| Conflict management styles used by nurses in Jordan |
Journal of Research in Nursing |
SAGE Publications |
2012 |
Norrie P, Al-Hamdan Z and Anthony D |
"There are five main styles used to deal with conflict. At present research into their utilisation is dominated by reports from Western countries. This research is the second to investigate their use by nurses in an Arab country and it illustrates similarities with the earlier work, allowing an initial profile to be constructed which may be applicable to the larger Arab world of healthcare." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Full-time work for nurses; employers: perspectives |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Baumann A, Hunsberger M & Crea-Arsenio M |
Aim: "To examine an employer response to a government employment policy, the Nursing Graduate Guarantee (NGG), over a 2-year period (2008–2009 and 2009–2010)." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| A narrative review on the effect of economic downturns on the nursing labour market: implications for policy and planning |
Human Resources for Health |
BioMed Central |
2012 |
Alameddine M, Baumann A, Laporte A & Deber R |
"The objectives of this manuscript are to provide an overview of the potential short- and long-run impact of economic downturns on the supply and demand of nurses, and present healthcare decision makers with a framework to enhance their ability to strategically manage their human resources through economic cycles." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Impact of public policy on nursing employment: Providing the evidence |
Canadian Public Policy |
University of Toronto Press |
2012 |
Baumann A, Hunsberger M & Crea-Arsenio M |
"Due to economic instability, employment status has been shifting over time. Organizations have been moving toward a flexible contingent workforce. An early study of employment patterns demonstrated a significant rise in part-time and casual employment in the Ontario nursing workforce" (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Predictors and outcomes of nurse leader job stress experienced by AWHONN members |
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing |
AWHONN, the Association of Women's Helath, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses |
2012 |
Kath, LM, Stichler JF, Ehrrhart TAS |
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| Predictors and outcomes of nurse leader job stress experienced by AWHONN members |
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing |
AWHONN, the Association of Women's Helath, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses |
2012 |
Kath, LM, Stichler JF, Ehrhart MG and Schultz TA |
Objective -"To measure the relationships among stressors (personal factors, job/role factors, hospital factors), job stress, and outcomes experienced by nurse leaders and examine moderation of autonomy and leadership style on outcomes of job stress." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Job satisfaction among nursing personnel in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Cheung K and Ching SSY |
Aim - "To investigate the perceived importance and actual level of job satisfaction among enrolled nurses (ENs), registered nurses (RNs), specialty nurses (SNs) and nurse managers (NMs) in Hong Kong." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Relationship between intensity of night shift work and antioxidant status in blood of nurses |
International Archives of Occupational and Enironmental Health |
Springer-Verlag |
2012 |
Gromadzinska J, Peplonska B, Sobala W, Reszka E, Wasovicz W, Bukowska A and Lie J-A |
"The employees working based on a shift system adjust to the changes occurring both on the cell level and on the level of the whole organism. Therefore, a question should be answered whether shift work disturbs oxidant–antioxidant balance and/or generates oxidative stress." (extract from abstract) |
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| Prevalence of and risk factors for needlestick and sharps injuries among nursing students in Hong Kong |
American Journal of Infection Control |
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology |
2012 |
Cheung K, Ching SSY, Chang KKP and Ho SC |
"Although nursing students are at greater risk for needlestick injuries (NSIs) and sharps injuries (SIs) than staff nurses, there is a lack of research on NSIs and SIs in students, especially in different years of study. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors for and prevalence of NSIs and SIs among nursing students in different years of study." (extract from abstract) |
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| Nurses' and managers' perceptions of continuing professional development for older and younger nurses: A focus group study |
International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Elsevier |
2012 |
Pool I, Poell R and Cate Ot |
"... future strategies for continuing professional development should be directed at both younger and older nurses. Although there is some evidence that various personal, organisational and social factors result in lower participation of older workers in development activities, age-related differences in continuing professional development among nurses remain under-explored." (extract from abstract) |
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| The challenges of working in underserved areas: A qualitative exploratory study of views of policy makers and professionals |
International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Elsevier |
2012 |
AbuAlRub RF, El-Jardali F, Jamal D, Iblasi AS an Murray SF |
"The inadequate number of health care providers, particularly nurses, in underserved areas is one of the biggest challenges for health policymakers. There is a scarcity of research in Jordan about factors that affect nurse staffing and retention in underserved areas." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Determinants of moral distress in daily nursing practice: A cross sectional correlational questionnaire survey |
International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Elsevier |
2011 |
de Veer AJE, Francke AL, Struijs A and Willems DL |
"Objective - To identify individual and job characteristics associated with moral distress in nursing staff." (extract from abstract) |
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| Charting the course for nurses' acheivement of higher education levels |
Journal of Professional Nursing |
Elsevier |
2012 |
Kovner CT, Brewer C, Katigbak C, Djukic M and Fatehi F |
"To identify factors predicting enrollment and completion of an additional degree among those with an associate or bachelor's as their pre-RN licensure degree, we performed logistic regression analysis on data from an ongoing nationally representative panel study following the career trajectories of newly licensed RNs" (extract from abstract) |
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| Exit interviews: Determining why health staff leave |
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Human Resources for Health Knowledg Hub, University of New South Wales |
2012 |
Doyle, J & Roberts, G |
"Attrition of health workers (HWs) is a major concern within Pacific Island Countries and territories (PICTs).
