Journal of advanced nursing
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Job satisfaction in mainland China: comparing critical care nurses and general ward nurses.
To explore the level of nurses' job satisfaction and compare the differences between critical care nurses and general ward nurses in Mainland China. ⋯ Levels of nurses' job satisfaction can be improved. The lower job satisfaction of critical care nurses compared with general ward nurses should warn the healthcare administrators and managers of potentially increasing the critical care nurses turn over. Innovative and adaptable managerial interventions need to be taken to improve critical care nurse' job satisfaction and retain skilled nurse.
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Multicenter Study
Instrument validation: hospital nurse perceptions of their Behavioral Health Care Competency.
To report the development and psychometric testing of the Behavioral Health Care Competency survey, designed to measure hospital nurse perceptions of behavioral healthcare competency. ⋯ The 23-item hospital nurse Behavioral Health Care Competency survey is an adequate and valid newly developed instrument. Further testing with diverse samples is needed to strengthen generalizability and address unique and specialized nursing care needs.
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Multicenter Study
Impact of skill mix variations on patient outcomes following implementation of nursing hours per patient day staffing: a retrospective study.
This article is a report of a study of the association between skill mix and 14 nursing-sensitive outcomes following implementation of the nursing hours per patient day staffing method in Western Australian public hospitals in 2002, which determined nursing hours by ward category but not skill mix. ⋯ The skill mix of nurses providing care could impact patient outcomes and is an important consideration in strategies to improve nurse staffing. Levels of hospital nurse staffing and skill mix are important organizational characteristics when predicting patient outcomes.
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Multicenter Study
Qualitative insights into the role and practice of Epilepsy Specialist Nurses in England: a focus group study.
This article is a report of a study that aimed to explore Epilepsy Specialist Nurses' perceptions of their professional role and the factors that may affect their practice. ⋯ . The provision of epilepsy care in England remains variable and access to epilepsy specialist nurses is inequitable. Trusts are being seduced by the cost savings of reducing a specialist service but consequent gaps in service may drive up costs elsewhere. The challenge is for epilepsy specialist nurses to demonstrate their unique place in enhancing patient care and in improving health and well-being.
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Multicenter Study
Nurses' use of non-pharmacological methods in children's postoperative pain management: educational intervention study.
This paper is a report of study of the impact of an educational intervention in pain management on nurses' self-reported use of non-pharmacological methods for children's postoperative pain relief and their perceptions of barriers that limited their use of these methods. ⋯ The educational intervention had a positive effect on nurses' use of several non-pharmacological methods. Regular dissemination of updated information to nurses on these pain management methods is recommended to maintain the positive changes. Nevertheless, education alone was not sufficient to optimize nurses' use of these methods, as various barriers limited their practice.