):1389-93.

Oudiz, Ronald J, and Harrison WFarber. “Dosing considerations in the use of intravenous prostanoids in pulmonary arterial hypertension: an experience-based review.” The American heart journal 157.4 (2009):625-35.

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Searched PubMed, DynaMed, and CINAHL. Keywords: Epoprostenol, patient safety, administration

What is the effect of music therapy on pain (or stress reduction) during dressing changes?

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)

Tan, Xueli, et al. “The efficacy of music therapy protocols for decreasing pain, anxiety, and muscle tension levels during burn dressing changes: a prospective randomized crossover trial.” Journal of burn care & research 31.4 (2010):590-7.

Nilsson, S, and A-CRenning. “Pain management during wound dressing in children.” Nursing standard 26.32 (2012):50-5.

Protacio, Judith. “Patient-directed music therapy as an adjunct during burn wound care.” Critical care nurse 30.2 (2010):74-6.

Cole, Linda C, and GeriLoBiondo Wood. “Music as an adjuvant therapy in control of pain and symptoms in hospitalized adults: a systematic review.” Pain management nursing 15.1 (2014):406-25.

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:

Effectiveness of music therapy as an adjunct to pharmacological pain relief in post-op patients