Evidence-Based Nursing articles from January 2002

Evidence-Based Nursing archives from January 2002

Evidence-Based Nursing: 4 years down the road. (EBN Notebook).
January 1, 2002... Evidence-based practice in the nursing profession is gaining wider popularity as shown by the increasing number of nursing conferences with an evidence-based theme, journals that feature "evidence-based, best practices in healthcare",...

Print and online versions of Evidence-Based Nursing: Innovative teaching tools for nurse educators. (Implementation Forum).
January 1, 2002... The availability of Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) online to institutions that currently subscribe to the print version is good news for nurse educators. ERN online offers educators an innovative way to use the journal's resources and the...

Resource corner.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Guyatt G, Rennie D, editors and The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. Users' guides to the medical literature. A manual far evidence-based clinical practice. Chicago: AMA Press, 2002 Guyatt G, Rennie D, editors and The...

Review: Early postnatal corticosteroids reduce chronic lung disease in preterm infants, but increase complications. (Treatment).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Halliday HL, Ehrenkranz RA. Early postnatal (<96 hours) corticosteroids for preventing chronic lung disease in preterm infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001;(2):CD001146 (latest version 14 Nov 2000). QUESTIONS: Does early postnatal...

Review: Moderately early postnatal corticosteroids reduce chronic lung disease and mortality in preterm infants, but increase complications. (Treatment).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Halliday HL, Ehrenkranz RA. Moderately early (7-14 days) postnatal corticosteroids for preventing chronic lung disease in preterm infants Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001;(2):CD001144 (latest version 2 November 2000). QUESTIONS: Is...

Review: Self help, media-based therapy is effective for behaviour problems in children. (Treatment).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Montgomery P. Media-based behavioural treatments for behavioural disorders in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001;(2):CD002206 (latest version 16 February 2001). QUESTION: Is self help, media-based therapy effective for managing...

Review: Family and parenting interventions reduce subsequent arrests and length of time in institutions in youths with conduct disorder and delinquency. (Treatment).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Woofenden SR. William K, Peat J. Family and parenting interventions in children and adolescents with conduct disorder and delinquency aged 10-17. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001;(2):CD003015 (latest version 28 February 2001). QUESTION:...

Review: Albumin administration is not associated with excess mortality in acutely ill patients. (Treatment).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Wilkes MM, Navickis RJ Patient survival after human albumin administration. A meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. Ann Intern Med 2001 Aug 7;135:149-64. QUESTION: Is albumin administration associated with excess mortality in...

Review: Double bag or Y-set systems reduce peritonitis in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. (Treatment).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Daly C, Campbell M, Cody J, et al. Double bag or Y-set versus standard transfer systems for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in end-stage renal disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001;(2):CD003078 (latest version 28 Feb 2001). ...

Total contact casts were better than removable cast walkers or half shoes for healing diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers. (Treatment).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Armstrong DG, Nguyen HC, Lavery LA, et al. Off-loading the diabetic foot wound: a randomized clinical trial. Diabetes Care 2001 Jun;24:1019-22. QUESTION: In patients with diabetes, what is the effectiveness of total contact casts (TOCs),...

Listening to music during ambulatory ophthalmic surgery reduced blood pressure, heart rate, and perceived stress. (Treatment).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Allen K, Golden LH, Izzo JL Jr, et al. Normalization of hypertensive responses during ambulatory surgical stress by perioperative music. Psychosom Med 2001 May-Jun;63:487-92. QUESTION: Does listening to self selected music during...

An audiotaped information programme after coronary artery bypass surgery improved physical functioning in women and psychological distress in men. (Treatment).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Moore SM, Dolansky MA. Randomized trial of a home recovery intervention following coronary artery bypass surgery Res Nurs Health 2001 Apr;24:93-104. QUESTION: Does an early, audiotaped recovery information intervention after coronary...

Review: Specialised multidisciplinary follow up reduces hospital admissions but not mortality in patients with heart failure. (Treatment).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... McAlister FA, Lawson FM, Teo KK, et al. A systematic review of randomized trials of disease management programs an heart failure. Am J Med 2001 Apr 1;110:378-84. QUESTION: Do disease management programmes reduce hospital admissions and...

An outpatient geriatric evaluation and management programme was more effective than usual care in preventing functional decline in high risk older adults. (Treatment).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Boult C, Boult LB, Morishita L, et al. A randomized clinical trial of outpatient geriatric evaluation and management. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001 Apr;49:351-9. QUESTIONS: Is an outpatient geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) programme...

