Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Nursing Staff, Hospital"
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Combating compassion fatigue and burnout through wellness activities
(2016-06-22)Health care workers have one of the most demanding professions. They are expected to work long hours while demonstrating compassion and care for the patients that they serve (Greshon, 2014). These expectations create ... -
A comparison of the nursing costs associated with the implementation of the mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in California
Nurse executives are challenged to provide adequate nurse staffing to prevent adverse patient outcomes, promote patient satisfaction and enhance nurses' job satisfaction. Historically, nurse staffing strategies have involved ... -
Compensation of staff nurses employed in United States hospitals from 1960 to 1990
Compensation for registered nurses employed as staff nurses in nonfederal hospitals from 1960 to 1990 was studied. Significant events of hospital financing, professional efforts to improve wages and working conditions, and ... -
Educating nursing staff in evidence-based practice: A process improvement, development, and implementation of a preadmission clinic
(2016-10-07)An evidence-based practice (EBP) education project was developed and implemented to create a preadmission clinic in the surgical services department of a small rural hospital. The project objectives were to (a) improve ... -
The effect of a work-place based education program on moral distress
The primary purpose of this study was to determine if registered nurses (RNs) who attended a workplace-based educational program would have decreased intensity, frequency, and total moral distress, compared to nurses who ... -
Evaluating the effects and process of nurse bedside shift report on nurse’s perceptions of communication patterns, nurse satisfaction, and patient involvement
(2018-03-26)Background: A growing body of evidence identifies transitions of care as vulnerable points in the care continuum where vital information is often omitted and inadequate communication occurs. Nurse shift report has been ... -
Exploring nurse's feelings on floating: A phenomenological study
(2017-04-13)The purpose of the current study was to explore nurses’ lived experiences floating in an acute health care facility within a large southern city of the United States. Husserl’s transcendental approach assisted ... -
Laboring Down: A Pretest-Posttest Educational Study
(2016-12-19)The primary aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an educational video in increasing labor and delivery nurses’ knowledge of laboring down. The secondary study aim was to determine if the educational ... -
Leadership development: Post-partum haemorrhage in non-obstetrical wards
(2017-02-14)Why the Project: During January – July 2011, postpartum patients where admitted in non-obstetrical wards, due to the high bed occupancy in the obstetric department. Although there were no Maternal Deaths in Klerksdorp ... -
Managerial caring, multicultural competence, and organizational commitment in a department of nursing
The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate the relationships among caring behaviors, multicultural competence of nursing managers, and the organizational commitment of those managers and their staff members. ... -
The manager’s perspective: Perceptions of and behaviors toward patient and visitor aggression in hospitals (PERoPA). An international online survey
(2017-09-21)Background: Patient and visitor aggression has a damaging influence on workflows as well as patient and staff safety in all areas of healthcare. Nurse managers are in a key position to address patient and visitor aggression. ... -
A multi-hospital examination of the relationship between hospital nursing resources and hospital quality outcomes
This exploratory study examined the relationship between hospital nursing resources and quality outcomes of hospital care. A portion of Donabedian's model linking structure to outcome was used to frame the study. Structure ... -
Multipronged Approach to Improve Hand Hygiene in Acute Care Nurses
(2016-10-18)Purpose: This article outlines a quality improvement project to implement a multipronged approach for improvement of hand hygiene (HH) adherence during bedside patient care in an inpatient acute care setting. Design: A ... -
Postpartum hemorrhage evidence-based registered nurse staff education project
Despite medical technology and research advances postpartum hemorrhages (PPH) continue to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for pregnant women, even in developed countries. One possible explanation for PPHs ... -
Relationships of professional nurse characteristics and nurse staffing to adverse patient outcomes
Despite major changes in the health care environment, limited research has been conducted to guide the changing roles of nurses or to examine the impact of professional nurse characteristics on patient outcomes. The purpose ... -
RN perceptions of coworker incivility and collective efficacy as influential to hospital structures and outcomes
(2017-03-29)Background: An aging population and retiring workforce might affect United States health delivery care and could threaten the quality of care in hospitals. Nurses, as the largest profession in healthcare, can buffer these ... -
The use of scorecards to improve documentation of obstetrical blood loss
Obstetric hemorrhage is one of the most common causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. The measurement of quantitative blood loss (QBL) at delivery prevents clinicians from failing to recognize hemorrhage in healthy ... -
Vertical violence and the student nurse: Is this toxic for professional identity development?
This narrative inquiry centers on student nurses’ stories of vertical violence perpetuated by clinical registered nursing staff and the meaning that students associate with this phenomenon. Student nurses are the ...
