Solli, Hilde Haukedal, Thor Arne Husebø, Sissel Eikeland Reierson, Inger Åse
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BMC Nursing
Background Facilitators plays a key role in nursing student’s learning when briefing them for simulation scenarios. However, few studies have explored the importance of the facilitator’s role in preparing students from the students’ perspective. The aim of this study was to explore undergraduate nursing students’ perspectives of the facilitator’s r...
Travers, Jasmine L. Schroeder, Krista Norful, Allison A. Aliyu, Sainfer
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundNursing Assistants (NA) who feel empowered tend to perform their duties better, have higher morale and job satisfaction, and are less likely to leave their jobs. Organizational empowerment practices in hospitals likely shape the psychological experiences of empowerment among these personnel; however, little is known about this relationshi...
Wubetie, Andualem Taye, Biniyam Girma, Biruk
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundTurnover intention is a probability of an employee to leave the current institution within a certain period due to various factors. It is the strongest predictor of actual turnover expected to increase as the intention increases. Emergency Department (ED) nurses are especially vulnerable to high turnover because of their increased risk of...
Muhsin, Arafa A. Munyogwa, Mariam J. Kibusi, Stephen M. Seif, Saada A.
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundIt is estimated by the year 2050, 80% of the global elderly population will be from the low-and middle income countries. Elderly care requires health workers with skills associated with an understanding of the biological, psychological, social and cultural theories related to aging. Nurses with better knowledge, skills and positive attitu...
Elbejjani, Martine Abed Al Ahad, Mary Simon, Michael Ausserhofer, Dietmar Dumit, Nuhad Abu-Saad Huijer, Huda Dhaini, Suzanne R.
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundWorldwide, studies show a relationship between nurses’ health and some work environment factors; however, data on nurses’ health and self-perceived workload and nursing task allocation are lacking, particularly for Lebanese nurses. We assessed the relationship of several work environment factors: overall workload and specific temporal, ph...
Ahmady, Soleiman Shahbazi, Sara
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundThe complex health system and challenging patient care environment require experienced nurses, especially those with high cognitive skills such as problem-solving, decision- making and critical thinking. Therefore, this study investigated the impact of social problem-solving training on nursing students’ critical thinking and decision-mak...
Bottega, Michela Palese, Alvisa
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundContrary to Missed Nursing Care, some anecdotal data and sparse evidence has documented the tendency of nurses to anticipate some nursing interventions. However, no study has been conducted to date with the purpose of understanding this phenomenon and its underlying mechanisms and consequences. The aim of this study was to describe the ph...
Lartey, Joshua King Safo Osafo, Joseph Andoh-Arthur, Johnny Asante, Kwaku Oppong
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundEmotional regulation forms an integral part of healthcare delivery. In the performance of the core duties of nursing and midwifery, health professionals are expected to enhance occupationally/organisationally required emotions. The purpose of this study is to explore.The meaning nurses and midwives give to emotional labour as well as the ...
Höglander, Jessica Eklund, Jakob Håkansson Spreeuwenberg, Peter Eide, Hilde Sundler, Annelie J. Roter, Debra Holmström, Inger K.
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundCommunication is a cornerstone in nursing and aims at both information exchange and relationship building. To date, little is known about the naturally occurring communication between older persons and nurses in home care. Communication might heal through different pathways and a patient- or person-centered communication could be importan...
Schönenberger, Nicole Sottas, Beat Merlo, Christoph Essig, Stefan Gysin, Stefan
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundConsidering shortages of general practitioners (GP) and strategies for improving the quality of health care provision, many countries have implemented interprofessional care models with advanced practice nurses (APN). International evidence suggests that APN care results in high patient satisfaction. In Switzerland, the role is still new,...
