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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"experienced nurses"”.
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Basic Knowledge in Critical Care: A Comparison of Experienced and Newly Graduated Nurses Augmented with an Examination of Newly Graduated Nurses' Experiences Making Clinical Judgments
Newly graduated nurses (NGNs) are thrust into roles that some purport they are inadequately prepared to handle. Studies found that 4% of NGNs were comfortable with their skills, it took up to one year to feel competent and confident, and NGNs feel shocked, unprepared, and overwhelmed. </p><p> The …
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Innovative Workforce Plan: Recently Graduated Nurses as Super Users for EHR Implementation in a Multi-Hospital Organization
… the local pool of unemployed newly graduated nurses as half the required super user workforce leveraged the technology skills of novice nurses registered nurses as trainers of experienced nurses in five hospitals. The novel workforce migrated from hospital to hospital, thereby reducing the …
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Strikes by nursing personnel : a challenge for nurse managers in KwaZulu-Natal province
… views of nurse managers and nursing personnel on nurses' strikes especially with regard to the effect of these on standards of patient care. The study was done in four hospitals in the KwaZuIu-Natal province. A descriptive survey was conducted. Two sets of questionnaires were designed, one for …
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The Development and Psychometric Testing of an Instrument Measuring the Use of Intuition by Nursing Students
… measures have been designed specifically for experienced nurses. The purpose of this study was to develop and psychometrically evaluate an intuition instrument for nursing students. An intuition instrument can provide the means to (a) determine if students use intuition in care providing …
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Experienced Pediatric Oncology Nurses Using Self-Reflective Practices in the Clinical Setting: A Descriptive Phenomenological Investigation
<p>Pediatric oncology nurses can develop hazardous feelings of burnout over decades of clinical practice (Boyle & Bush, 2018). Interventions that help decrease burnout and improve professional development are reflective practices (Caldwell & Grobbel, 2013). Currently, there is a paucity of …
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Conceptions of being a lecturer in nursing : variation of identities and how these are negotiated during a tutorial
… into this new world can be traumatic as experienced nurses strive to develop their educational capabilities. This thesis focuses on conceptions of being a lecturer in nursing within higher education. Data was collected for the study through video recorded interviews for each of ten …
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The meaning of caring interpersonal relationships in nursing
This thesis explores nurses' and patients' perceptions of caring relationships in a hospital context. An attempt is made to discover the meaning these caring relationships have for the nurses who provide care and for the patients who participate in this process. The nurses enter into the caring …
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Determining the Relationship Among Change Fatigue, Resilience, and Job Satisfaction of Hospital Staff Nurses
… and job satisfaction of hospital staff nurses and if differences exist between novice and experienced staff nurses.</p> <p><strong>Background:</strong> Healthcare is typified by change. Organizational changes have a negative impact on nurses and the effects of organizational change are …
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New Zealand nursing students’ experiences of ethical issues in clinical practice: A descriptive study
… clinical practice in the same way as graduate or experienced nurses (Cameron, Schaffer & Park, 2001). In order to develop ethical reasoning and competence in nursing students, nurse educators must recognise the unique problems students face (Solum, Maluwa & Severinsson, 2012). There has been no …
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What skills do Registered Nurses bring to health service management roles?
BACKGROUND Registered nurses in the health system in New Zealand are able to follow a career pathway into management roles that also usually require a clinical focus. This means there are different skill sets required for such roles, which are commonly referred to as clinical nurse manager or …
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Nurses' Knowledge of Palliative Care in a Midwestern Federal Medical Center
… knowledge and perceptions of palliative care of nurses in a Midwestern Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). The specific research questions were:<br> 1. What is the current state of knowledge of palliative care, current perceptions about nurses' spiritual role and current perceptions about the …
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Nurse staffing, patient falls and medication errors in Western Australian hospitals: Is there a relationship?
… 29.2%, and 8.9% respectively). More registered nurses and more experienced staff on the shift were both associated with fewer falls and medication error incidents, as well as less severe injuries. An increase in the actual nursing hours was associated with fewer medication errors but not fewer …
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The questioning of intuition; a post structural analysis of nurses’ stories
… and analyse factors which influence Registered Nurses decision making, when recognising and responding to an acutely ill patient. Background. Two models of decision making are historically identified in the literature, the Hypothetical - Deductive reasoning and Intuitive-Humanist (Banning, …