The purpose of this study was to explore early-career registered nurses' perceptions of high-quality nursing care in hospitals. The study findings contribute to ongoing work intended to explore and define what quality nursing care is and how it ultimately impacts patients. The final sample analyzed for this article consisted of 171 narrative responses from hospital-based registered nurses. We u...

sort of men were being referred for reports. We particularly wanted to know their diagnosis, social background, the proportion needing hospital admission, whether that admission could have been arranged without the court, whether these people were very different from the ordinary hospital admissions and whether they needed any special nursing care. In 1963 there were 146 referrals of men to the...

Nursing administration requires a large volume of wide-ranging information, and nurse administrators are limited in their ability to compile and analyze information for nursing administration. The purpose of this study is to create methodology for developing a nursing administration analysis system to aid nurse administrators in performing outcome analysis. In this methodology, information requ...

Mainstreaming of mental health care and the prevalence of mental illness have increased the requirement for care by nurses in the general hospital setting. In rural Australia, mental health services are limited and nurses have less access to support and education. Little is known about how these factors influence attitudes and the care of people with mental illness in rural hospitals. A qualita...

background : nurses play a crucial role in patient-care. therefore, assessing nurses’ clinical competence is essential to achieve qualified and safe care. the aim of this study was to determine and compare the competence assessments made by head nurses and practicing nurses in a university hospital in iran in 2009. methods : a cross-sectional survey was conducted to make comparisons of both sel...

Abstract This study aimed to identify the impact of work stress on job performance nursing workers in Al-Awda Hospital Gaza Strip. The researchers used descriptive and analytical approach. population was selected from staff Hospital, where size sample reached 60 nurses. comprehensive enumeration method for all members population. Questionnaire data collection because is small. most important fi...

INTRODUCTION This study explores the nurses' views on need for professional development and barriers in Nepal. METHODS This is a qualitative content analysis study conducted among nurses from different health institutes. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were used to obtain their views on need of professional development and major barriers against professional development in Nep...

Aim To explore the extent to which nurses are willing to challenge doctors' practice in everyday situations in an acute NHS hospital. Method Qualitative data were collected using in-depth interviews with 12 nurses in an acute NHS hospital in England. Findings Participants believed that they challenged doctors' practice and acted as patients' advocates. However, data revealed that nurses questio...

A study that shows care by Marie Curie staff doubles the chance of terminally ill people being able to die at home will be used to lobby the government for investment in specialist end of life care. The study of 60,000 patients found that more than three quarters of those cared for by the Marie Curie nursing service died at home and only 7.7 per cent died in hospital. In contrast, 34.9 per cent...