Providing inpatient treatment to those with COVID-19 requires both a sufficient number of nurses and who are highly skilled clinically competent provide complex care. The result an increase in demand acuity patient care needs has highlighted the awareness urgency ongoing nursing shortage. Reviewing challenges recruitment retention identified interventions appropriate for this new healthcare env...

background and objectives: in this paper, a real life nurse scheduling model is described based on the conditions in iranian hospitals such as monthly shift rotation, consecutive morning and evening shifts and consecutive evening and night shift.   methods: the developed model considers both hospital constraints and nurses’ preferences. hospital constraints include assigning adequate qualified ...

BackgroundNurses are essential to hospitals in rural areas, however little is known about the small hospital practice environment. Insight into this unique environment important attracting and retaining nurses setting.AimTo examine nurses’ perceptions of Australian hospitals.DesignA descriptive cross-sectional survey.MethodsData were collected via an online survey working hospitals. The Nursing...

Delivery of HIV care has evolved over the last 10 years, and nurse specialists are a driving force in developing new pathways to enhance patient care. Despite the continued rise in numbers of people living with HIV, the financial constraints on the NHS have unfortunately resulted in a reduction in service provision. Experienced nurses are integral to patient care management. They not only provi...

INTRODUCTION The recruitment and retention of health professionals in rural areas is a long-standing concern in Australia. In the context of an ageing rural nursing workforce, recruitment and retention of new graduate nurses is an important issue. OBJECTIVE To explore the role transition for new graduate nurses in rural practice in New South Wales (NSW). METHODS This study utilised a qualit...

BACKGROUND There is a need for cost-effective weight management interventions that primary care can deliver to reduce the morbidity caused by obesity. Automated web-based interventions might provide a solution, but evidence suggests that they may be ineffective without additional human support. The main aim of this study was to carry out a feasibility trial of a web-based weight management inte...

PURPOSE To investigate forms of abusive supervision, namely personal attacks, task attacks, and isolation, and their links to outcomes for nurses, including job satisfaction, psychological strain, and intentions to quit. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey design. Data collected from July to November 2012. METHODS Two hundred and fifty public sector nurses employed at five general acute Australia...

Purpose: To investigate forms of abusive supervision, namely personal attacks, task attacks and isolation, and their links to outcomes for nurses, including job satisfaction, psychological strain and intentions to quit. Design: Cross-sectional survey design. Data collected from July to November 2012. Methods: Two hundred and fifty public sector nurses employed at five general acute Australian h...