This is a descriptive study, aiming at comparing the nursing workload in a post-operatory heart surgery unit (UPOCC) using NAS, TISS-28 and NEMS, and verifying both the observed and recommended nursing staff-to-patient ratio according to the workload indexes used. Data collection happened in a University Hospital, from October to November, 2004. The sample included 55 patients, resulting in 283...

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Background: Nursing care models provide the infrastructure for organizing and delivering care to patients and families. Over the decades, different models have waxed and waned. Since the 1980s, the primary nursing model has gained increasing prominence. However, there is no systematic research evidence on the effects of this model for patients, their family members, nursing staff or the care or...

background: and purpose: back injury in nurses is one of the most common healthcare problems. the chronic low back pain leads to several problems including varying degrees of disability, impact on activities of daily life, physical and emotional problems, and serious impact on the quality of life. the purpose of this study was to assess the quality of life of nursing staff with chronic nonspeci...

aims: stress is considered as a psychological phenomenon that inflicts human beings in the modern societies. burnout is a psychological or behavioral state which occurs as individual’s performance quality deteriorates. this study aimed to investigate the level of burnout and occupational stress in kashan rehabilitating centers staffs.  materials & methods: this descriptive study was done on all...

This article describes a nursing staff training program in basic behavior management skills and a formal staff management system to encourage the application of these basic skills on the nursing unit. Behavioral skills training consists of a 5-hour in-service followed by three weeks of on-the-job training to ensure accurate application of behavior management skills. Following training, a staff ...

ABSTARCT BACKGROUND A recent review estimated prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare workers (HCWs) to be 4.6%. However, MRSA carriage in HCWs in non-outbreak settings is thought to be higher than in an outbreak situation, due to increased hygiene awareness in outbreaks, but valid data are missing. The goals of this paper are to summarise the prevalence o...

BACKGROUND Nursing home residents are mainly inactive. Nursing staff can encourage residents to perform functional activities during daily care activities. This study examines 1) the extent to which nursing staff perceive that they encourage functional activity in nursing home residents and 2) the associations between these nursing behaviors and professional characteristics, contextual factors,...

BACKGROUND Functional decline is common in nursing home residents. Nursing staff can help prevent this decline, by encouraging residents to be more active in functional activities. Questionnaires measuring the extent to which nursing staff encourage functional activity among residents are lacking. In addition, there are no measurement instruments to gain insight into nursing staff perceived bar...

When a loved one is admitted to a nursing facility, family members usually experience a variety of emotions. Feelings of guilt, fear, and distrust are common. The facility staff must make every effort to engage the family and establish trust to forge a constructive collaboration in the care of the nursing facility resident. Even with conscientious and compassionate staff efforts to establish an...