This article characterizes the evolution and impact of nursing administration scholarship on administrative practice over the past several decades. Through a critical examination of the literature, this article (1) uncovers how the evolution of nursing scholarship has influenced administrative practice over time; (2) articulates a current conceptualization of nursing administration ...

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the team and unit size and level of nursing teamwork. The sample for the study was 2,265 direct care nursing providers from 53 units in four hospitals. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to determine if five variables to measure ...

: Nursing staff play an essential role in ensuring the quality of continence care in nursing homes. The purpose of this study was to describe the level of competence (knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviors) of urinary incontinence (UI) care in nursing home staff in Taiwan. : A cross-sectional postal survey ...

: To develop and implement a program for the management of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and the use of the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST). We evaluated knowledge gain in nurses as a result of implementation of the practice guidelines and education. : Participants included 68 nurses employed in ...

This paper considers the social justice initiative of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). It focuses mainly on the two editions of the CNA's discussion document on social justice, and particularly on its emphasis on the principle of equity. The paper considers whether a coherent justification can be made for the ...

Patient's duties are a topical but little researched area in nursing ethics. However, patient's duties are closely connected to nursing practice in terms of autonomy, the best purpose of care and rethinking from the patient's perspective. This article is a metasynthesis (N = 11 original articles) of patient's duties, aimed ...

The purpose of this article was to describe a successful academic collaboration of 4 New Jersey state colleges and universities. The aim of the collaborative is to prepare and graduate students in a dual role as advanced clinical/practice nurses and nurse faculty within an innovative master of nursing educational program. ...

OBJECTIVES: This paper is a report on the relationship between a sense of coherence (and its components) and work related patterns of behaviour in the group of nurses. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Data were collected by two questionnaires (Antonovsky's Orientation Questionnaire and Work Related Patterns of Behaviour and Experience Questionnaire) in ...

Critical discourse analysis was used to examine the visibility of nursing as a distinct discipline on the websites of academic nursing schools in Ireland. The analysis focused on the content of the schools' websites, including the available undergraduate curricular materials. The websites of a purposive sample of academic nursing schools ...

GUI L., WHILE A.E., CHEN G., BARRIBALL K.L. & GU S. (2011) Nurse teachers' working lives: a questionnaire survey of nursing schools in Mainland China. International Nursing Review58, 505-511 Aim:  The study aimed to explore Chinese nurse teachers' views and experience regarding different components of their working lives. Methods:  A ...

Malinauskiene V., Leisyte P., Malinauskas R. & Kirtiklyte K. (2011) Associations between self-rated health and psychosocial conditions, lifestyle factors and health resources among hospital nurses in Lithuania. Journal of Advanced Nursing00(0), 000-000. ABSTRACT: Aim.  The aim of our study was to investigate the association between self-rated health and psychosocial factors at ...

Aim: To investigate concerns about dying for newly admitted nursing students from California, Norway, and Sweden. Method: A total of 389 undergraduate nursing students who had just started their nursing programme participated. Data was collected with a questionnaire that included two instruments-the Concerns about Dying instrument and the Sense of ...

In late 2006, a 340-bed, not-for-profit, tertiary-care medical center implemented an electronic nursing inpatient documentation system. The computerized software replaced the paper nursing documentation system and was intended to efficiently capture inpatient healthcare information at the point of care. Preimplementation and postimplementation surveys were administered to evaluate nursing staff attitudes ...

OBJECTIVE.  The study aims to proceed a literature review of defining characteristics (DCs) of decreased cardiac output (DCO). METHODS.  Medline database was used to perform this study. The descriptors used were "low cardiac output" and "nursing diagnosis." RESULTS.  Seventy-nine DCs were identified. Among them, 28 have already been approved by ...

Physical restraint use among hospitalized older adults remains an important issue. Despite evidence indicating that restraints can be harmful and strict regulatory rules restricting the use of restraints, healthcare practitioners continue to utilize physical restraints, often in the name of safety. The purpose of this study was to examine the ...

This study explored the effectiveness of a pain education intervention on Mexican nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain. A convenience sample of 106 registered nurses from three hospitals in Mexico City was recruited. A Pediatric Pain Education Program (PPEP) was developed, implemented, and evaluated by a nurse researcher, clinical ...

