BACKGROUND To date, there are no valid statistics regarding the number of full time staff necessary for nursing care in emergency departments in Europe. MATERIAL AND METHODS Staff requirement calculations were performed using state-of-the art procedures which take both fluctuating patient volume and individual staff shortfall rates into consideration. In a longitudinal observational study, th...

AIM This qualitative study explored clinicians' and educators' perspectives on how knowledge and skills about family assessment and family nursing are translated from student learning to clinical nursing practice, together with barriers and supports for family-centred nursing practice. BACKGROUND Previous studies have explored educational preparation for family nursing and indicated that fami...

This article aimed to analyze the perception of the nursing team about the care of institutionalized elderly. It consists of a qualitative and exploratory study developed in the six long-term care nursing homes for elderly in the city of João Pessoa/PB, Brazil, from January to June 2013. The sample was comprised 50% of the nurses from all the institutions, totaling 13 participants, whose data w...

Methods It was a quasiexperimental pretest posttest control study. There were 15 residents and 10 nursing home staff in experimental and control groups respectively. An ICP related to enteral feeding was given to the experimental group. The knowledge and practice in enteral feeding among nursing home staff was measured by questionnaires; and 60 pairs of specimens were taken for bacterial counts...

Effective communication is essential as nurses convey their critical impact in care delivery. As part of Magnet readiness, the Main Line Health System engaged a nationally recognized expert to develop a communications strategy for staff nurses and front-line managers. This initiative was driven by the chief nursing officer and the nursing leadership team. The goal was to refine communication sk...

BACKGROUND One of the most important purposes of health-oriented educational centers is to train competent nurses. This study was intended to discover the meaning of "competency of nursing academic staff" among nursing students and instructors. METHODOLOGY & METHODS A qualitative study using the content analysis approach was conducted. The data was collected through in-depth interviews consis...

Retention of nursing staff is more complex in a correctional facility. After a period of 3 years, only 20% of the staff remained employed at this study facility. Without retention of qualified correctional nurses, there are decreases in access to care, gaps in continuity of care, and less time for mentorship. Trained correctional nurses improve patient and staff safety, provide more education, ...

Although the aging inpatient population in state psychiatric hospitals is growing significantly, there are few examples of available training to improve staff knowledge and practice. The current article describes a 10-week training series developed through a university and psychiatric hospital collaboration. Training was attended by 135 direct care nursing and rehabilitation staff and focused o...

background and objectives: workplace violence against female nurses is a significant and increasing problem. this study aimed to investigate workplace violence against female nurses in three general hospitals of ilam located in western iran and identify factors influencing it incidents.   methods: seventy seven nurses were randomly selected and surveyed. the data were collected using an author-d...