There appear to be only limited systems in place within Pacific Island health care systems for the collection of data about departing health workers who resign, retire or relocate." (extract from document) |
Details |
| Employment goals, expectations, and migration intentions of nursing graduates in a Canadian border city: A mixed methods study |
International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Elsevier |
2012 |
Freeman M; Baumann A; Akhtar-Danesh N; Blythe J; Fisher A; |
"The objective of this study is to explore the migration intentions of a graduating class of baccalaureate nursing students in a Canadian border community and the factors influencing their decision making." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Graduate nurses' perceptions of mismatches between themselves and their jobs and association with intent to leave employment: a longitudical survey |
International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Elsevier |
2012 |
Takase M; Nakayoshi Y; Teraoka S |
"The aim of this study was to investigate how graduate nurses’ perceptions of the demands–abilities and supplies–needs misfits changed over time, and to examine how these misfits impact their intention to leave the jobs." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Nurse leaders' responsibilities in supporting nurses experiencing difficult situations in clinical nursing |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Honkavuo L; Lindstrom UA |
"To make nurse leaders aware of different kinds of difficult situations in clinical nursing that may cause suffering to nurses and to discuss how nurse leaders can approach and alleviate this suffering." (extract from abstract) |
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| The impact of shift work on nurses' job stress. sleep quality and self-perceived health status |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Lin S-H; Liao W-C; Chen M-Y; Fan J-Y |
"The aim of this study was to describe the current state of nurses' shift work in Taiwan and how it affects nurses' stress, sleep quality and self-perceived health status." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Collaboration: a SWOT analysis of the process of conducting a review of nursing workforce policies in five European countries |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Uhrenfeldt L; Lakanmaa R-L; Flinkman M; Basto ML; Attree M |
"This paper critically reviews the literature on international collaboration and analyses the collaborative process involved in producing a nursing workforce policy analysis." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| The relationship between gender role stereotypes and requisite managerial characteristics: the case of nursing and midwifery professionals |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Berkery E; Tiernan S; Morley M |
"To examine the relationship between gender role stereotypes and requisite managerial characteristics within the nursing and midwifery profession." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Violence in the nursing workplace - a descriptive correlational study in a public hospital |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Chen K-P; Ku Y-C; Yang H-F |
Aims - " To explore the prevalence, types and sources of violence in the nursing workplace and to assess the factors related to violence." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Components and strategies of nurse residency programs effective in new graduate socialization |
Western Journal of Nursing Research |
SAGE Publications |
2012 |
Kramer M, Maguire P, Schmalenberg C, Halfer D, Budin WC, Hall DS, Goodloe L, Klaristenfeld J, Teasley S, Forsey L & Lemke J |
"Nurse Residency Programs (NRPs) facilitate the integration of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses (NLRNs) into this professional practice role through competency development in seven management areas. Purpose of this study was to identify effective components and strategies of NRPs in each area." (extract from abstract) |
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| Role and working conditions of nurses in public health in Mexico and Peru: a binational qualitative study |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
De Cordova MIP, Mier N, Quirarte NHG, Gomez TG, Pinones S and Borda A |
'This exploratory study conducted in Mexico and Peru investigated nurses' perceptions about their role in public health and working conditions.' (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Staffing and job satisfaction: nurses and nursing assistants |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Kalisch BJ & Lee KY |
'The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between staffing and job satisfaction of registered nurses (RNs) and nursing assistants (NAs).' (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Resilience in nurses: an integrative review |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Hart PL, Brannan JD and de Chesnay M. |
'To describe nursing research that has been conducted to understand the phenomenon of resilience in nurses.'(extract from abstract) |
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| Experiences, opportunities and challenges of implementing task shifting in underserved remote settings: the case of Kongwa district, central Tanzania |
International Health and Human Rights |
BioMed Central |
2012 |
Munga MA, Kilima SP, Mutalemwa PP, Kisoka WJ and Malecela MN |
