Telenurse

AIM: To explore nurses' experiences of suicide risk assessment in telephone counselling (TC) in primary health care (PHC). BACKGROUND: Globally, priority is given to developing suicide prevention work in PHC. However, suicide risk assessments in TC are not included in these interventions even though these are a common duty of nurses in PHC. More expertise in the field can contribute to knowledge important for developing nurses' tasks within PHC. METHODS: A qualitative interview study was conducted with 15 nurses...

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AIM: To evaluate the effectiveness of telenursing involving nurses on the health outcomes of adults with lung cancer at home. METHODS: We conducted literature searches on PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and the Japan Medical Abstracts Society up to December 2021. Articles eligible for inclusion were (i) reporting on randomized controlled trials involving telenursing, (ii) focusing on health consultations provided by healthcare providers involving nurses, and (iii) targeting adults with lung cancer at home...

Introduction: Technological advancements have transformed nursing care, quality, and education across the globe. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the inventions and adoption of mobile technologies such as an e-health application (app) called SEHA continue to revolutionize the healthcare system in the country. Purpose: The present systematic review is aimed at examining the technological impact on nursing in Saudi Arabia. The study provides a comprehensive analysis of telehealth and its role in nursing quality, nursing practice, and education...

Aim: The increase in empty-nest elderly individuals with chronic diseases poses a major challenge to the provision of public health services in China. Telenursing can effectively relieve the pressure of public health services to a certain extent. This study aims to explore the telenursing needs of empty-nest elderly individuals with chronic diseases based on the Kano model to provide references for improving the quality of telenursing. Methods: Participants were selected from five rural communities and five urban communities in Yangzhou and Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China...

The national nursing shortage is affecting hospital leaders in their ability to employ nursing staff. Nursing staffing shortages contribute to extended nurse-to-patient ratios and increased workload for staff. Increased workload contributes to missed nursing care and correlates with increased patient length of stay, readmission rates, patient safety errors, and hospital-acquired infections. Telehealth services have shown initial improvements in care quality outcomes but have not addressed nursing workload or nursing shortages...

BACKGROUND: The nursing role significantly changed following reforms in the nurse training process. Nowadays, nurses are increasingly trained to promote and improve the quality of clinical practice and to provide support in the assistance of patients and communities. Opportunities and threats are emerging as a consequence of the introduction of new disruptive technologies in public health, which requires the health care staff to develop new digital skills. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to review and define the role of nurses and the skills they are asked to master in terms of new methodological approaches and digital knowledge in a continuously evolving health care scenario that relies increasingly more on technology and digital solutions...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to explore whether an intervention using visual telehealth improves care outcomes for residents in residential aged care facilities during acute illness events from the perspective of the nurses from residential aged care facilities and emergency departments. The intervention was the addition of visual telehealth, to an already existing outreach service called Aged Care Emergency. BACKGROUND: Older people who are residents of residential aged care facilities commonly experience potentially avoidable visits and hospitalisations...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to explore caller satisfaction with interaction, and the association to overall satisfaction with calls. BACKGROUND: In the era of expanding healthcare at distance, the telephone remains a common tool for the provision of nursing care. Interaction between telenurse and caller in telenursing is vital for safety, satisfaction and adherence reasons. Few studies have quantitatively explored interaction in calls and how it relates to overall satisfaction with calls...

OBJECTIVE: Even though telemonitoring existed prior to COVID-19, the need was accelerated for patients with COPD due to the limited medical consultations and the anxiety for being infected. To our knowledge, no qualitative study has explored the experiences of COPD patients and the potential benefits of receiving integrated telehealth nursing services during the lockdown. METHODS: Ten participants were interviewed after receiving telehealth nursing services for 3 months; data was analyzed thematically...

