Constructing nurses’ professional identity through social identity theory Tập 20 Số 2 - Trang 164-169 - 2014
Georgina Willetts, David Clarke
The profession of nursing continues to struggle with defining and clarifying its professional identity. The definitive recognition of nursing as a profession was the moving of training from the hospital apprentice model to the tertiary sector. However, this is only part of the story of professional identity in nursing. Once training finishes and enculturation into the workplace commences, ...... hiện toàn bộ
Communication at the bedside to enhance patient care: A survey of nurses' experience and perspective of handover Tập 17 Số 2 - Trang 133-140 - 2011
Maryann Street, Paula Eustace, Patricia M. Livingston, Melinda Craike, Bridie Kent, Denise Patterson
Street M, Eustace P, Livingston PM, Craike MJ, Kent B, Patterson D. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2011; 17: 133–140 Communication at the bedside to enhance patient care: A survey of nurses' experience and perspective of handover Strategies to support continuity of care and...... hiện toàn bộ
Mentors' perceptions and experiences of supporting student nurses in practice Tập 20 Số 4 - Trang 360-365 - 2014
Annette McIntosh, Janice Gidman, Debra Smith
This paper reports on a funded project that explored the perceptions and experiences of mentors regarding student nurse support in practice. The study employed a mixed‐method approach, using questionnaires and focus groups with mentors from one acute Trust and one community T... hiện toàn bộ
Evaluating clinical competence during nursing education: A comprehensive integrative literature review Tập 22 Số 2 - Trang 142-151 - 2016
Gun‐Britt Lejonqvist, Kent Eriksson, Riitta Meretoja
This paper explored concepts, definitions and theoretical perspectives evaluating clinical competence during nursing education. The questions were: (i) How is clinical competence evaluated? and (ii) What is evaluated? An integrative review of 19 original research articles from 2009 to 2013 was performed. Results showed that evaluation tools were used in 14, observations in 2 and reflecting...... hiện toàn bộ
Measuring the effect of patient comfort rounds on practice environment and patient satisfaction: A pilot study Tập 15 Số 4 - Trang 287-293 - 2009
Glenn Gardner, Kaylene Woollett, Naomi Daly, Bronwyn Richardson
Hourly rounding in the acute hospital setting has been proposed as an intervention to increase patient satisfaction and safety, and improve the nursing practice environment, but the innovation has not been adequately tested. A quasi‐experimental pretest post‐test non‐randomized parallel group trial design was used to test the effect of hourly patient comfort rounds on patient satisfaction ...... hiện toàn bộ
Part one: Restoring patients to health—Outcomes and indicators of advanced nursing practice in adult critical care Tập 9 Số 6 - Trang 356-367 - 2003
Carol Ball, Carol Cox
The key characteristics of advanced nursing practice have been a subject of international debate over the past decade. To address this debate, a grounded theory study was undertaken by one of the authors which sought to identify the key characteristics of advanced nursing practice in adult critical care. The outcome of the main study was a theory of legitimate influence in which enhancing ...... hiện toàn bộ
The role of the student: Salutogenic or pathogenic? Tập 12 Số 5 - Trang 280-287 - 2006
Gerd Karin Natvig, Berit Rokne Hanestad, Oddrun Samdal
Associations between sense of coherence (SOC) and school‐related resources (supportive school environment, adequate learning conditions) and stress (pressure of schoolwork, bored of school) were explored in a representative sample of 4116 Norwegian school adolescents, aged 11, 13 and 15 years. The students participated in the World Health Organization Cross‐National Survey ‘Health Behaviou...... hiện toàn bộ
A 22 month study of patient complaints at a National Health Service hospital Tập 13 Số 2 - Trang 107-110 - 2007
S. Siyambalapitiya, J. A. CAUNT, Natalie Harrison, Lesley White, Denise Weremczuk, Devaka Fernando
Patient complaints are an important source of information for service improvements. We audited patient complaints made about medical care in a National Health Service District general hospital over a 22 month period. Complaints were about medical care, nursing care, attitudes of staff, poor communication, clinical delay (9%) and hospital environment. The complaints department closed 66% co...... hiện toàn bộ