Performance of different organizations, such as hospitals is mainly influenced by their managers' performance. Nursing managers have an important role in hospital performance and their managerial skills can improve the quality of the services. Hence, the present study was conducted in order to assess the relationship between the managerial skills and the results of their performance evaluation ...

The paper suggests a staffing tool to improve efficiency at a nursing department of a local hospital. The managers consider they are understaffed and try to overwhelm the staffing deficit problem through overtime, rather than hiring additional nurses. The estimates indicate that the shortage at the hospital level corresponds to 300 full time equivalent (FTE) nurses. However, the huge amount of ...

Historically, educational preparation did not address informatics competencies; thus managers, administrators, or executives may not be prepared to use or lead change in the use of health information technologies. A number of resources for informatics competencies exist, however, a comprehensive list addressing the unique knowledge and skills required in the role of a manager or administrator w...

When medication errors occur, nurse managers strive to determine the cause(s), identify the significant contributing factors within the system, or question staff competency. Critical care managers juggle this question against the backdrop of the demands of budget, bed utilization, patient outcome, and work life of the nursing staff that practises within chaotic environments with complex, severe...

The need to develop nurses as managers and leaders is crucial to the retention of registered nurses at a time of work force shortages and an increasingly aging work force in most Western industrialized countries. This article describes a creative and collaborative educational initiative developed at a large regional teaching hospital in New South Wales, Australia, designed to address this need....

The purpose of this demonstration project was to provide clinical nurse managers with resources to increase their knowledge and confidence in hiring, managing and retaining internationally educated nurses (IENs). Two teaching hospitals, two organizations providing educational and other support programs for IENs, a community settlement organization and a nursing research unit collaborated in the...

Every nurse has the opportunity to make a positive impact on the profession through day-to-day advocacy for nurses and the nursing profession. In this article the author defines advocacy; describes advocacy skills every nurse can employ to advocate for a safe and healthy work environment; and explains how nurses can advocate for nursing as part of their daily activity whether they are point-of-...

BACKGROUND Fatigue associated with shiftwork can threaten the safety and health of nurses and the patients in their care. Napping during night shift breaks has been shown to be an effective strategy to decrease fatigue and enhance performance in a variety of work environments, but appears to have mixed support within health care. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to explore critical care ...

conclusions although the efficacy of nursing doctoral program is good, however, it needs revision to enhance the outcomes of the program in order to meet public needs and to increase learners’ satisfaction. materials and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted on 90 nursing students who were conveniently selected from seven nursing schools. a questionnaire designed based on the patrick...