"The aim of this paper is two-fold. Firstly, to describe the current situation of implementing task shifting in the context of acute shortages of health workers and, secondly, to provide a descriptive account of the potential opportunities or benefits and the likely challenges which might ensue as a result of implementing task shifting." (extract from abstract) |
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| Supplemental nurses are just as educated, slightly less experienced, and more diverse compared to permanent nurses |
Health Affairs |
Project HOPE |
2012 |
Xue Y, Smith J, Fruend DA and Aiken LH |
"...there has been insufficient evidence about supplemental nurse workforce trends to inform workforce policy. To address this concern, we compared qualifications and characteristics of supplemental nurses with those of permanent nurses during 1984–2008." (extract from abstract) |
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| The longer the shifts for hospital nurses, the higher the levels of burnout and patient dissatisfaction |
Health Affairs |
Project HOPE |
2012 |
Stimpfel AW, Sloane DM and Aiken LH |
"Extended work shifts of twelve hours or longer are common and even popular with hospital staff nurses, but little is known about how such extended hours affect the care that patients receive or the well-being of nurses." (extract from abstract) |
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| Distress experienced by nurses in response to the challenging behaviour of residents - evidence from German nursing homes |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Schmidt SG, Dichter MN, Palm R, Hasselhorn HM |
"The aim of this research is to investigate the degree of distress experienced by nurses in response to the challenging behaviour of nursing home residents (residents' challenging behaviour) and their impact on nurses individual resources (general health, burnout and work ability)." (extract from abstract) |
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| The association of health workforce capacity and quality of prediatric care in Afghanistan |
International Journal for Quality in Health Care |
Oxford University Press |
2012 |
Edward A, Kumar B, Niayesh H, Naeem AJ, Burnham G & Peters DH |
"Enhancing workforce capacity and competency and ensuring appropriate supervision and systems support mechanisms can contribute to improved quality of care." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Nurses' career aspirations to management roles: qualitative findings from a national study of Canadian nurses |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Wong et. al. |
"Our aim was to investigate direct-care nurses' interests in formal management roles and factors that facilitate their decision-making." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| The contemporary construction of nurse empowerment |
Journal of Nursing Scholarship |
Sigma Theta Tau International |
2012 |
Rao, A |
"This integrative literature review analyzes academic literature published between 1960 and 2010 in the fields of nursing, management, and women's studies utilizing an evolutionary concept analysis method to explore the concept of nurse empowerment." (extract from abstract) |
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| Quality with Compassion: the future of nursing education |
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Royal College of Nursing |
2012 |
Willis Commission on Nursing Education |
"The commission considered the
following question: What essential features of preregistration nursing education in the UK, and what types of support for newly registered practitioners, are needed to create and maintain a workforce of competent, compassionate nurses fit to deliver future health and social
care services?" (extract from report) |
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| The moderating effects of locus of control and job level on the relationship between workload and coping behaviour among Finnish nurses |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Haybatollahi M, Gyekye SA |
"This study examined a two-fold moderating effect of the locus of control (LOC) and the nurses' job level on the stress-coping relationship." (extract from abstract) |
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| Psychosocial antecedents and consequences of workplace aggression for hospital nurses |
Journal of Nursing Scholarship |
Sigma Theta Tau International |
2012 |
Demir, D & Rodwell J |
"Purpose - To test a full model of the antecedents to and consequences of various forms of workplace aggression, considering psychosocial factors, for hospital nursing staff." (extract from abstract) |
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| Addressing workforce capacity and safety issues for new nurse-led services through competency modelling |
Clinical Governance: An International Journal |
Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
2012 |
Howard J and Barnes K |
"The purpose of this paper is to show how competency models can be used to govern the increased autonomy of advanced practitioners in nursing, and to assist in workforce development." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Development and psychometric testing of the nursing culture assessment tool |
Clinical Nursing Research |
SAGE Publications |
2012 |
Kennerly SM, Yap TL, Hemmings A, Beckett G, Schafer JC & Borchers A |
" This article summarizes the Nursing Culture Assessment Tool’s (NCAT) development and reports on a cross-sectional, exploratory investigation of its psychometric properties. The research aims were to test the tool’s psychometric properties; discover its dimensionality; and refine the item structure to best represent the construct of nursing culture, an occupational subset of organizational culture." (extract from abstract) |