(1) Background: Parkinson nurses (PN) take over important functions in the telemedical care of person's with Parkinson's disease (PwPs). This requires special competencies that have so far been largely unexplored. The aim of the article is to identify competencies of PN operating in a personalized care model. (2) Methods: This study employed a qualitative approach. Based on the competency framework for telenursing, PN were asked about their competencies using a qualitative online survey. (3) Results: The results show that PN need competencies on a personal and organizational level, as well as in the relationship with PwPs...

OBJECTIVE: To develop the logical model of the Alô Enfermeiro program aiming at elucidating the existing structure, activities carried out, and expected results, allowing the program implementation systematic evaluation. METHOD: This is an evaluative study with a qualitative approach. The development of the logical model was based on systematic methodologies, constituted from the analysis of institutional documents, literature review, search for essential elements that supported the implementation of the program, and the participation of stakeholders for discussion and validation of the data obtained...

AIM: To synthesize and integrate current international knowledge regarding nursing strategies for the provision of emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken. Four English-language databases including EMBASE, PubMed (including MEDLINE), Scopus, and Web of Science were searched from January 2010 to October 2021. Original quantitative studies that were written in English and focused on nursing strategies for the provision of emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit were included...

AIM: This study aimed to assess the effects of telenursing on patients' activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs and IADLs) following a myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS: This randomized, parallel-group, controlled trial was conducted on 95 patients post-MI from 2018 to 2019. Patients were randomly assigned to the intervention (telenursing) and control groups using permuted block randomization. Through telephone calls, telenursing was performed twice a week during the first six consecutive weeks, then once a week until week 12...

BACKGROUND: Heart failure is one of the most common syndromes in the world and Iran. Caring for heart failure patients can cause a burden on their caregivers. Traditional and modern treatment techniques are often used for patients with heart failure. This study was conducted with the aim to " determine the impact of telenursing on short-term caregiver burden of patients with heart failure discharged from hospitals in Iran". METHODS: This randomized clinical trial (RCT) was undertaken in Kerman, Iran, in 2018-2019...

PURPOSE: To analyze the accuracy of the clinical indicators of the nursing diagnosis Ineffective Health Management in people with hypertension. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study. The ineffective health management was investigated in 120 people with hypertension in a referral public outpatient clinic in Brazil between August and November 2020. The accuracy measures were analyzed using Rasch analysis, considering the difficulty of clinical indicator and person's ability...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Self-management is critical to manage the glycemic and metabolic outcomes for patients with diabetes. Telehealth applications are recognized as a potential approach to promote self-management of people with type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to investigate the impact of telehealth on self-management among patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted on several databases, including PubMed, EbscoHost Medline, and Science Direct, with the keywords: Diabetes Mellitus AND Mobile-phone based OR Telemedicine OR Telehealth OR Web-based OR Telenursing AND Self-management...

OBJECTIVES: to analyze the effects of a multiprofessional remote intervention and telenursing in the treatment of obesity. METHODS: pragmatic clinical trial of intervention, conducted with obese adults. The multiprofessional remote intervention with a nurse occurred for 16 weeks through a messaging application. The application analyzed body composition, hemodynamic and laboratory variables, comparing the results obtained with the group that participated in face-to-face multiprofessional intervention without a nurse...

BACKGROUND: Telephone triage is used globally in out-of-hours primary care, to prioritize who needs urgent assessment. Even though children rarely are severely ill, calls about sick children are among the most prevalent, mainly due to parental worry. Pediatric calls are considered challenging, as the call-handler must rely on parents' second-hand information. We aimed to investigate if parents' worry can be used as a predictor of severe illness, and if the content of the calls varies between different grades of worry...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction of the use of telemedicine and telenursing in children and young adults with Type 1 Diabetes and their families followed in the Regional Pediatric Diabetes Center of Giannina Gaslini Institute (Liguria, Italy). An anonymous survey form was administered to 290 patients (138 filled out by caregivers and 152 by patients). The questionnaire consisted of two parts: the first one included a series of questions related to the patient's personal and medical data; the second one was directed toward the satisfaction in the use of telemedicine and telenursing during Covid-19 pandemic...