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Aims and Objective: To explore differences in nurses' attitudes regarding the importance of family in nursing care and factors associated with nurses' attitudes across 11 European countries., Background: Family involvement in healthcare has received attention in many European healthcare systems. Nurses have a unique opportunity to promote family involvement in healthcare; however, their attitudes and beliefs may facilitate or impede this practice., Design: A cross-sectional survey across European countries., Method: A broad convenience sample of 8112 nurses across 11 European countries was recruited from October 2017 to December 2019. Data were collected using the Families' Importance in Nursing Care-Nurses' Attitudes (FINC-NA) questionnaire. We used the STROBE checklist to report the results., Results: There were significant differences in nurses' attitudes about families' importance in nursing care across Europe. Country was the factor with the strongest association with the total scores of the FINC-NA. Older age, higher level of education, increased years since graduation, having a strategy for the care of families in the workplace, and having experience of illness within one's own family were associated with a higher total FINC-NA score. Being male and working in a hospital or other clinical settings were associated with a lower total FINC-NA score., Conclusion: Nurses' attitudes regarding the importance of family in nursing care vary across 11 European countries. This study highlights multiple factors associated with nurses' attitudes. Further research is necessary to gain a deeper understanding of the reasons for nurses' different attitudes and to develop a strong theoretical framework across Europe to support family involvement in patient care. The inclusion of family healthcare programs in the baccalaureate curriculum may improve nurses' attitudes., Relevance for Clinical Practice: In clinical practice, the focus should be on identifying influencing factors on nurses' attitudes to enhance families' importance in nursing care across Europe., (© 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

Internationally, there is a growing body of knowledge about young carers, but there is a lack of research about their experiences in later life and about how their caregiving responsibility influences their transition into adulthood and affects them in their future life. The aim of this literature review is to present the experiences of young adult carers in the phase of life in which many decisions are made for one's own life as an adult. In addition, the retrospective perspective of former caregivers will be described, too. Thirteen studies, published in English or German, were included after critical appraisal. Of these, six focused on the phase of transition and seven gave their attention to the retrospective. The analysis was performed explorative in line with the Grounded Theory Method. The findings of the literature review provide insights into the family situations at the time of caregiving and into the tasks of former young carers. They also impart the positive and negative effects. Former young carers assumed responsibilities they did not want to take over. They often took on the parental role. In retrospective, especially older female siblings felt that they had to change roles, often taking over the mother's role. In this role, they sometimes felt overwhelmed and left alone. Adult former carers feel mentally less healthy and insufficiently strengthened due to the long-term care or support they have given. But there are also positive effects pointed out by former young carers. Many of them are distinguished by outstanding social skills in adulthood. They feel well prepared for life through the care experiences and appreciate the practical skills they have learned. The results of this literature review show that the caring experiences influence the life of former young carers and determine their further life course., (© 2019 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic College of Caring Science.)

Aim of the Study: The aim of this research study was to describe the provision of aids and their use in the transport of residents. The study was also intended to analyse prior experience with the methods and concepts of resident transfer, paying due attention to back problems. The resulting knowledge is to support work on the implementation of procedures in geriatric in-patient care which are suited to workers with back problems., Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, in which 217 nurses and 43 superior nurses were interviewed, with the help of a standardised questionnaire which they are expected to complete., Results: The majority of those questioned felt that they were not well informed about the availability of aids. This is reflected both in the deficient equipment with the aids and in how rarely they are used. The superior nurses regarded themselves as being rather better informed. In general, there are fewer small than large aids in the institutions and these are also used more rarely. "Lack of time" and "lack of acceptance by the residents" were the main reasons given for lack of use. About half of the superior nurses and nurses feel that they are well or very well informed about mobility concepts and working methods which spare the back. According to this, these concepts are only applied in a quarter of old people's homes, although training is more frequent. Instruction in the use of aids takes place too rarely. This can be concluded from the evaluation of the data from the superior nurses and the 109 spontaneous comments from the nurses, who not only advocated the purchase of the aids, but also emphasised the need for more information and training., Conclusions: The results indicate that current work on equipment with aids and training in their use must be optimised and must also incorporate recent advances in scientific knowledge. Implementation of specific risk assessment analyses of stress at work and regular training in dealing with aids could help to support the use of aids for geriatric in-patients.