The Nature of Knowledge and Epistemic Interests of Radiography Science-An Analysis of Doctoral Dissertations Using Critical Normative Epistemology Framework.

Background And Aim: Radiography science is a health sciences discipline and a knowledge system focusing on research into medical imaging and radiation therapy-related phenomena: patient care, technology, safety and quality in these environments. This study aims to understand the nature of knowledge in radiography research by investigating epistemic interests and knowledge types.

Methodological Design: The study used nursing science critical normative epistemology as a framework for the analysis.

Received empowering knowledge and associated factors among patients with cancer: A cross-sectional multicentre study.

Purpose: This study aimed to analyse the knowledge received by patients with cancer and to examine its association with sociodemographic, illness-related, and psychological factors, as well as health-related quality of life (QOL).

Methods: This cross-sectional multicentre survey included patients (n = 350) undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or post-treatment follow-up at two Finnish university hospital outpatient clinics. Data were collected between February and September 2019.

Careers of PhD-prepared nurses: A global survey.

Background: PhD-prepared nurses uniquely contribute to nursing by conducting research required to address challenges in healthcare and nursing. However, there is limited understanding on the careers of PhD-prepared nurses.

Purpose: To describe careers, factors related to careers, and recommendations for the careers of PhD-prepared nurses.

The Consequences of Moral Courage in Nursing: A Narrative Inquiry.

Aim: To holistically illustrate the consequences of nurses' morally courageous acts for patients, nurses, and work communities.

Methodological Design And Justifications: Narrative inquiry was used to explore the topic in the context of encountering ethical conflicts in nursing care. Consequences of nurses' morally courageous acts were illustrated to understand the significance of the acts for the good of patients, nurses, and work communities.

Screening Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy in Maternity Clinics-Views of Finnish Public Health Nurses.

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most common forms of violence against women, occurring across social classes and religions worldwide. Globally, nearly one in three women have experienced IPV in their lifetime. During pregnancy, prevalence rates range from 2.

Received Knowledge of Care as Evaluated by Patients and Their Significant Others: A Feedback-Register Study.

Aims And Objectives: Register data and tracking evaluations by patients and their significant others through feedback can assist in the quality assurance of patient education. This study uses an observational, feedback-registry study to analyse systematic, register-based evaluative feedback from patients and their significant others on received knowledge of their care in one university hospital district and the factors connected to the feedback.

Design: An observational, feedback-register study.

The professional competence of newly graduated nurses in the transition phase as assessed by nurse managers: a descriptive cross-sectional multi-national study.

Background: Nurse managers' (NMs) assessment of nurses' competences is needed to analyse how well the educational preparation corresponds with the requirements of nursing practice in Europe.

Aim: To assess newly graduated nurses' professional competence in the transition phase as perceived by NMs and to identify possible background factors related to their assessments.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional multinational study.

Interventions Intended to Improve the Well-Being at Work of Nurses Working in Care Settings for Older People-A Systematic Review.

Introduction: Nurses' well-being at work (WAW) is important for overall health care outcomes. Nurses often navigate complex roles, contending with time constraints, ethical challenges and societal undervaluation, underscoring the necessity of addressing their WAW.

Methods: The aim of this systematic review was to analyse the interventions that potentially improve nurses' WAW in care settings for older people.

Nurses' justifications for morally courageous acts in ethical conflicts: A narrative inquiry.

Moral courage is defined as the courage to act in ethical conflicts based on individual or professional values despite the personal risks involved. Nurses justify their decisions to act morally courageously as part of their ethical decision-making. To describe registered nurses' justifications for acting morally courageously, or not, in ethical conflicts where they needed moral courage.

Nursing Quality Indicators in Emergency Nursing: A Scoping Review.

Background: Nursing quality indicators (NQIs) are essential for evaluating and managing care, yet few validated NQIs exist for emergency nursing. The dynamic nature of this field demands specific, validated indicators.

Purpose: The purpose of this review was to identify NQIs in adult emergency nursing using Donabedian's quality categories (structure, process, outcome) and explore their validation.

Reporting and managing ethical issues in intensive care using the critical incident reporting system.

Background: Intensive care nurses frequently encounter ethical issues with potentially severe consequences for nurses, patients, and next of kin. Therefore, ethical issues in intensive care units (ICU) should be recognized and managed.

Research Objectives: To analyze ethical issues reported by intensive care nurses and how reported issues were managed within the organization using register data from the HaiPro critical incident reporting system (CIRS), and to explore the suitability of this system for reporting and managing ethical issues.

Interactive digital tools to support empowerment of people with cancer: a systematic literature review.

Purpose: To identify and synthesise interactive digital tools used to support the empowerment of people with cancer and the outcomes of these tools.

Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted using PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, Cochrane, Eric, Scopus, and PsycINFO databases in May 2023. Inclusion criteria were patient empowerment as an outcome supported by interactive digital tools expressed in study goal, methods or results, peer-reviewed studies published since 2010 in cancer care.

An intervention to address nurse educators' occupational well-being: A process evaluation.

Background: There is a global need for more support for the occupational well-being of educators working in nurse education, where nurse educators experience challenges when managing their own occupational well-being. However, there is a lack of research studies into occupational well-being interventions. Aim To evaluate the usability and utility of the Self-Help INtervention for Educators in nurse education.

Digital skills of health care professionals in cancer care: A systematic review.

Background: The digital transformation of healthcare enables new ways of working in cancer care directing attention on the digital skills of healthcare professionals. This systematic review aims to identify existing evidence about digital skills among health care professionals in cancer care to identify the needs for future education and research.

Methods: Database searches were conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane and ERIC to identify studies until March 2023.

Delivering Patient Education in Healthcare Organizations: An Integrative Review of the Nursing Administrative Actions.

Aim: To analyze the literature on nursing administrative actions related to patient education to inform healthcare organizations for the development of patient education and identify the knowledge gaps for future research.

Background: Patient education is a patient's right, yet numerous organizational factors can hinder the effective delivery of patient education. Nursing administrative actions can mediate these factors, but little is known about nursing administration in patient education.

Improved professional competencies and leadership in PhD-prepared nurses and doctoral students after participating in the cross-national and web-based Nurse-Lead program.

Background: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)-prepared nurses are expected to exercise leadership in their various roles. Therefore, European nurse scholars developed a cross-national web-based Nursing Leadership and Mentoring Educational (Nurse-Lead) program.

Purpose: To evaluate changes in leadership practices, professional and research competencies as well as career development of PhD-prepared nurses and doctoral nursing students after participation in the Nurse-Lead program.

Perspective of radiography science - a document analysis of dissertations.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to clarify the perspective of radiography science as an academic discipline. A discipline can be studied by discovering the collective use of concepts, especially core concepts. We have previously identified the core concepts as clinical practices in radiography, radiographers' profession, safe and high-quality radiation use, and technology in radiography.

Use and impact of the ANA Code: a scoping review.

Adherence to professional ethics in nursing is fundamental for high-quality ethical care. However, analysis of the use and impact of nurses' codes of ethics as a part of professional ethics is limited. To fill this gap in knowledge, the aim of our review was to describe the use and impact of the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements published by the American Nurses Association as an example of one of the earliest and most extensive codes of ethics for nurses with their interpretative statements and constituting a strong basis for the International Council of Nurses' Code of Ethics for Nurses.

Nurses' collegiality: An evolutionary concept analysis.

Collegiality is one of the fundamental values of the nursing profession. During the nursing history, collegiality has been described as part of a nurse's relationship with their peers and it influences the quality of care they provide and job satisfaction and commitment to their work. Despite earlier definitions, the concept of collegiality in nursing has remained unclear.

Empowering Healthcare Through User Feedback: A Multidimensional Analysis of the Knowledge.

Purpose: Feedback from service users is a valuable source for improving the quality of care and services, potentially reflecting the successes and failures in providing empowering healthcare. In supporting empowerment, the multidimensionality of knowledge of service users is assumed to be a crucial factor, yet feedback has not been explored from the perspective of empowering knowledge. In this study, the aim was to analyze the knowledge areas expressed in the service users' feedback from the point of view of empowering knowledge.

Adolescents' difficulties, strengths and feelings of insecurity: a cross-sectional descriptive survey in Finland.

The present study aimed to describe adolescents' self-reported emotional and behavioural strengths and difficulties, as well as their insecurity feeling. In addition, the aim was to examine the association with background characteristics, and explore the association between strengths and difficulties and insecurity factors. The study was conducted among 114 secondary school pupils in Finland, using an online questionnaire.

The ethical pathway of individuals with stroke-A follow-up study.

Aim: To analyse the ethical pathway as perceived by individuals with stroke (IwS) in the first three post-stroke months. In the novel concept of ethical pathway, dignity, privacy, and autonomy are considered as dimensions of the ethical pathway while the pathway illustrates their potential change in the post-stroke time. Furthermore, the focus of interest was on whether the perceived realisation of values is associated with the life situational factors of symptoms diminishing functioning, social environment, and self-empowerment.

Career development of doctorally prepared nurses.

Aim: To integrate research literature regarding careers, career development and factors influencing the career development of doctorally prepared nurses.

Design: An integrative review.

Data Sources: Medline, CINAHL and Embase were searched in June 2022 without time restrictions.