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| Health workforce governance and leadership capacity in the African Region: Review of human resources for health units in the ministries of health |
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World Health Organization |
2012 |
World Health Organization |
"This report on the functioning of HRH units or departments in the ministry of health offers a window into what is generally observed as capacity challenges of the health workforce governance. The intention of this report is to use the results to advocate for strengthening the ministerial HRH function so that ministries of health can improve coordination with other sectors and partners to ensure better service
delivery" (extract from document) |
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| It's not about the hoist: a narrative literature review of manual handling in health care |
Journal of Research in Nursing |
SAGE Publications |
2012 |
Kay K, Glass N & Evans A |
"This paper reviews the contemporary international literature regarding manual handling interventions noting the unique context for injury prevention strategies within healthcare." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Overcoming nurse faculty shortages and bridging the gap between education and practice |
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
2012 |
Reinert J, Bigelow A & Kautz D |
"The nurse faculty shortage and new requirements for teaching have led to thousands of qualified applicants being turned away from prelicensure nursing programs. In response, the Chief Nursing Officer in one organization created nursing faculty consultant positions to collaborate with faculty ..." (extract from abstract) |
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| Occupational exposure to cleaning products and asthma in hospital workers |
Occupational & Environmental Medicine |
BMJ Publishing Group |
2012 |
Dumas O, Donnay C, Heederick DJJ, Hery M, Choudat D, Kaufmann F & Le Moual N |
"Cleaning products may cause work-related asthma, but information regarding the specific exposures involved is scarce. We aimed to determine the associations between asthma and occupational exposure to cleaning agents in hospital workers" (extract from abstract) |
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| Stress and coping styles in Japanese nursing students |
International Journal of Nursing Practice |
Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd |
2012 |
Yamashita K, Saito M & Takao T |
"The objective of this investigation was to examine the stress and coping styles in Japanese nursing students. " (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| The transition from student to new registered nurse in professional practice |
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
2012 |
Thomas C, Bertram E & Allen R |
"This qualitative study presents the transition experience of new registered nurses during the first year of professional practice. Four themes emerged: feelings of frustration and being overwhelmed, preceptors, fear, and the orientation process." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| Sources of stress in nursing students: a systematic review of quantative studies |
International Nursing Review |
International Council of Nurses |
2012 |
Pulido-Martos M, Augusto-Land JM & Lopez-Zafra E |
This study aimed to identify the main sources of stress for students of nursing and the evolution of the stressors when training in nursing competences |
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| Senior nursing leadership - capacity building at the global level |
International Nursing Review |
International Council of Nurses |
2012 |
Blaney, P |
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) and its member National Nurses Associations have for some time recognized the need and potential for a global level leadership development opportunity for senior and executive level nurses. Through ICN's international health policy influencing activities and experience in the delivery of national and national association leadership development programmes, the need for more senior level global leadership development was increasingly evident. Various national and international studies and reports have also echoed the need for nurse leadership. |
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| Work-related behaviour and experience patterns of nurses |
International Nursing Review |
International Council of Nurses |
2012 |
Goetz K, Beutel S, Mueller G, Trier-Hauke B & Mahler C |
"Nursing working conditions are characterized by heavy workloads and extensive responsibilities. The aim of our study was to report and to compare the actual conditions of work-related behaviour and experience patterns of nurses working on intensive care units (ICUs) and intermediate care in a reference sample of nurses." (extract from abstract) |
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| Emotional exhaustion of nursing staff: influence of emotional annoyance and resilience |
International Nursing Review |
International Council of Nurses |
2012 |
Garcia GM & Calvo JCA |
" This paper aimed to study the influence of emotional annoyance and resilience on the emotional exhaustion levels of nursing staff." (extract from abstract) |
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| Job satisfaction and leaving intentions of Slovak and Czech nurses |
International Nursing Review |
International Council of Nurses |
