What is already known about this topic?

• Some patient decision aids have been reported to support patients with diabetes' information processing and decision making.
• The application of patient decision aids can narrow the knowledge gap between patients and doctors so as to facilitate patient activation.

What this paper adds?

• This article extends the evidence on the beneficial effects of patient decision aids on reducing decisional conflict, improving self-efficacy and knowledge level among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
• The review recommends patient decision aids as a supplementary method to promote the quality and effectiveness of decision making for patients with diabetes.

The implications of this paper

• Clinicians could incorporate patient decision aids as part of their clinical consultation, being fully considerate of the patient's preferences.

What is already known about this topic?

• There is an increasing global prevalence of hypertension, the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
• Lifestyle modifications are first-line treatment to attaining hypertension goals and improving patient outcomes.
• Strengthening nursing intellectual capital by building nurse skills and knowledge can maximize their contribution and enhance population health.

The implications of this paper:

• Awareness of patient culture strengthens patient education and enhances uptake of lifestyle modifications.
• Nurses, when appropriately equipped and supported, are ideally situated to significantly improve hypertension outcomes.
• Appropriately educating nurses and clarifying role expectations would develop nursing intellectual capital and add value to the health-care system in Vietnam.

What is already known about this topic?

• The Evidence-Based Practice Attitude scale and the Evidence-Based Practice Beliefs scale are developed and recognized as valid and reliable instruments.
• They have been translated and tested rigorously in different languages.

What this paper adds?

• Supporting evidence was provided for construct validity and reliability of the Vietnamese versions of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude (V-EBPA) and Evidence-Based Practice Beliefs (V-EBPB) scales.
• A 14-item four-factor model of the V-EBPA scale and a 13-item three-factor model of the V-EBPB scale were suggested in this study.

The implications of this paper:

• Attitude and beliefs of EBP are amenable to change while creating a learning environment or organizational culture in favour of EBP.
• Assessing results enabled comparison with international samples and establishment of appropriate benchmarks for EBP progress.
• Managers or leaders could tailor professionals' needs to allocate educational interventions and supportive resources for implementing EBP.

What is already known about this topic?

• Traumatic brain injury is a global problem that is a major public health issue in low-resource settings like Thailand.
• Evidence-based practice improves patient outcomes and quality of care while reducing health-care costs, which is particularly important in low-resource environments.

What this paper adds?

• There were evidence–practice gaps in the initial neuro-protective nursing care of patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury provided by Thai trauma nurses that increase the risk of secondary brain injury.
• This study has identified a number of evidence–practice gaps related to oxygen and carbon dioxide monitoring and targets, mean arterial pressure and systolic blood pressure targets and management of increased intracranial pressure.

The implications of this paper for practice/policy:

• The study results provide a snapshot of the evidence–practice gaps of neuro-protective nursing care for patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury that need to be improved in the Thai trauma context, which is a low-resource setting.
• The evidence–practice gaps identified in this study will enable targeted interventions to improve the safety and quality of care for Thai patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury.

What is already known about this topic?

• Burnout is a prolonged response to chronic job-related stress and it has a negative effect on job satisfaction and quality of nursing care.

What this paper adds?

• The prevalence of burnout among nurses working in China is high.
• Marital status, educational level, income and years of working experience affect job burnout.
• Nurses with a high level of burnout have high job dissatisfaction and intend to leave.

The implications of this paper:

• Nursing supervisors and managers need to be more aware of the high prevalence of job burnout among nurses in China.
• Interventions should be undertaken to prevent or reduce nurse burnout.