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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"healthcare staff"”.
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Understanding burnout and mental well-being in healthcare staff
… protective factors associated with burnout, for staff working within palliative care. A combination of occupation and individual determinates were identified. Occupational risk factors included work environment, working pattern (e.g. working longer than 50 hours per week and working weekends and …
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A qualitative exploration of the impact of stress and workplace adversity on healthcare staff experiences, well-being and resilience
… review of qualitative studies exploring staff experiences of violence and aggression in the emergency department was conducted. A meta-ethnographic approach was used to review 12 papers. The results showed that staff working in the emergency department appeared to resign themselves to the …
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What is the experience of assisted dying for Dutch healthcare staff working in a hospice or chronic disease care centre?
… is the experience of assisted dying for Dutch healthcare staff working in a hospice or chronic disease care centre? Background: Assisted dying is a contemporary issue with worldwide interest. Debate has largely focused around individuals seeking the right-to-die. Lacking thus far has been …
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An exploration of the use of theory and visualisation in behaviour change interventions to help healthcare staff prevent and control healthcare-associated infections.
Changing healthcare staff's behaviours is of paramount importance in improving infection prevention and control (IPC), and decreasing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Thus many supportive interventions have been developed in pertinent areas, such as hand hygiene (HH). The concepts of theory …
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To explore strategies of personalised AI based e-learning to add value through training and development for healthcare staff: a case study of a care home in the UK
… to the specific needs and preferences of healthcare professionals to enhance the efficacy of e-learning and thereby delivery of care within healthcare and social care organisations. However, the full potential of personalised AI based e-learning remains largely untapped in healthcare …
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‘Through the patient’s eyes’: shadowing patients at the end of life
… in recent years has included a requirement for healthcare organisations to collect patient experience data, and to improve patients’ experience of care. Shadowing is an experiential technique intended to enable healthcare staff to collect information in a way which will aid them to understand …
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A Concept Analysis of Compassion in Healthcare Practice
… subject of compassion is frequently discussed in healthcare literature but despite this, is potentially poorly understood and lacks consensus in definition. This study sought to clarify what exactly is meant by the term compassion in a healthcare context and how this is defined in both the …
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The ‘Productive Community Services’ Programme: Implementing Change in a Community Healthcare Organisation
… change programme which aims to engage frontline healthcare staff in improving quality and productivity. PCS draws on tested improvement methodologies such as Lean, however there has been little research specifically carried out on PCS in practice. The aims of this study were to explore the …
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Working with violent clients : staff explanations and actions
… in the workplace. Weiner's model predicts that staff who perceive violent incidents as within the control of the client will be more likely to experience anger and demonstrate a retaliatory response. Conversely, staff perceiving causes as uncontrollable by the client are more likely to feel …
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Understanding end-of-life admissions: an interview study of patients admitted to a large English hospital shortly before death
… death. An analysis of interviews conducted with healthcare staff and next-of-kin involved in the admission of patients (case-patients) who died shortly after being admitted to Meadowbridge, a large English hospital explored these tensions further. I found that whilst hospital was not recognised …
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Exploring professional quality of life and personal experiences of the criminal justice system
… <br/><br/>2. <b>Large Scale Research Project - Healthcare staff working in prisons: A quantitative investigation of the correlated between self-harm exposure and professional quality of life in those caring for individuals who engage in deliberate self-harm</b>.<i><br/></i><i><br/></i><br/>
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Exploring the use of a maternity telephone helpline and the health seeking behaviour of callers’: a case study
… or if helplines are viewed positively by healthcare providers. Aims and objectives This study aimed to explore the use and impact of a maternity telephone helpline service established in one large London maternity unit from the perspective of women who called the helpline and healthcare …
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How nurses perceive the impact of health IT applications on their performance and satisfaction: Examining the organizational, social, and personal factors
<p>Applying information technology tools in the healthcare industry is an appropriate solution to integrate and record medical data and provide complete access of patients’ information. However, the effectiveness of these technologies depends on their successful implementation and adaptation. This …
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Good risk assessment practice in hospitals
… by interviews and questionnaires with ten healthcare staff. The findings of this research reveal that hospitals conduct risk assessments in different ways (i.e. with a focus on individual patient-based, operational and strategic risks). There are also many problems involved in current risk …
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Implementation of Violence Risk Assessment Tool on In-patient Psychiatric Unit
<p>Violence towards healthcare workers in acute care settings, particularly mental health units is increasing nationwide, causing safety and financial concerns for health care organizations. Efforts were made to decrease assaults directed towards healthcare staff on a twenty five bed adult mental …
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Factors contributing to children missing doses of Expanded Program on Immunization in Vhembe District, Thulamela Municipality
… vaccine stock-outs, and negative attitudes of healthcare staff. These barriers collectively hinder timely access to immunisation services. The study concludes that improving childhood immunisation coverage in Thulamela Municipality requires multifaceted, context-specific interventions. …
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Intranasal Naloxone Adminstration Education
… on intranasal naloxone administration to healthcare providers in Lake County in order to educate patients, their families, peers, and members of their social network. Fatal opioid overdose rates from prescribed or illicit opioids are four times greater in Lake County than California. The …
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The emotional impact of nursing : identifying issues and supporting staff
… to investigate the lived experiences of staff working in healthcare. Eight publications are included in this submission. Four journal articles report on aspects of two studies, three review the relevant literature and the final publication is a book developed from one of the studies. Two …
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Exploring the pathways to poor health in the 'hidden population' with low literacy
… literacy-related practices and demands in healthcare contexts. Associations between low functional or health literacy and poorer health outcomes have been established in the research literature but studies have included participants whose low literacy may be obvious to healthcare providers …
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Becoming-Virgin: Re-Virginisation Practices in Turkey
… cream). Based on 55 in-depth interviews with healthcare staff, artificial hymen retailers, re-virginisers, and women and men who are not directly related to re-virginisation; as well as discourse analysis of online conversations on re-virginisation between women in Turkey and websites …
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