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The impact of fragility fracture and approaches to osteoporosis risk assessment worldwide
Publication date: Available online 26 April 2017 Source:International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing Author(s): Elizabeth M. Curtis, Rebecca J. Moon, Nicholas C. Harvey, Cyrus Cooper Osteoporosis constitutes a major public health problem, through its association with age-related fractures, particularly of the hip, vertebrae, distal forearm and humerus. Substantial geographic variation has been noted in the incidence of osteoporotic fractures worldwide, with Western populations (North America, Europe and Oceania), reporting increases in hip fracture throughout the second half of the 20th century, with a sta...
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - April 26, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Restoring: How older adults manage their recovery from hip fracture
Conclusion Nurses need to understand that older adults will recover in their own way following discharge, often re-interpreting health information to fit their own situations. (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - April 14, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

An overview of research in orthopaedic and trauma nursing
Publication date: Available online 6 April 2017 Source:International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing Author(s): Paul McLiesh, Philippa Rasmussen (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - April 11, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Traction: Principles and Application, RCN Guidance, RCN. RCN publishing, London (2015)
Publication date: Available online 8 April 2017 Source:International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing Author(s): Rosemary Masterson (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - April 11, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Hip fracture; an interruption that has consequences four months after a hip fracture. A qualitative study
Conclusion Previous healthy and independently-living participants described, in different ways that the hip fracture was an interruption that still affected everyday life. The absence of psychological support may be one of the reasons for dependency after four months. (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - April 11, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Factors and concerns of patients that influence the decision for spinal surgery and implications for practice: A review of literature
Conclusion Patients go through a complex and a multi-factorial process in making the decision whether or not to undergo surgery, which calls for decision support interventions that will help them to make the decision. (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - March 14, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

The effect of time to surgery on functional ability at six weeks in a hip fracture population in Mid-West Ireland
This study highlights the deleterious effects on functional ability when surgery is delayed. (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - March 9, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Restoring: How older adult's manage their recovery from hip fracture
Conclusion Nurses need to understand that older adults will recover in their own way following discharge, often re-interpreting health information to fit their own situations. (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - March 9, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Sleep in orthopaedic patients – A nationwide study. Project report
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2017 Source:International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing Author(s): Kirsten Specht, Hanne Mainz (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - March 8, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Specialist Orthopaedic Hospitals in Britain – a twentieth century phenomenon
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2017 Source:International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing Author(s): Chris Knight (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - February 6, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Evidence based practice: Taking the pressure off
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2017 Source:International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing Author(s): Julie Santy-Tomlinson (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - February 6, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Sleep in orthopaedic patients – A nationwide study. FSOS/association of orthopaedic nurses in Denmark. Danish orthopaedic nursing knowledge and science center (VIDOKS) http://www.vidoks.dk/boks-relevant-viden/soevnprojekt/
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2017 Source:International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing Author(s): Kirsten Specht, Hanne Mainz (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - February 6, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

The national HIP fracture database (NHFD) – Using a national clinical audit to raise standards of nursing care
This article shows how the NHFD is contributing to four key aspects of patient safety and nursing care: the prevention of pressure ulcers and post-operative delirium, the monitoring of falls incidence across hospitals, and nutritional assessment of patients with hip fracture. (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - January 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

The Hospital on the Hill. A Century of Care. St Vincent ’s Orthopaedic Hospital Eastcote. Pitkin Publishing, Stroud (2014), 313, ISBN: 978-1841655697
Publication date: Available online 27 December 2016 Source:International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing Author(s): Julie Santy-Tomlinson (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - December 27, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Validation of the Danish version of the constipation risk assessment scale
Conclusion Used in an orthopaedic ward the prognostic accuracy for CRAS is too poor and it cannot be recommended as a screening tool. (Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - December 21, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: research