The effects of physical environments in medical wards on medication communication processes affecting patient safety

Physical environments of clinical settings play an important role in health communication processes. Effective medication management requires seamless communication among health professionals of different disciplines. This paper explores how physical environments affect communication processes for managing medications and patient safety in acute care hospital settings. Findings highlighted the impact of environmental interruptions on communication processes about medications. In response to frequent interruptions and limited space within working environments, nurses, doctors and pharmacists developed adaptive practices in the local clinical context. Communication difficulties were associated with the ward physical layout, the controlled drug key and the medication retrieving device. Health professionals should be provided with opportunities to discuss the effects of ward environments on medication communication processes and how this impacts medication safety. Hospital administrators and architects need to consider health professionals' views and experiences when designing hospital spaces.     

Peplau人际关系理论在护士沟通能力训练中应用的效果评价

目的 评价Peplau人际关系理论对于提高护士沟通能力的影响.方法 对宁波市某三甲医院共50名护士进行了8次的Peplau人际关系理论训练,对训练前后护士的临床沟通能力进行比较.结果 训练后护士的临床沟通能力明显高于训练前,差异有统计学意义.结论 Peplau人际关系理论训练能够有效提升护士的临床沟通能力.     

基于802.11ac标准的医院无线局域网实施

以同济大学附属同济医院为例,介绍基于802.11ac标准的无线网络建设方法和实施方案,总结并分析基于802.11ac标准的无线局域网实施效果,通过新旧标准之间的比较对医院无线局域网的建设方案和未来发展进行探讨。     

We Built This House; It’s Time to Move in: Leveraging Existing DICOM Structure to More Completely Utilize Readily Available Detailed Contrast Administration Information

The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard is the universal format for interoperability in medical imaging. In addition to imaging data, DICOM has evolved to support a wide range of imaging metadata including contrast administration data that is readily available from many modern contrast injectors. Contrast agent, route of administration, start and stop time, volume, flow rate, and duration can be recorded using DICOM attributes [1]. While this information is sparsely and inconsistently recorded in routine clinical practice, it could potentially be of significant diagnostic value. This work will describe parameters recorded by automatic contrast injectors, summarize the DICOM mechanisms available for tracking contrast injection data, and discuss the role of such data in clinical radiology.     

Physical therapists’ perceptions and experiences about barriers and facilitators of therapeutic patient-centred relationships during outpatient rehabilitation: a qualitative study

Background

Over recent years there has been a paradigm shift towards a patient-centred biopsychosocial care model in physical therapy. This new paradigm features a growing interest in understanding the contextual factors that influence the patient's experience of disease, pain and recovery. This includes generalized consensus regarding the importance of establishing a therapeutic relationship that is centred on the patient.

儿科住院医师规范化培训医患沟通能力培养方案初探

加强儿科住院医师规范化培训期间住院医师的医患沟通能力,对改善医患关系紧张的局面具有重要意义。目前我国各级医疗单位儿科就医群体存在住院患儿为独生子女、家长过度溺爱、诊疗中过度紧张和恐惧等特点。分析现状可见,临床实践中儿科住院医师的医患沟通受到患儿、家长、医师三方面影响,存在患儿不易配合、家长医学护理知识不足、住院医师临床与沟通经验缺乏等问题。因此,有必要在规范化培训期间,加强儿科住院医师医患沟通能力专项培训,建立医患沟通反馈机制,针对其医患沟通存在的薄弱环节加以改进,以完善儿科住院医师医患沟通能力培养方案。     

A Path Analysis of Latino Parental,Teenager and Cultural Variables in Teenagers' Sexual Attitudes,Norms, Self-Efficacy,and Sexual Intentions

OBJECTIVE:

to test a theoretical model based on the Parent-Based Expansion of the Theory of Planned Behavior examining relation between selected parental, teenager and cultural variables and Latino teenagers'' intentions to engage in sexual behavior.

METHOD:

a cross-sectional correlational design based on a secondary data analysis of 130 Latino parent and teenager dyads.

RESULTS:

regression and path analysis procedures were used to test seven hypotheses and the results demonstrated partial support for the model. Parent familism and knowledge about sex were significantly associated with parents'' attitudes toward sexual communication with their teenagers. Parent Latino acculturation was negatively associated with parents'' self-efficacy toward sexual communication with their teenagers and positevely associated with parents'' subjective norms toward sexual communication with their teenagers. Teenager knowledge about sex was significantly associated with higher levels of teenagers'' attitudes and subjective norms about sexual communication with parents. Only the predictor of teenagers'' attitudes toward having sex in the next 3 months was significantly associated with teenagers'' intentions to have sex in the next 3 months.

CONCLUSION:

the results of this study provide important information to guide future research that can inform development of interventions to prevent risky teenager sexual behavior among Latinos.