The objective of this study was to describe the Supplemental Nursing Staff´s experiences at different hospital units. A qualitative phenomenological approach was conducted; a purposeful and theoretical sampling was implemented with supplemental nursing staff at Santa Barbara Hospital of Soria (Spain), to gain a more in-depth understanding of the Supplemental Nursing Staff ´s experience. Data we...

OBJECTIVE estimate the psychometric properties in the adaptation of the instrument Positions on Nursing Diagnosis to assess nursing staff members' attitudes towards the nursing process. METHOD methodological study with a non-probabilistic sample of 973 nursing assistants and 632 baccalaureate nurses from 35 hospitals and outpatient clinics affiliated with the São Paulo State Health Secretary....

background and objectives: not reporting medication errors by the clinical staff prevent identification of type and frequency of these errors, and thereby developing effective strategies to alleviate the problem. most investigation of barriers to medication error reporting comes from public hospitals. this study aimed to explore the issue from a nurse’s perspective in private hospital. methods:...

background: motivational interviewing (m.i.) is an option for modifying an individual’s behavior. it is used as an educational method in recent years. the aim of our study was to indicate whether or not education, using lecture alone and lecture with m.i., would affect the performance of nursing personnel regarding their hand hygiene. if so, which of these two methods were most effective for th...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between nursing home administrator (NHA) leadership style and staff turnover. DESIGN AND METHODS We analyzed primary data from a survey of 2,900 NHAs conducted in 2005. The Online Survey Certification and Reporting database and the Area Resource File were utilized to extract organizational and local economic characteristics of ...

Background: Long-term care facilities provide a wide range of services over a sustained period of time to people of all ages with functional limitations and chronic conditions. Nursing homes provide 24 hour nursing care support and long-term housing. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships among nursing home ownership, care processes and quality outcomes in Medicar...

BACKGROUND Self-confidence is a glorious feature of an effective administrator. Their main goal is the organizational success. Therefore, we approached this idea by evaluating the self-confidence of nursing Administration in Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Teaching Hospitals and its relation to vocational satisfaction of the staff. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, we interview...

OBJECTIVES To calculate and compare the nursing staff size associated with self-care promotion at a pediatric semi-intensive care unit. METHODS This was a prospective study in which 31 children and their caregivers participated. The nursing workload associated with each participant was evaluated at two different times (first and second hospital stays) using the Nursing Activities Score instru...

Previous studies have shown that missed nursing care is a significant problem in acute care hospitals. Other studies have demonstrated that teamwork is a critical element in assuring patient safety and quality of care. The purpose of this study was to determine if the level of nursing teamwork impacts the extent and nature of missed nursing care. A sample of 2 216 nursing staff members on 50 ac...