Purpose: The aim of the current investigation was to compare and contrast societal perceptions and attitudes towards men in nursing as reported by male and female nursing and non-nursing university students. Methods: A comparative study design was employed to investigate societal attitudes and perceptions towards male nurses enrolled in school of nursing in a mid-sized university in Ontario, Ca...

This study examines families' and nurses' perceptions of the functions that should be performed by families of elderly nursing home residents and whether there is congruency between nursing staff and families' perceptions. This was a quasi-experimental study and was based on questionnaires distributed among 85 nurses and 68 families of nursing home residents. The findings indicated that the sta...

BACKGROUND Intensive care units (ICUs) are complex work environments where false alarms occur more frequently than on non-critical care units. The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal .06.01.01 targeted improving the safety of clinical alarm systems and required health care facilities to establish alarm systems safety as a hospital priority by July 2014. An important initial step towar...

We examined nurses' perceptions about the value and applicability of the Braden Scale as an evidence-based practice assessment tool for determining nursing interventions. Findings revealed that nurses most often chose interventions associated with improving mobility over all other components of the Braden Scale assessment. The redesign of a clinical education program using targeted scenarios fo...

Nursing Leadership from Bedside to Boardroom: Opinion Leaders’ Perceptions Khoury, Blizzard, Moore, Hassmiller Quantitative/ Qualitative Journal of nursing administration The study found that people in general find nurses to be trustoworthy, especially when it comes to health care issues and also showed that people were aware of nurses' lack of presence on boards and decreased influence in exec...

Nursing Leadership from Bedside to Boardroom: Opinion Leaders’ Perceptions Khoury, Blizzard, Moore, Hassmiller Quantitative/ Qualitative Journal of nursing administration The study found that people in general find nurses to be trustoworthy, especially when it comes to health care issues and also showed that people were aware of nurses' lack of presence on boards and decreased influence in exec...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore oncology nurses' perceptions and experiences with patient involvement in chemotherapy error prevention. DESIGN Qualitative descriptive study. SETTING In- and outpatient oncology units of a community hospital in Switzerland. SAMPLE 11 actively practicing oncology nurses working in an ambulatory infusion unit or on wards. METHODS Oncology nurses participated ...

BACKGROUND An understanding of nurses' experiences in disasters can help to identify their problems in this area. These can be overcome with better planning and preparation. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of disaster nurses regarding their provision of disaster health care services. METHODS This was a qualitative study using an inductive qualitative conte...