2012 |
Gurkova E, Soosova MS, Harokova S, Ziakova K, Serfelova R & Zamboriova M |
"The study aims to investigate the relationship between turnover intentions and job satisfaction among Czech and Slovak nurses and to determine how the related variables differ between the two groups." (extract from abstract) |
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| Beyonf the tradition: test of an integrative conceptual model on nurse turnover |
International Nursing Review |
International Council of Nurses |
2012 |
Battistelli A, Portoghese I, Galletta M & Pohl S |
"This paper aimed to extend research on nurse turnover by developing and testing a theoretical model of turnover intention that includes two emergent key off-the-job constructs, work–family conflict (WFC) and community embeddedness (CE)." (extract from abstract) |
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| 'Being young': a qualitative study of younger nurses' experiences in the workplace |
International Nursing Review |
International Council of Nurses |
2012 |
Clendon J & Walker L |
" The overall goal of this study was to obtain a greater understanding of the experiences of nurses aged under 30 in the New Zealand workforce with a view to developing age-appropriate retention strategies." (extract from abstract) |
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| The relationship between nurses' perception of work environment and patient satisfaction in adult critical care |
Journal of Nursing Scholarship |
Sigma Theta Tau International |
2012 |
Boev C |
"Objectives - (a) Examine patient's perception of nursing care associated with their hospitalization in the intensive care unit. (b) Describe nurses’ perception of work environment within a defined sample of adult critical care units, using the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI). (c) Explore the relationships between nurses’ perception of work environment and patient satisfaction in adult critical care." (extract from abstract) |
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| The impact of quality of work life on job embeddedness and affective commitment and their co-effect on turnover intention of nurses |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Zhao X, Sun T, Cao Q, Li C, Duan X, Fan L, & Liu Y |
"Aims and objectives- To verify with empirical evidence the hypothesised relation and the effect of quality of work life, job embeddedness and affective commitment on turnover intention of clinical nurses in China." (extract from abstract) |
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| The role of aggressions suffered by healthcare workers as predictors of burnout |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Gascon S, Leiter MP, Pereira JP, Cunha MJ, Albesa A, Montero-Marin J & Garcia-Campayo J |
"Aims and objectives.? To examine the prevalence of aggression against healthcare professionals and to determine the possible impact that violent episodes have on healthcare professionals in terms of loss of enthusiasm and involvement towards work." (extract from abstract) |
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| Nursing workload and patient care |
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Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions |
2012 |
Berry, L & Curry, P |
"Undertanding the value of nurss, the effects of excessive workload, and how nurse-patient ratios and dynamic staffing models can help." |
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| Key determinants of migration among health professionals in Ghana |
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Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty |
2010 |
Anarfi J, Quartey P & Agyei J |
"The focus of this study is to assess the level of migration expectation among health care professionals and to determine some of the factors which have pushed - and are likely to continue to push - them to seek employment outside Ghana." (extract from document) |
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| California's minimum nurse staffing legislation: Results from a natural experiment |
Health Services Research |
Health and Research Educational Trust |
2012 |
Mark BA, Harless DW, Spetz J, Reiter KL & Pink GH |
"Objective - To determine whether, following implementation of California's minimum nurse staffing legislation, changes in acuity-adjusted nurse staffing and quality of care in California hospitals outpaced similar changes in hospitals in comparison states without such regulations." (extract from abstract) |
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| Effective strategies for nurse retention in acute hospitals: A mixed method study |
International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Elsevier |
2011 |
Van den Heede K, Florquin M, Bruyneel L. Aiken L, Diya L, Lesaffre E & Sermeus W |
"Objectives - First, to examine the impact of nursing practice environments, nurse staffing and nurse education on nurse reported intention to leave the hospital. Second, to provide understanding of which best practices in the organization of nursing care are being implemented to provide sound practice environments and to retain nurses." (exrtact from abstract) |
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| The association of patient safety climate and nurse-related organizational factors with selected patient outcomes: A cross-sectional survey |
International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Elsevier |
2012 |
Ausserhofer D, Schubert M, Desmedt M, Blegen MA, De Geest S & Schwendimann R |