Review: Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions improve outcomes in patients with dementia and their caregivers. (Treatment).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Doody RS, Stevens JC, Beck C, et al. Practice parameter: management of dementia (an evidence-based review). Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2001 May 8;56:1154-66. QUESTION: Do...

Training family care givers of people with dementia to think in a more clinical manner decreased depression and the sense of burden. (Treatment).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Hepburn KW. Tornatore J, Center B, et al. Dementia family caregiver training: affecting beliefs about caregiving and caregiver outcomes. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001 Apr:49:450-7. QUESTION: Does training family care givers of individuals with...

A home based, nurse delivered exercise programme reduced falls and serious injuries in people [greater than or equal to]80 years of age. (Treatment).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Robertson MC, Devlin N, Gardner MM, et al. Effectiveness and economic evaluation of a nurse delivered home exercise programme to prevent falls. 1: Randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2001 Mar 24;322:697- 701. QUESTION: In people [greater...

Review: Hip protectors reduce hip fractures after falls in elderly people living in institutions or supported home environments. (Treatment).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Parker MJ, Gillespie LD, Gillespie WJ. Hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in the elderly. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001;(2)CD001255 (latest version 1 Mar 2001). QUESTION: Do external hip pads or protectors reduce hip fractures...

Preoperative pillow placement under the injured extremity had better analgesic effects than skin traction for hip fracture. (Treatment).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Rosen JE, Chen FS, Hiebert B, et al. Efficacy of preoperative skin traction in hip fracture patients: a prospective, randomized study.J Orthop Trauma 2001 Feb; 15:81-5. QUESTION: What is the comparative analgesic effectiveness of...

Progression of disease in HIV infected children slowed after the first year of life. (Prognosis).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... The European Collaborative Study. Fluctuations in symptoms in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children: the first 10 years of life. Pediatrics 2001 Ju1;108:116-22. QUESTION: in children with HIV infection at birth, who received...

Interactive continuing education workshops or conferences can improve professional practice and patient outcomes. (Quality Improvement).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Thomson O'Brien MA, Freemantle N, Oxman AD, et al. Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001;(2):CD003078 (latest version 9 Nov 2000). ...

Low income mothers of overweight children had personal and environmental challenges in preventing and managing obesity. (Qualitative).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Jain A, Sherman SN, Chamberlin LA, et al. Why don't low-income mothers worry about their preschoolers being overweight? Pediatrics 2001 May; 107:1138-46 QUESTIONS: What are the perceptions of low income mothers about their overweight...

Parents' perceptions of obtaining a diagnosis of childhood cancer can include experiences of disputes and delays. (Qualitative).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Dixon-Woods M, Findlay M, Young B, et al. Parents' accounts of obtaining a diagnosis of childhood cancer. Lancet 2001 Mar 3;357:670-4. QUESTION: What are parents' experiences of obtaining a diagnosis of cancer in their children? ...

Emergency department care of women who were abused was driven by the prevailing practice pattern of efficient patient processing. (Qualitative).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Varcoe C. Abuse obscured: an ethnographic account of emergency nursing in relation to violence against women. Can J Nurs Res 2001 Mar;32:95-115. QUESTION: What is the relation between the social context of practice and the ways in which...

Patient taciturnity in health counselling was understood in terms of 4 participation frames. (Qualitative).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Kettunen T, Poskiparta M, Liimatainen L, et al Taciturn patients in health counseling at a hospital: passive recipients or active participators? Qual Health Res 2001 May; 11: 399-422 QUESTION: How do taciturn (silent) patients communicate...

Attitudes about organ transplantation reflected different conceptions of the body. (Qualitative).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Sanner MA. Exchanging spare parts or becoming a new person? People's attitudes toward receiving and donating organs. Soc Sci Med 2001 May; 52:1491-9. QUESTION: What are the feelings and ideas of the public about receiving and donating...

Spouses who placed partners in care homes experienced emotional reactions to separation and made efforts to maintain their relationship. (Qualitative).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Sandberg J, Lundh U, Nolan MR. Placing a spouse in a care home: the importance of keeping. J Clin Nurs 2001 May; 10:406-16. QUESTION: What are the experiences of family carers after placing a spouse in a care home? Design ...

Glossary.(medical terminology)
January 1, 2002... Blinding (masking): in an experimental study, refers to whether patients, clinicians providing an intervention, people assessing outcomes, and/or data analysts were aware or unaware of the group to which patients were assigned. In the design...