OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and nature of workplace violence against nurses, and how nurses deal with such aggression; and to identify the risk factors related to violence in the hospital environment. DESIGN Cross-sectional questionnaire study. SETTING University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS All nursing staff in the hospital, except nurses who were unable to read ...

PURPOSE The focus on recovery for persons with severe and persistent mental illness is leading state psychiatric hospitals to transform their method of care delivery. This article describes a quality improvement project involving a hospital's administration and multidisciplinary state-university affiliation that collaborated in the development and implementation of a nursing care delivery model...

BACKGROUND In the Rationing of Nursing Care in Switzerland Study, implicit rationing of care was the only factor consistently significantly associated with all six studied patient outcomes. These results highlight the importance of rationing as a new system factor regarding patient safety and quality of care. Since at least some rationing of care appears inevitable, it is important to identify ...

This study aims to analyze the effect of Motivation, Work Environment, and Compensation Variables on Performance Nurses at Regional Hospitals in Balikpapan, both Simultaneously Partially. The population is 138 people with sample j used nurses analysis tool multiple linear regression. From results simultaneous test, it was obtained that there a strong relationship between variables Environment N...

OBJECTIVE To explore the impact of quality circles on job satisfaction, absenteeism, and turnover among hospital nurses in Taiwan. DESIGN A quasi-experimental research design. SETTING In November 1995, a study was initiated to establish quality circles in a 500-bed community hospital in Taiwan. After the administrative process and a pilot study, three of the experimental units began impleme...

Introduction: The TELEKAT project (“Telehomecare, chronic patients and the integrated healthcare system”) has developed a telerehabilitation programme enabling patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to perform preventive home monitoring across sectors. The goal of the project is to help patients avoid readmission to hospital, perform self-monitoring and to maintain rehabilit...

Abstract Background: In Egypt, there are various problems facing the health care system in which of individuals should be protected and ensured. The roles nurses have influenced quality delivery effectiveness; these largest portion hospital staff, so they grow their profession continuously. aim study:  identify effect occupational adjustment on nurses' counterproductive work behavior job burnou...

Background: Nurses are the vital for any health care setting and basic nursing cares is concerned with helping a patient meet his or her needs. The main role of today to help individual attain maintain optimal level health. -+In Bangladesh, service mostly curative oriented hospital based; where quality major concern particularly provided by nurses. Therefore, in present study researcher interes...