"Objective -The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between PSC and patient outcomes in Swiss acute care hospitals, adjusting for major organizational variables." (extract from abstract) |
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| Hospital nursing, care quality, and patient satisfaction: Cross-sectional surveys of nruses and patients in hospitals in China and Europe |
International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Elsevier |
2012 |
You L-M, Aiken L, Sloane D, Liu K, He G-P, Hu Y, Jiang X-L, Li X-H, Liu H-P, Shang S-M, Kutney-Lee A & Sermeus W` |
"This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of nurse resources in Chinese hospitals and the link between nurse resources and nurse and patient outcomes." (extract from abstract) |
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| The relationship between quality of work life and turnover intention of primary health care nurses in Saudi Arabia |
BMC Health Services Research |
BioMed Central |
2012 |
Almaki MJ, Fitzgerald G & Clarke M |
"Quality of work life (QWL) has been found to influence the commitment of health professionals, including nurses. However, reliable information on QWL and turnover intention of primary health care (PHC) nurses is limited. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between QWL and turnover intention of PHC nurses in Saudi Arabia." (extract from abstract) |
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| Career advancement and educational opportunites: Experiences and perceptions of internationally educated nurses |
Nursing Leadership |
Longwoods Publishing Corporation |
2012 |
Salma J, Hegadoren KM & Ogilvie L |
"Little research exists on the opportunities for career advancement and education for internationally educated nurses in Canada. This interpretive descriptive study was conducted to look at the perceptions of internationally educated nurses regarding career advancement and educational opportunities in Alberta, Canada" (extract from abstract) |
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| Task-shifting: experiences and opinions of health workers in Mozambique and Zambia |
Human Resources for Health |
BioMed Central |
2012 |
Ferrinho P, Sidat M, Goma F & Dussault G |
"his paper describes the task-shifting taking place in health centres and district hospitals in Mozambique and Zambia. The objectives of this study were to identify the perceived causes and factors facilitating or impeding task-shifting, and to determine both the positive and negative consequences of task-shifting for the service users, for the services and for health workers." (extract from abstract) |
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| Anxiety symptoms among Chinese nurse and the associated factors: a cross sectional study |
BMC Psychiatry |
BioMed Central |
2012 |
Gao Y-Q, Pan B-C, Sun W, Wu H, Wang J-N & Wang L |
"Nurses are an indispensable component of the work force in the health care system. However, many of them are known to work in a stressful environment which may affect their mental well-being; the situation could be worse in rapidly transforming societies such as China. The purpose of this study was to investigate anxiety symptoms and the associated factors in Chinese nurses working in public city hospitals." (extract from abstract) |
Details |
| A comparison of patient care units with high versus low levels of missed nursing care |
Health Care Management Review |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
2012 |
Kalisch BJ, Gosselin K & Choi SH |
"The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the differences in patient care units that had the most missed nursing care with those with the least missed nursing care." |
Details |
| Why renal nurses cope so well with their workplace stressors |
Journal of Renal Care |
European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association/European Renal Care Association |
2012 |
Golan G, Strodl E, Hamernik E |
"This study aims to undertake an inductive process to better understand the stressors and the coping strategies used by renal nurses that may lead to resilience." |
Details |
| Stress and stressors in the clinical environment: a comparative study of fourth-year student nurses and newly qualified general nurses in Ireland |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Suresh P, Matthews A & Coyne I |
"Aims and objectives - To measure and compare the perceived levels of job-related stress and stressors of newly qualified nurses and fourth-year student nurses in the clinical environment and to explore the participants’ views on stress and stressors." (extract from abstract) |
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| Undergraduate nursing education reform in France: from vocational to academic programmes |
International Nursing Review |
International Council of Nurses |
2012 |
Debout C, Chevalier-Darchen F, Petit dit Dariel O & Rothan-Tondeur M |
"France is currently implementing a number of reforms to the healthcare and education systems. Within this context, a comprehensive reform of undergraduate nurse education was launched in 2009, bringing nurse education closer to the higher education environment. It is likely in future to move from being vocational towards becoming an academic educational programme." (extract from abstract) |
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| The definition and deployment of differential core professional competencies and characteristics in multiprofessional health and social care teams |
Health and Social Care in the community |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Jones R, Bhanbhro SM, Grand R & Hood R |
