Pakistan is a country where the nursing profession still has to get good working environment as it directly related improved patient care. The practice key factor that contributes retention. Bearing in mind importance of issue present study designed know current state environment. data were collected from nurses medical wards and critical care units Institute Neurosciences, Lahore. Convenience ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore the feasibility of rural home telemonitoring for patients with lung cancer. DESIGN Exploratory, descriptive, observational. SETTING Patient homes within a 75-mile radius of the study hospital in West Virginia. SAMPLE 10 patients hospitalized with lung cancer as a primary or secondary-related diagnosis. METHODS Data included referral and demographics, chart ...

In this paper, we provide a detailed investigation into the quitting behaviour of nurses in the British National Health Service (NHS), using a recently constructed longitudinal survey. We fit both single and competing risks duration models that enable us to establish the characteristics of those nurses who leave the public sector, distinguish the importance of pay in this decision and document ...

This article is part of a wider study entitled Value of Nursing, and contains the literature search from electronic databases. Key words for the search included 'values of nursing', 'values in nursing', 'organisational values' and 'professional identity'. Thirty-two primary reports published in English between 2000 and 2006 were identified. The findings highlight the importance of understanding...

Aims and objectives To explore how newly qualified nurses’ work experiences are constructed through the interplay between self, workplace home-life influencing their retention. Background Nurses critical to achieving goal of universal health coverage. However, shortages nursing staff endemic. Of particular concern, nurses more likely leave workforce. The point transition working as a nurse is t...

When California passed a law in 1999 establishing minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for hospitals, it was feared that hospitals might respond by disproportionately hiring lower-skill licensed vocational nurses. This article examines nurse staffing ratios for California hospitals for the period 1997–2008. It compares staffing levels to those in similar hospitals in the United States. We f...