Despite the evidence from the literature of the benefits of collaboration, a collaborative practice model in the acute-care setting remains the exception rather than the dominant practice. The purpose of this study was to evaluate attitudes toward collaboration among nurses and physicians practicing in an acute care community hospital. The ...

The use of seclusion in mental health services is controversial, and recent Government policy has identified the reduction and, if possible, elimination of seclusion as a national safety priority. As the professional group most likely to initiate seclusion, the attitudes of nurses will influence the extent to which policy translates ...

This paper is a report of a study of the relations of coaching and developing clinical practice on nurses' work place attitudes and self-reported performance, as mediated by role breadth self-efficacy and flexible role orientation. Previous research into the effectiveness of nurses' learning and development activities has mainly focused on ...

To test the effect of a breastfeeding educational program for improving breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of maternal/newborn nurses, and to improve their intentions to provide breastfeeding support to new mothers. Quasi-experimental, pretest/posttest design. Maternity units of 13 hospitals located in midwestern and east coast states. Nine experimental and three ...

The first research objective was to replicate the finding of Leiter et al. [(2008)Journal of Nursing Management, 16, 100-109.] of Generation X nurses (n=338) reporting higher levels of distress than Baby Boomer nurses (n=139). The second objective was to test whether Generation X nurses reported more negative social environments at ...

It is well documented that pain management and pain assessment is an indispensible part of the nursing care of patients. This study sought to quantify the current knowledge and attitudes of nursing students in Iran about pain management. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a well-validated questionnaire entitled the 'Knowledge ...

Pressure ulcer incidence varies between 1 and 56% in intensive care and prevention is an important quest for nursing staff. Critically ill patients that develop pressure ulcers suffer from increased morbidity and mortality and also requires prolonged intensive care. The aim of this study was to investigate registered nurses' and ...

To examine undergraduate nursing students' attitudes towards organ donation and to determine whether or not attitudes were related to the students' education and training. Nurses' knowledge and personal opinion can influence patient's willingness to donate organs or to hold an organ donor card. It is unclear how Italy's future nurses ...

OBJECTIVE: To study improvement ofknowledge and attitudes on epilepsy care among two groups ofphysicians and nurses. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Knowledge and attitudes of 164 physicians and 403 nurses before and after attending educational courses on epilepsy care was assessed using questionnaires. RESULTS: After the courses, knowledge and attitudes of physicians ...

This paper reports on a survey of attitudes to mental illness that was completed with a cohort of pre-registration nurses in 2007 in a large university in Essex. The background literature highlights the effects of attitudes on stigma, disadvantage and discrimination and presents a brief review of the literature on ...

This literature review examines the current trend in nurses' attitudes toward healthcare information technology (HIT). HIT implementation and expansion are at the core of global efforts to improve healthcare quality and patient safety. As a large portion of the healthcare workforce, nurses' attitudes towards HIT are likely to have a ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to evaluate the use and attitudes of nurse-midwives in Israel toward complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). STUDY DESIGN: In a cross-sectional study, nurse-midwives from 5 Israeli medical centers completed the CAM Health Belief Questionnaire, a validated tool examining data regarding personal health behavior, ...

To determine nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and professional use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) at five metropolitan hospitals in Adelaide, while also investigating the relationships between socio-demographic factors and use of CAM domains. Information on nurses' demographics, knowledge, attitudes, and professional use of CAM was obtained using a self-administered questionnaire. ...

The attitudes members of the nursing profession hold towards survivors of brain injury may impact on the level of help, and degree of involvement they are willing to have. Given that the manner in which an individual receives their brain injury has been shown to impact on public prejudices, the ...

Seclusion is now widely recognized as a coercive strategy with negative consequences for the consumers and staff involved. Nevertheless, this intervention continues to be used frequently in mental health services internationally. Due to their direct care role, nurses are commonly involved in the initiation or management of seclusion. Understanding nurses' ...

Attitudes of Catholic religious orders towards children and adults with an intellectual disability in postcolonial Ireland The purpose of this paper is to examine the intersecting roles of Catholic religious orders and psychiatrists in the development of residential care for people with an intellectual disability in Ireland during the fifty-year ...

AIM: The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between gender role attitudes of nurses and burnout, perceptions of physician-nurse collaboration, evaluation of care, and intent to continue working. METHODS: The subjects of the study were 798 full-time female nurses working in non-managerial positions at three large ...

