Search Tag: Nursing
Professorial Clinical Units
2017 16 Mar
Advancing Research in the Intensive Care Unit via the Integration of a Nursing ProfessorAdvances in healthcare and management strategies for the critically ill patient continue to evolve at a rate that can become challenging for individual clinicians to keep abreast. It is crucial that medical, nursing and allied health professionals use an evidence-based... Read more
Patients with Seizures - How to Diagnose and Treat
2016 04 Apr
When ICU patients experience prolonged seizures, immediate action is required to prevent long-term neurological damage. An article in the April issue of Critical Care Nurse provides diagnosis and treatment guidance for nurses and other clinicians whose patients experience continuous or recurrent seizures, convulsive or non-convulsive. The article provides... Read more
Want to Retain Nursing Staff? Try this.
2016 30 Jan
According to a study published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, the transformational leadership style helps nurses provide better care and also improves the retention of nurses. The study also finds that abusive management practices have a negative impact on patient care and also result in young nurses quitting their jobs early on in their careers. The... Read more
4 in 5 Nurses Ignore Infection Prevention Guidelines
2016 25 Jan
Only 1 in 5 ambulatory care nurses take standard anti-infection precautions the American Journal of Infection Control has reported.A study published in the journal, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), said that only 17.4 percent of ambulatory care nurses confirmed compliance with... Read more
Future Nursing Supply Set to Drop
2015 27 Sep
As previously predicted, nursing shortage ten years from now may not be as dire as initially forecasted. However research still suggests that there will be approximately a 4 percent shortfall (130,000 nurses) by 2025. The findings are published in the current issue of Medical Care.Researchers from Montana State University and Darthmouth College found... Read more
Sweden Experiments with Six Hour Nursing Shifts
2015 22 Sep
A small group of elderly-care nurses in Sweden have made changes to their work schedule in order to improve quality and efficiency. The nurses have switched from an eight hour to six hour working day for the same wage. This is the first controlled trial of shorter hours in Sweden. The nurses who are part of this change feel that they are much more alert... Read more
12 Hour Nursing Shifts Triggering Dissatisfaction
2015 17 Sep
According to research published in BMJ Open, working 12+ hour shifts is linked to a heightened risk of burnout, job dissatisfaction, and intention to leave among hospital nurses. Working long shifts is very common in England, Ireland and Poland but this research reveals that job satisfaction and burnout are issues that are already of concern in the... Read more
Nurse Injury Prevention Pays Off
2015 02 Sep
According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, hospitals say that they have made encouraging progress amid efforts to protect nurses from workplace injuries. Early this year, a report form National Public Radio found that hospitals could do much more to protect nurses from injuries while on the job. It is believed that nurses incur more musculoskeletal injuries... Read more
Vital Connection between Nurses and Smartphones
2015 14 Jun
According to a new survey by InCrowd, a Boston-based market intelligence firm, nurses rely more than ever on smartphones for clinical care. The survey was conducted with 241 nurses and showed that 95 percent of the respondents own a smartphone and 88 percent use smartphone apps at work. 52 percent said that they use an app instead of asking a colleague... Read more