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Welcome back to our free evidence-based Nursing Reference Center Update. We will periodically send news on the latest evidence in nursing. Please share this with your colleagues, students, practitioners and others who would appreciate awareness of this information.
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| Nursing Reference Center in Daily Practice | Caring for Kurdish Patients
The nurse is assigned to Ms. M, a religious Kurdish Muslim who recently moved to Switzerland from Iraq. Ms. M is receiving palliative care for Stage IV pancreatic cancer.
Before introducing herself to the patient, the nurse consults Nursing Reference Center, searches for Kurdish patients and locates the Evidence-based Care Sheet "Kurdish Patients: Providing Culturally Competent Care." The nurse learns Kurdish culture is paternalistic and that extended family and the community commonly remain at the dying patient's bedside.
The nurse introduces herself to Ms. M who reports severe pain and cannot decide if her husband will permit her to take an as needed dose of morphine. Ms. M does not know when her husband will return to the hospital.
The nurse empathizes with Ms. M and calls Mr. M who states he has just parked and will be there momentarily. Upon Mr. M's arrival, the nurse and Ms. M discuss an as needed dose of morphine; Mr. M consents.
Throughout the shift, many visitors come to see Ms. M. As they arrive, the nurse greets them with the common greeting Assalamu Alaikum and provides privacy when it is time for prayers.
Note: The above referenced Quick Lesson is freely accessible to all readers of the Nursing Reference Center Update.
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Caring for a Breastfeeding Mother
As growing numbers of new mothers breastfeed their babies, it is important for nurses to be aware of potential breastfeeding complications. Mastitis, inflammation of breast tissue, is a common breastfeeding complication. Mothers may report fever, a painful spot on the affected breast, and general aches and flu-like symptoms.
Mastitis is caused by incomplete breast milk drainage. Treatment includes antibiotics and patient education on positioning the baby to facilitate breast milk drainage. Massaging the affected area during and between feedings to alleviate pain, expressing breast milk after feedings to ensure complete breast milk removal, and adequate rest and nutrition are recommended.
Nurses can help breastfeeding mothers prevent mastitis by showing them how to latch the baby onto the breast to facilitate complete drainage of the milk ducts by pointing the baby's chin toward the plugged duct. Nurses can also encourage breastfeeding mothers to pump any remaining milk after a feeding.
Nurses support mothers with mastitis by educating them to take their complete course of antibiotics. Nurses should take ample time to instruct mothers on how to position the baby on the breast to promote breast milk drainage and to express remaining milk after feedings. Nurses may also suggest massaging the breast from the plugged duct forward towards the areola and nipple. Breast massage can alleviate pain, especially when done in a warm shower. New mothers may also need encouragement to get enough rest and eat a healthy diet.
Please login to your Nursing Reference Center subscription to read the Evidence-based Care Sheet on "Mastitis, Lactation: Nonsurgical Treatment."
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Evidence-based Content Update
| Our editors for Nursing Reference Center regularly update and add content to ensure that the database contains the best available evidence in nursing. We'd like to provide you with an overview of the content creation that has kept our team quite busy over the past year.
Since July 2009, we have added nearly 1,200 new documents to Nursing Reference Center:
- 400+ Quick Lessons, which are clinically-organized nursing overviews that are designed to map to the nursing workflow
- 100+ Evidence-based Care Sheets, which are summaries on key topics incorporating the best available evidence through rigorous systematic surveillance
- 120+ Nursing Practice and Skills, which are clinical papers detailing the necessary steps to achieve proficiency in a specific nursing task
- 180+ Skill Competency Checklists, which are evaluation tools to assess whether the nurse can effectively perform the desired skill
- 395+ Continuing Education Modules, each worth 1.0 contact hours, to meet the education needs of your nurses
During this same time period, our editorial team:
- Regularly reviewed content from over 3,500 journals
- Reviewed over 51,000 articles to create new content and update content
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