This paper is a report an evaluation of the use of a sequential mixed-mode approach to data collection in a study of attitudes to mental illness and people with mental health problems held by Registered Nurses working in adult acute inpatient and psychiatric intensive care settings. The use of electronic ...

This paper is a report of a study conducted to examine the attitudes, beliefs, behavioural intentions and self-reported behaviour of nurses and physicians relating to key immunization behaviours and compare the findings for nurses and physicians. Background: Immunization is an important and effective public health intervention. Understanding immunization providers' attitudes ...

An attitude of cooperation and teamwork, rather than one of finger-pointing, was the key to success as the ED at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD, achieved a 'door to bed' time of three minutes and a door-to-doc time of 21 minutes, while facing steadily increasing volumes. Here's how ...

Nearly 50 million people in the United States live with a disability. People with disabilities are increasingly represented in professional nursing. It is important to understand attitudes and concerns of nurse leaders who hire and work with nurses with disabilities. Using an exploratory descriptive design, this study surveyed nurse managers ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To explore oncology nurses' attitudes about and knowledge of sexual health. Sexual health is an integral component of quality of life, which is an Oncology Nursing Society research priority. DESIGN: A descriptive, cross-sectional design. SETTING: A National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in the northeastern United States. SAMPLE: A ...

This study analyzed the attitudes of nurses concerning the occurrence of errors in nursing procedures carried out in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) based on the bioethics framework. This descriptive study with qualitative approach was carried out with 14 nurses from a private hospital in the city of São Paulo, ...

The purpose of this study was to find out about the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral program for nursing student's career attitude maturity, decision making style, and self-esteem in Korea. The ultimate goal of this paper is to prepare career strategies so that they can improve career maturity development, on the ...

The aim of the current study was to develop an instrument to determine the professional attitude of nursing students. The data were collected through a scale developed by the authors with the statements on attitude, including 8 sub-groups and 28 items. This was a Likert-type scale, ranging from 5 to ...

The exact prevalence of domestic violence in Israel is unknown because of problems with the identification of battered women. This study aimed to examine the effect of nurse knowledge, department routines, and attitudes on the identification of battered women. This is a descriptive, quantitative study employing a convenience sample consisting ...

There were two objectives of this study. The first was to identify the attitudes of home-visit nurses towards clients with schizophrenia that lead to the provisions of effective care and positive client outcomes for clients with schizophrenia. The second was to develop a framework to understand how nurses acquire nursing ...

This paper is a report of a study of Registered Nurses' attitudes and beliefs towards discussing sexuality with patients. The World Health Organization regards sexuality as an essential and integrated part of being human. Studies show that diseases and treatments can affect sexuality and that a positive and respectful attitude ...

This paper presents baseline data on nurses' knowledge of and attitudes to HIV/AIDS in three countries: Finland, Estonia and Lithuania. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is steadily increasing in Finland, Estonia and Lithuania. At the same time, labour mobility and also nursing mobility between these countries increases. Previous international studies have ...

INTRODUCTION: Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses are viewed to have an important role in identifying potential donors to increase the donor pool. Our objectives were to assess their knowledge about organ donation, their attitudes concerning their presumed role in organ donation, and their motivation toward a more prominent role by ...

This research was conducted as a descriptive study for the purpose of determining nurses' attitudes towards their profession and the factors influencing their attitudes. A purposeful sampling technique was used to make selection from 15 hospitals in total. A quota sampling method was used to determine the number of nurses, ...

Antineoplastic agents have been associated with major concerns among health professionals. The objective of our study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of Cypriot nurses on their exposure to antineoplastic agents. A cross-sectional survey using a self-administered questionnaire was distributed among oncology nurses in three hospitals in Nicosia. ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA) infection has received much attention in both the medical and non-medical press. However, it is not widely encountered on ENT wards, given the profile of short-stay, relatively well patients, although its impact seems to be increasing. We wished to explore the knowledge and attitudes towards MRSA ...

INTRODUCTION: Certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs) are prepared for care in many settings and could increase access to planned home birth for American women. However, only 4% of American College of Nurse-Midwives members offer the home as a birth setting. CNMs'/CMs' attitudes towards birth place and the factors ...