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Modern Rehabilitation Techniques for COVID-19
Published in Wenguang Xia, Xiaolin Huang, Rehabilitation from COVID-19, 2021
The time of suspension of rehabilitation may refer to the results of vital signs monitoring and should be combined with the patient’s chief complaint. If the patient does not adapt to the interruption at any time, corresponding measures should be taken.
The balanced communications diet for business
Published in Cary L. Cooper, Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Work, 2020
Multitasking (attempting to perform two or more tasks simultaneously), or task switching (when you are interrupted mid-task) are effectively the mental equivalent of juggling. If you have ever closed your laptop down at the end of the day and found a multitude of half-finished email replies, chat sessions and half-completed documents, you have probably been doing one or the other. Academics have long known that task-switching has a detrimental effect on productivity, even for simple tasks (e.g. Rogers & Monsell, 1995). The results are even worse for complex tasks (e.g. Rubinstein et al., 2001). Although switch costs may be small, sometimes just a few tenths of a second per switch, they can add up to large amounts of time wasted when people switch repeatedly back and forth between tasks. Task switching can also impede memory and knowledge retention, particularly for interruptions mid-task. Interruptions reduce our ability to pay attention (Ophir et al., 2009), complete tasks, reduce task accuracy (Montag & Walla, 2016), and increases the time we take to complete tasks (Cellier & Eyrolle, 1992).
Communication in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Published in Victor R. Preedy, Handbook of Nutrition and Diet in Palliative Care, 2019
In addition to Mehrabian's work, the influence of non-verbal forms of communication in healthcare has been well studied and can attest to helping build rapport and empathic communication between all parties (Bylund and D'Agostino 2014; Ruben and Hall 2016). Providing one's undivided attention through non-verbal channels, such as directly facing the patient, being at eye level, and avoiding distractions sends the message that what the patient is conveying is important. As challenging as it can be in a busy clinical environment, avoiding interruption and giving patients undivided attention can communicate that the healthcare professional is fully present and ready to listen (Moore 2005).
When interactions are interruptions: an ethnographic study of information-sharing by speech and language therapists and nurses on stroke units
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022
Rachel Barnard, Julia Jones, Madeline Cruice
Several nurses reported that they considered SLTs to be respectful in the manner in which they approached them. They accepted interruptions as part of the job, particularly when the information was considered important for safe execution of patient care. However, they did not always have the capacity to hold information in that moment, either because they were in the middle of doing something else or they did not have the headspace. In one example, a SLT was seeking out the nurse in charge to discuss significant concerns raised by a patient about his care [FN100617]. At that moment the nurse in charge was deep in discussion with a bay nurse, so the SLT stood around tentatively for a while before approaching and politely asking if she had a minute to talk. The way the nurse responded (“my head is exploding”) made it clear that she really didn’t have the time or mental capacity for the conversation because the ward was short on nursing staff, however the discussion took place anyway.
Appraising the use of smartphones and apps when conducting qualitative medical education research: AMEE Guide No. 130
Published in Medical Teacher, 2021
Anique Atherley, Wendy Hu, Pim W. Teunissen, Iman Hegazi, Diana Dolmans
Smartphones introduce another source of interruption, multitasking and distraction into the hospital environment (Katz‐Sidlow et al. 2012). Smartphones enhanced observations in an ethnographic study within marketing (Hein et al. 2011), however, this benefit could be overshadowed when brought to the healthcare context due to the risks involved. Distraction of clinicians by smartphones occurs when one’s primary task is interrupted by any use of their smartphone (McBride 2015). The term ‘distracted doctoring’ has been coined by Papadakos highlighting the dangers of seductive mobile devices (Papadakos and Bertman 2017). These interruptions can have significant consequences on both patient care (Halamka 2011; Wu et al. 2013), and learning (Fox et al. 2009) as there is the potential for missing important information (Katz‐Sidlow et al. 2012). When using smartphones for MER, prompts may be used to stimulate participant responses. A review found that distraction by social connectivity could affect the impact mobile devices have when used in the clinical setting for learning (Maudsley et al. 2019). Using smartphones to conduct MER intensifies distraction in the clinical setting.
Child and Adult Attachment Styles among Individuals Who Have Committed Filicide: The Case for Examining Attachment by Gender
Published in International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 2020
L. Eriksson, U. Arnautovska, S. McPhedran, P. Mazerolle, R. Wortley
During the interview, the interviewer read questions to the respondent and recorded their responses onto an interview schedule. The interview schedule included a range of self-report measures to examine individual (e.g., socio-demographics), developmental (e.g., childhood experiences) and situational (e.g., victim-offender relationship) characteristics of homicide. The variables relevant to the current study are described further below.1 The interviews lasted approximately 1.5-2 hours. Given the sensitive topic, a few of the respondents showed minor distress, most commonly because of feelings of remorse. Actions taken by interviewers included skipping sections of the interview and, on limited occasions, notifying the prison psychologist (without revealing the trigger of the distress). Of the interviews conducted within custodial facilities, some were interrupted due to roll call/head count procedures and resumed shortly thereafter. Other reasons for interruptions included lunch breaks, toilet visits, and cigarette breaks. We did not provide snacks and/or drinks to the respondents during the interviews. A modest amount of remuneration (AUD10 in custodial corrections and AUD20 in community corrections) was provided to respondents to compensate for their time in jurisdictions that allowed for it. Reimbursement was provided directly to participants (community interviews) or through internal money transfer (custodial interviews).