"This study, undertaken in 2011, explores how different professionals within multiprofessional teams define their own and other professions’ core professional competencies, characteristics and contributions. It then compares these definitions with how different professionals deploy their time and what tasks they undertake." (extract from abstract) |
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| Quality of work life among primary health care nurses in the Jazan region, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study |
Human Resources for Health |
BioMed Central |
2012 |
Alamlki MJ, Fitzgerald G & Clark M |
"Quality of work life (QWL) is defined as the extent to which an employee is satisfied with personal and working needs through participating in the workplace while achieving the goals of the organization. ... The purpose of this study was to assess the QWL among PHC nurses in the Jazan region, Saudi Arabia." (extract from abstract) |
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| Acculturation, collectivist orientation and organisational commitment among Asian nurses working in the US healthcare system |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Liou S-R, Tsai H-M & Cheng C-Y |
"Aim?- To examine the relationships between acculturation, collectivist orientation and organisational commitment among Asian nurses in US hospitals." (extract from abstract) |
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| Burnout of registered nurses in South Africa |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Van der Colff JJ, Rothmann S |
"The aims of this study were to validate the Maslach Burnout Inventory – Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) for registered nurses in South Africa and to analyse the differences between the levels of burnout of different biographical groups." (extract from abstract) |
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| The development and piloting of electionic standardized measure on nursing work: combining engineering and nursing knowledge |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Bragadottir H, Gunnarsdottir S & Ingason HT |
"This paper describes the development and piloting of electronic standardized measures on nursing work (e-SMNW) for rich data gathering on the work and work environment of registered nurses (RNs) and practical nurses (PNs)." (extract from abstract) |
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| Workforce utilixation of visible and linguistic minorities in Canadian nursing |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Premji S & Etowa JB |
"There is ample evidence of ethnic and linguistic segregation in the Canadian labour market. However, it is unknown if there is equitable representation of visible and linguistic minorities in nursing professions." (extract from abstract) |
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| A literature review of nursing turnover costs |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Li Y & Jones CB |
"We reviewed past literature and describe the conceptualization of nurse turnover, evaluate the methodologies and calculation of costs, identify the reported range of turnover costs and provide suggestions for future study." (extract from abstract) |
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| Attributes of nursing work environment as predictors of registered nurses' job satisfaction and intention to leave |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Choi S P-P, Cheung K, Pang S M-C |
"Mounting evidence has pointed to an inseparable link between attributes of the nursing work environment and nurse outcomes. However, there is a paucity of research examining nurses’ perception of their work environment beyond the Western context." (extract from abstract) |
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| Investigating demographic, work-related and job satisfaction variables as predictors of motivation in Greek nurses |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Gaki E, Kontodimopoulos N & Niakis D |
"Aim - To investigate whether demographic variables and work-related factors predict work motivation in Greek nurses." (extract from abstract) |
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| Staff perceptions fo leadership during implementation of task-shifting in three surgical units |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Henderson A, Paterson K, Burmeister L, Thomson B & Young L |
"This study explored leadership styles of three surgical nurse unit managers. Staff completed surveys before and after the implementation of task shifting. " (extract from abstract) |
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| Staff perceptions fo leadership during implementation of task-shifting in three surgical units |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Henderson A, Paterson K, Burmeister L, Thomson B & Young L |
"This study explored leadership styles of three surgical nurse unit managers. Staff completed surveys before and after the implementation of task shifting. " (extract from abstract) |
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| Nurse turnover in New Zealand: costs and relationships with staffing practises and patient outcomes |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
North N, Leung W, Ashton T, Rasmussen E, Hughes F & Finlayson M |
"To determine the rates and costs of nurse turnover, the relationships with staffing practises, and the impacts on outcomes for nurses and patients." (extract from abstract) |
