The aim of this study was to explore professional nurses' perception of nursing mentally ill patients in a tertiary hospital in Durban. An explorative, qualitative, descriptive and contextual design was followed as the basis for conducting the study. The above-mentioned research design was achieved through field work conducted in an urban-based general hospital. A sample of 12 professional nurs...

INTRODUCTION Noise in the emergency department (ED) may be perceived to be high by both patients and nurses alike. This increased noise level is hypothesized to be responsible for communication interference and subsequent disruption of complex procedures and decision-making. The objective of this study is to quantify ambient noise level in an ED while obtaining coincident subjective surveys fro...

BACKGROUND In recent decades, patient safety has become a high priority health system issue, due to the high potential of occurring adverse events in health facilities. OBJECTIVES This study was aimed to survey patient safety culture in 2 Iranian educational hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a descriptive, cross-sectional survey, a hospital survey on patient safety culture, was used in tw...

The current economic climate makes it increasingly likely that the role of nurses in the operating theatre will be scrutinised once again. This article reports on how theatre nurses view their work, making some recommendations to try to improve the perception of theatre nursing outside operating departments.

BACKGROUND patient satisfaction with healthcare services provided for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is essential due to high resources use. OBJECTIVES the study aimed to describe patient satisfaction with healthcare services using the CACHE questionnaire and to assess gastroenterologist and nurse perception on patients' satisfaction. METHODS observational multicentric prospective study ...

background: there is a renewed interest in job satisfaction among healthcare workers including nurses in africa and the west african sub-region due to the perception that global shifts in the internal structures and employment practices are inducing changes in the ties that bind employees to their job. therefore, it is necessary to examine various studies in order to establish an empirical base...

BACKGROUND The unfulfilled desire of millions of infertile couples worldwide to have their own biological children results in emotional distress. This study evaluated the emotional reactions of couples attending a combined infertility clinic in Kuwait and successful clients' perception of nurses. METHODS Quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The first phase was by structured intervi...

Research conducted amongst perioperative nurses during 1996 investigated both the causes of occupational stress and nurses' perceptions of the effects of modern medical technologies on several aspects of their work life during the preceding three years. It found that there was a strong perception amongst the 433 nurses in the study that medical technologies had contributed to their increased wo...

This paper uses mixed methods to examine the impact of New Public Management (NPM) on public sector nurses’ perceptions of workplace autonomy and, in turn, their job satisfaction. The quantitative findings of this study suggest that nurses’ perception of autonomy does moderate their job satisfaction. The qualitative findings suggest that the implementation of NPM has negatively affected nurses’...