Objective To explore the effect of execution sheet for health education in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Methods About 50 CHF patients hospitalized from October 2015 to December 2015 were assigned as the control group and another 50 CHF patients hospitalized from January to March 2016 were set up as the experiment groups. The control group was instructed by the regular health education and the experiment group was instructed by the execution sheet for health education. Results The executive ability in the experiment group were stronger than that of control group (P<0.01). The level of self management among the patients in the experiment group was higher than those of the that control group. Conclusions The health education execution sheet increase the patients' self-management and strengthen nursing ability for discharged patients. It is worthy of popularization in clinical practice.

Objective To explore the status quo of nurse-nurse collaboration and perceived professional benefits in emergency service nurses and to analyze effects of nurse-nurse collaboration on perceived professional benefits.Methods Totally 200 emergency service nurses from 6 ClassⅢ Grade A hospitals in Zhejiang Province were selected by convenient sampling and investigated with the nurse-nurse collaboration scale and the nurses' perceived professional benefits scale between February and December 2017.A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed and 193 valid questionnaires were collected.Results The nurse-nurse collaboration score of the 193 nurses was (67.16±10.13),standing at a high level;their score of perceived professional benefits was (134.76±16.51),standing at an above-average level;and there was statistical difference in the score of perceived professional benefits between nurses with different type of employment (P＜0.05).According to the hierarchical regression analysis,communication and nurse-nurse collaboration were the influencing factors to the perceived professional benefits in emergency service nurses (P＜0.01).Conclusions The perceived professional benefits stand at an above-average level,and there is still headroom for improvement.Nursing managers may enhance the nurses' perceived professional benefits by improving nurse-nurse collaboration.

Objective To explore the effects of palliative care consultation on medical professionals who have requested it in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 medical professionals who had requested palliative care consultation.Results Palliative care consultation had the following positive effects:building a bridge for doctor-patient communication,providing psychological support to reduce the sense of occupational exhaustion for medical professionals,providing technical support for medical professionals to help patients relieve symptoms,helping medical professionals in the multidisciplinary learning of palliative care,adding humanistic care and neglected ethical concerns.Conclusion Palliative care consultation improves the quality of care for dying patients,and the capacity of consultation needs to be enhanced urgently.
Hospitals ; Humans ; Palliative Care ; Qualitative Research ; Referral and Consultation