Risk perception among healthcare professionals working in emergency care in remote locations: a scoping review protocol by Teresa Martins, Célia Maria Queirós, Tiago Correia

“…Employing the Population, Concept, and Context dimensions, inclusion criteria were established for each dimension: Population—nurses or other healthcare professionals with overlapping roles; Concept—perception of risk; Context—remote community or site and emergency care. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of healthcare students and professionals on the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare in Pakistan. by Muhammad Mustafa Habib, Zahra Hoodbhoy, M A Rehman Siddiqui

“…This was distributed to healthcare professionals (e.g., doctors, nurses, medical students, and allied healthcare workers) working or studying in Pakistan. …”
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Psychiatric care or protection of the mental health of the nation: new approaches in reforming psychiatry by I. V. Chekhovska, S. V. Knysh, H. V. Muliar

“…These are psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, etc. At the same time, it should be focused on the profession, and not on the position or place of work in the field of mental health care. …”
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Assessing the mental health literacy of healthcare workers at a Johannesburg tertiary hospital by Carla A. Smit, Belinda S. Marais

“…Among the various professions, doctors scored highest and nurses lowest. The anaesthetic and psychiatric departments obtained the highest MHLS scores. …”
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Bullous Scabies in an Immunocompromised Host by James R. Wester, Lesley E Jackson, Kathryn Mokgosi, Tomer Barak, Mahmoud Abu Hazeem

“…Drastic improvement was seen after the patient initiated ivermectin. A local nurse in the patient’s village visited her community and found multiple individuals with active scabies infection. …”
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Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAMed) use in medical students: a literature review by Jacqueline Morgan

“…., Western J Emerg Med 337–343, 2016, Shorey et al., Nurse Educ Pract 57:103247, 2021), with many of their learning styles being applicable to the methods of study that students were faced with in the online-heavy medical curriculums due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Marshall and Wolanskyj-Spinner, Mayo Clinc Proceedings 95:1135–7, 2020). …”
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Medication stewardship in the operating theatre in Malaysia: A quality improvement project by Siti Nadzrah Yunus, Nur Haryanti Izumi Suhaimi, Ka Ting Ng, Ili Syazana Jamal Azmi, Noorjahan Haneem Md Hashim, Ina Ismiarti Shariffuddin

“…Results: Ninety-eight anaesthesia care providers participated in the survey (72.4% doctors and 27.6% anaesthetic nurses). Pre-intervention, 76.1% of respondents had experienced medication errors during their practice. …”
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A qualitative study exploring the feasibility and acceptability of computerised adaptive testing to assess and monitor children and young people’s mental health in primary care set... by Peter B Jones, Tamsin Ford, Anne-Marie Burn, Jan Stochl, Joanna Anderson, William Lan

“…Due to its speed, reliability and accessibility, it may be a valuable tool for healthcare practitioners (HCPs) working with children and young people (CYP) in primary, community and potentially secondary care settings in the future.Objective To explore whether Artemis-A would be a useful, feasible and acceptable tool for HCPs working in primary and community care settings to identify CYP’s mental health difficulties.Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 HCPs: 5 general practitioners, 5 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) staff, 5 school nurses and 5 community paediatricians. Data were analysed using the Framework approach.Findings HCPs reported that Artemis-A has the potential to enhance mental health assessment and aid overburdened services by providing a quick, patient-centred assessment and monitoring mechanism. …”
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Resilience Training Web App for National Health Service Keyworkers: Pilot Usability Study by Joanna Burrell, Felicity Baker, Matthew Russell Bennion

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess the usability and user perceptions of a resilience training web app developed to support health care keyworkers in understanding their own stress response and to help them put into place strategies to manage stress and to build resilience. MethodsNurses (n=7) and other keyworkers (n=1), the target users for the resilience training web app, participated in the usability evaluation. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Providers by Derrick Huang, Latha Ganti, Emily Weeks Graham, Dipal Shah, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, Morthatha Al-Bassam, Frank Fraunfelter, Mike Falgiani, Leoh Leon, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz

“… # Methods Physicians, physician assistants, and nurses who chose not to be vaccinated were surveyed to decipher reasons for vaccine refusal and personal loss due to the virus along with demographic variables. …”
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Support for a Common Metric for Pediatric Pain Intensity Scales by Carl L von Baeyer, Carrie L Hicks

