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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"bedside nurses"”.
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Exploring Evidence-Based Practice Norms Among Bedside Nurses in Magnet-Designated Hospitals: A Q Methodology Study
… the EBP norms that emerge among groups of nurses in direct care roles may support the goal to increase evidence-based nursing care. The purpose of this dissertation study was to explore and describe the EBP norms that exist among groups of RNs who practice at bedside within …
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Being Heard: A Classical Grounded Theory Exploring the Experiences of Bedside Nurses Working in Children's Hospitals with Established Shared Governance Models
… Theory (CGT) study explored the experiences of bedside nurses working in children’s hospitals where shared governance (SG) has been in place for at least four years. Shared governance is a professional practice model that has been offered as a way to improve nurse satisfaction, decrease nursing …
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Exploring the Prevalence of Horizontal Violence in Nursing Between Magnet and non-Magnet Hospitals
… <p>Abstract</p> <p>Statement of the Problem: The nurses work environment influences patient, nurse and organizations outcomes. The majority of the literature confirms that Magnet hospitals produce environments resulting in positive outcomes, however, the prevalence of horizontal violence (HV) …
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Exerting Capacity: A Grounded Theory Study of the Perspectives of Bedside Registered Nurses about Patient Safety in the Adult Acute Care Environment
… exploration of those closest to the patient: bedside nurses. This Classical Grounded Theory (CGT) study explored the perspectives of bedside Registered Nurses about patient safety. CGT methods, including the constant comparative method, substantive and theoretical coding, theoretical sampling, …
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Motivation for Seeking a Nurse Manager Position: A Qualitative Study
… estimated there will be a need for 3.45 million bedside nurses – at least 1.2 million more than the projected supply (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2011). In addition to the lack of bedside nurses, nurse manager vacancy rates are estimated to be as high as 8.3% nationwide. …
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Developing And Piloting A Nurse Managers' Workshop On Value-Based Reimbursements
… values and outcomes based payment, allows nurses at all levels have the ability to affect the hospitals revenue. A curriculum was developed and piloted teaching nurse managers the about three Medicare reimbursement programs, in order to provide them the knowledge and motivation to bring …
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Transforming A Culture Of Quality Through Nurse Engagement: A Leadership Framework
<p>Bedside nurses can be key in improving care. Engaging the workforce to develop processes and work through implementations can be challenging. This article focuses on a framework to help leaders engage bedside nursing staff in developing quality initiatives within their work environment. The …
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The clinical nurse specialist in the community hospital : impact on hospital-acquired pressure injuries
… setting included pre- and post-surveys of bedside nurse confidence in HAPI prevention strategies, a prevalence survey inclusive of a skin audit, and data outcomes analysis pre- and post-implementation. Results: The project aimed to reduce the incidence of HAPIs by at least 10% and increase …
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A Naturalistic Inquiry into the Experiences of Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics Who Become Registered Nurses
… faculty, the aging population, and retirement of bedside nurses further diminish the nursing workforce in the United States (ANA). One potential nursing recruitment source is Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics (EMT-P). EMT-Ps can bring important skills and knowledge to nursing. Concern …
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Improving Value Based Purchasing Through the Implementation of the Clinical Nurse Leader Role: The Chief Nursing Officer’s Case for Change
… microsystem. A priority is to support and enable bedside nurses’ daily practice, priorities, and decision-making. This can be accomplished through the implementation of the Clinical Nurse Leader. This Master’s prepared advanced generalist has been educated in healthcare reform and its impact on …
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Skin-Care Team
… was not a high priority for the nursing staff; nurses were unaware of current PI prevention protocols or the PI prevalence in the PICU.<strong> </strong>The goals are to reduce PIs by 20% in 3 months, increase PI nursing education, and improve patient outcomes.<strong> </strong>Nursing skin-care …
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In-Patient Self-Management Diabetes Education
… and identified knowledge deficits among the bedside nurses. The original aim was determined and measured outcomes were performed using the PSDA cycle and PDSA cycle. This allowed for the standardization of tasks that are fundamental for continuous improvements and are embedded into daily …
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The Effect of a Professional Practice Model on Clinical Nurses' Perceptions of Their Practice Environment and Job Satisfaction on Medical and Medical-surgical Units
… is to examine the effect of a PPM on clinical nurses’ perceptions of their practice environment and job satisfaction. Secondly, this study examined clinical nurses’ perceptions of the PPM through survey questions focusing on elements of the PPM.</p> <p><strong>Design</strong>: A descriptive, …
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Survey of Nurses' Understanding Relative to the Prevention of Contractures
… therefore, this study was necessary to discover nurses' knowledge relative to the prevention of contractures. The immediate purpose was to find out what basic knowledge the nurse giving direct patient care has in regard to the principles of contracture prevention. The long-range purpose of the …
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The Effect of Organizational Commitment, Organizational Based Self Esteem and Work Engagement on Nurses' Perception of Medication Errors
… reporting of medication errors or omissions by bedside nurses to improve the medication delivery system in order to prevent further errors from occurring in the future. In a time where nurses are managing more complex patients with shorter lengths of stay, full engagement in the role is …
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Workplace Bullying, Nurse Practice Environment, Patient Outcomes: A Descriptive Study
… the practice environment. This study described nurses’ experiences of workplace bullying and flourishing and identified associations with patient outcomes.</p> <p>The study used an exploratory cross-sectional survey design following Donabedian’s Quality Framework of structure-process-outcome and …
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Relationships Between and Among the Power of Self-Care Agency, Perceived Structural Empowerment and Psychological Empowerment in Nurse Managers in Acute Care Hospitals with Magnet Designation
… motivated nurse managers from among the ranks of bedside nurses who aspire to fill nurse manager positions in the future. The relationship between self-care agency and psychological empowerment was very weak and may be a spurious relationship.</p>