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Aim: This study aimed to describe family caregivers of older people's experiences of participatory art interventions, including music, dance and visual arts. Design: A descriptive qualitative study. Methods: Thematic interviews were conducted with 12 family caregivers. Qualitative data were analysed with thematic analysis. Results: The results illustrated the meaning of art groups, which included a shared feeling of togetherness, empowering and activating peer support and a sense of communality. Art groups also represented a hobby, enhancing caregivers' social and mental well‐being. The art groups could be described as an art‐driven, participatory shared experience. Participatory arts are noteworthy contributors to the well‐being of family caregivers and care recipients, especially from peer support and communality. Further research is needed to find out about participants' preferred art‐based activities and their impact on their well‐being. No patient or public contribution because of inflexibility in the timing of engagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Registered nurses (RN) play a vital role in patients' postoperative pain management. Therefore, it is important for RNs to have adequate knowledge and documentation skills when it comes to postoperative pain care. Objectives: To develop and test a brief educational intervention based on Finnish acute postoperative pain nursing practice guidelines. This intervention sought to improve RNs' knowledge of pain management and improve their postoperative documentation skills. We used a randomized controlled trial with a pre-, post-, and retention-tests design. Methodology: The CONSORT guidelines have been used to describe the methods. The participants were randomized and divided into intervention (26) and control (24) groups. Thirty-two surgical RNs completed the knowledge test and documentation audit frame in one of Finland's central hospitals. Results: The results indicated statistically non-significant changes in RNs' knowledge of pain management and postoperative documentation skills. In the intervention group, the mean knowledge score increased from pre- to post-intervention; however, the retention test showed no difference between the intervention and control groups. The results indicate that the intervention had no effect on RNs' documentation skills. Conclusions: A brief lecture-based educational intervention therefore appears ineffective in improving RNs' knowledge of pain management and documentation skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]