“…Responses (n=37) were from nurses (49%), physicians (24%), psychologists (7%) and others/unlisted (20%) on four continents. …”
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Optimization and standardization of the work of a health care facility during a chemical accident by O.V. Hudoshyna, N.V. Kurdil

“…It is established that the special management group, which includes representatives of various services, is of decisive impor­tance in the effective management of a health care facility during a chemical incident: administration; communication department; security department; management of nurses and the department of infection control; human resources department; pharmacy; intensive care unit; department of engineering maintenance and repair; laboratory; kitchen; laundry; cleaning service and waste management. …”
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Acute exacerbation of COPD: Physiotherapy practice and factors that influence management by Motheo Phalatse-Taban, Heleen van Aswegen

“…Barriers identified included limited communication, nurses’ attitudes, work environment, disease burden, mental health challenges and limited professional development opportunities. …”
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Health system barriers to hypertension care in Peru: Rapid assessment to inform organizational-level change. by Kendra N Williams, Janeth Tenorio-Mucha, Karina Campos-Blanco, Lindsay J Underhill, Armando Valdés-Velásquez, Antonia Fuentes Herbozo, Laura K Beres, Lisa de las Fuentes, Lucy Cordova-Ascona, Zoila Vela-Clavo, Gonzalo Mariano Cuentas-Canal, Juan Carlos Mendoza-Velasquez, Sonia Mercedes Paredes-Barriga, Raquel Hurtado La Rosa, Makeda Williams, Elvin H Geng, William Checkley, Joel Gittelsohn, Victor G Davila-Roman, Stella M Hartinger-Peña

“…A participatory stakeholder workshop (October 2021) and 21 in-depth interviews (October 2021-March 2022) were conducted with 55 healthcare professionals (i.e., doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, nutritionists), followed by a deductive qualitative analysis of transcripts and notes. …”
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Using creativity and the arts to promote mental health in youth living with HIV in South Africa by Jacqueline Hoare, Rebecca Sher, Kathryn R. Cullen

“…While many of these have considered shifting tasks to nurses, tapping into the wisdom and inspiration from artists in the community where YLWH are living could represent a novel and potentially powerful task-shifting strategy. …”
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Factors affecting patient satisfaction during endoscopic procedures by Maryam Ghazala, E-Hinna Rashk, Sardar Saman, Khan Jahangir, Isram Javaria, Hassan Fayyaz

“…Additionally, the personal manner of the physician and nurses, as well as comprehensive explanations before and after the procedure, were also significant factors. …”
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Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Health Care Workers: a Multidisciplinary Approach by Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, Darianna María Muñiz Cabeza

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> women (61 %) and subjects who completed studies beyond 12th grade (48.6 %) were more commonly affected by non-communicable diseases, as well as nurses (31 %) and physicians (27.8 %) in terms of occupation. …”
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The Most Important Measures in Reducing Infection Control in the Anesthesia Work Environment: An Evidence-Based Study by Younes Barazesh, Parisa Moradimajd, Azam Saei, Jamileh Abolghasemi, Mohammad-Mahdi Azizi-Darbandi

“…Conclusion: Based on this study, the use of global infection control guidelines changes the attitude of anesthesia nurses and reduces the rate of infection in the anesthesia work environment. …”
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Strategies to Improve Inpatients’ Quality of Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Georgios Tziatzios, Ioannis S. Papanikolaou, Konstantinos Triantafyllou

“…In six studies assessing the impact of educational interventions to patient/physician/nurse vs. no intervention, adequate bowel preparation was achieved in 77% (62-91%) vs. 50% (32-68%) of the patients (OR 95%CI=3.49 (1.67-7.28), P=0.0009; I2=74%; P=0.002). …”
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A patient-led survey on information and communication needs of patients with metastatic breast cancer in Ireland and Northern Ireland (CTRIAL-IE 23–05) by Siobhan Gaynor, Yvonne O'Meara, Emer Mulvaney, Rachel J. Keogh, Catherine S. Weadick, Fran J. Duane, Ann Mc Brien, Helen Greally, Mary Jane O'Leary, Ieva Teiserskyte, Isabel Beristain, Jacinta Marron, Eibhlin Mulroe, Vicky Donachie, Sarah Mc Loughlin, Seamus O'Reilly

“…The routine early provision of palliative care, psycho-oncology, medical social worker and dedicated liaison nurse supports guided by national guidelines and education for healthcare professionals, integrated with living well with cancer clinics and a dedicated medically verified website would provide an ecosystem where MBC care could be optimised for patients and their families.…”
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