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| Authentic leadership, empowerment and burnout: a comparison in new graduates and experienced nurses |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
2012 |
Laschinger HKS, Wong CA & Grau AL |
"Aim -To examine the effect of authentic leadership and structural empowerment on the emotional exhaustion and cynicism of new graduates and experienced acute-care nurses." (extract from abstract) |
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| Generational differences and learning style preferences in nurses from a large metropolitan medical center |
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
2012 |
Robinson J-A, Scollan-Koliopoulos M, Kamienski M & Burke K |
"This cross-sectional survey examined if there is a relationship between staff nurses’ generation and their learning styles." (extract from abstract) |
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| A taxonomy of nursing care orgainzation models in hospitals |
BMC Health Services Research |
BioMed Central |
2012 |
Dubois C-A, D'Amour D, Tchouaket E, Rivard M, Clarke S & Blais R |
"This article contributes ... by presenting a theoretically and empirically grounded taxonomy of nursing care organization models in the context of acute care units in Quebec and comparing their distinctive features." (extract from abstract) |
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| Understanding APRN distribution in the United States using NPI data |
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners |
American College of Nurse Practitioners |
2012 |
Kaplan L, Skillman SM, Fordyce MA, McMenamin PD and Doescher MP |
"This study examined the 2010 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services National Plan and Provider Enumeration System's National Provider Identifier (NPI) data to ascertain their usefulness to determine the distribution of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in rural and urban areas of the United States." (extract from abstract) |
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| Social support and work engagement: a study of Malaysian nurses |
Journal of Nursing Management |
Wiley Periodicals Inc. |
2012 |
Othman N, Nasurdin AM |
"This study addressed the question of whether social support (supervisor support and co-worker support) could contribute to the variance in work engagement." (extract from abstract) |
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| Why health workers count for universal health coverage: Policy Brief 2012 |
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Healthworkerscount |
2012 |
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"Health workers are often poorly supported, trained and equipped, under-paid and unequally distributed. All of these factors reduce the impact that health workers have on health outcomes, and unless they are concurrently addressed, a weak health workforce will undermine any effort to achieve UHC." (extract from document) |
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| The labour market for human resources for health in low and middle-income countries |
Human Resources for Health Observer |
World Health Organization |
2012 |
Scheffler RM, Bruckner T & Spetz J |
"This report provides an introduction to the terms and tools of labour market analysis, and connects these labour market principles to real-world case studies from three low and middle-income countries: Thailand, Rwanda, and Kenya. Recommendations for data collection are also made to allow human resource practitioners to begin their own empirical examination of health worker labour markets." |
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| Insourced: How Importing Jobs Impacts the Healthcare Crisis Here and Abroad |
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Dartmouth College Press |
2012 |
Tulenko K |
"...opponents of outsourcing have argued that offshoring American jobs destroys our local industries, lays waste to American job creation, and gives foreigners the good jobs and income that would otherwise remain on our shores. Yet few Americans realize that a parallel dynamic is occurring in the healthcare sector—previously one of the most consistent sources of stable, dependable living-wage jobs in the entire nation." (extract from website) |
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| Psychosocial precursors and physical consequences of workplace violence towards nurses: A longtitudinal examination with naturally occurring groups in hospital settings |
International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Elsevier |
2012 |
Yang L-Q, Spector PE, Chang C-H, Gallant-Roman M & Powell J |
"Objectives - To examine if organizational violence prevention climate as perceived by nurses predicts nurses’ physical violence exposure and if physical violence exposure predicts nurses’ somatic symptoms and musculoskeletal disorder symptoms" (extract from abstract) |
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| The influence of staff nurse perception of leadership style on satisfaction with leadership: A cross-sectional survey of pediatric nurses |
International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Elsevier |
2012 |
Andrews DR, Richard DCS, Robinson P, Celano P & Hallaron J |
"...Differences in how supervisees and supervisors perceive the supervisor's leadership style may also be related to satisfaction with leadership. Research demonstrates that satisfaction with leadership is a critical element in the retention of nurses." (extract from abstract) |
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