Nurses often practice in chaotic, demanding work environments. Understanding the negative impact these environments have on nurses and patients is paramount to halting this epidemic. Researchers' decade-old call for administrators and managers to correct this occupational hazard is ineffective in decreasing the effects of prolonged work-related stress on nurses. Staff development educators' mod...

Team efforts by nurse educators and nurse administrators resulted in modification of the orientation process to better accommodate part-time nurses. Use of the Performance Base Development System (PBDS) was initiated and scheduling flexibility was introduced as a "Med-Plus" program. Over 30 nurses have had acceptable assessments and became valuable members of the staff. Not all problems involvi...

OBJECTIVES Workplace violence is a concerning issue. Healthcare workers represent a significant portion of the victims, especially those who work in the emergency department (ED). The objective of this study was to examine ED workplace violence and staff perceptions of physical safety. METHODS Data were obtained from the National Emergency Department Safety Study (NEDSS), which surveyed staff...

Understanding the meaning of being the primary preceptor for newly graduated nurses during their transition into clinical practice has implications for hospital administrators, nurse leaders, and staff development nurses. This qualitative study explores the meaning of this experience through interviews with six preceptors. Findings suggest that nursing leaders need to clarify other roles that p...

The Macquarie University hosts a portal providing staff members with supportive information for their daily recordkeeping responsibilities and needs. Student administrators use this information to determine if a student is on track to complete their course in the allocated time. Access to this information is a difficult and slow process by which time the need for the information may have passed...

Vision, mission, goals, and objectives (VMGOs) function as the foundation of an educational institution. The Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges Universities in Philippines (AACCUP) underscored that institution is assessed according to degree how its VMGOs are achieved, but not comparison with others. This descriptive research utilized survey method determine levels awareness acceptabilit...

BACKGROUND This project is part of the Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) program of research, a multi-level and longitudinal research program being conducted in 36 nursing homes in three Canadian Prairie Provinces. The overall goal of TREC is to improve the quality of care for older persons living in nursing homes and the quality of work life for care providers. The purpose of this pape...

Illicit drug users sustain the epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), hepatitis C (HCV), and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Substance abuse treatment programs present a major intervention point in stemming these epidemics. As a part of the "Infections and Substance Abuse" study, established by the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinica...

Converting traditional face-to-face course offerings into distance delivery formats is one of the greatest challenges facing administrators and faculty in higher education today. In addressing this challenge, it is evident that there are two primary approaches to managing distance course development. Some faculties opt to develop and deliver courses on their own (Reinert & Fryback, 1997), where...