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Determinants of registered nurse attitudes toward collective bargaining
… para-professional workforce i.e., registered nurses. The study was designed to test a number of hypotheses concerning factors which may influence an individual’s decision to join a union. Surveys were mailed to registered nurses in the states of Michigan and Virginia. The final data base …
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Primary Care Nurse Attitudes, Beliefs and Confidence Levels Regarding Alcohol Abuse and Its Treatment: Impact of Educational Intervention.
… it a key issue the education of the primary care nurses has been ignored. This study evaluates the effect of education program on the attitudes, beliefs, and confidence levels of primary care nurses regarding alcohol abuse and its treatment. Data from the <em>Project Mainstream</em> educational …
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Attitudes of staff nurses toward nursing students and influencing factors
… there were no studies which addressed staff nurses' perceptions about working with students. Because staff nurses play a significant role in students' clinical experiences, this descriptive study was designed to assess their attitudes toward students and the factors that might influence them. …
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Organizational, Nurse, and Patient Empowerment at a Magnet and Non-Magnet Hospital
… the relationships between organizational, nurse, and patient empowerment at a Magnet designated hospital versus a non-Magnet designated hospital. There are three aims to the study. Aim 1 examines the relationship between level of organizational empowerment and individual nurse …
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Predictors of North Dakota and South Dakota Nurses' Decisions to Receive Influenza Vaccinations
<p>This study examined the predictors of nurses' decisions to receive influenza vaccinations. The Triandis model of interpersonal behavior (1977) was used to construct an instrument called the Registered Nurses Influenza Vaccination Questionnaire (RNIVQ).A mail survey approach was used to …
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Registered Nurses' Attitudes Towards Orientation Program
… of this survey was to describe registered nurses' attitude toward an orientation program. The framework was based on a review of the literature. A 94- item questionnaire was personally delivered, or mailed with a follow up phone call, to 41 registered nurses completing an orientation …
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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's Perceptions Toward the Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions for Chronic Pain Management
Although nurses often provide care to patients with chronic pain, many do not Fully utilize non-pharmacologic interventions that are useful in the management of chronic pain. The problem under investigation was to determine what constitutes nurse's perception of issues related to non-pharmacologic …
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Nurse Administrators' and Nurse Managers' Attitudes About Nurse-To-Patient Ratios, the Nurse Shortage, Job Satisfaction, and Patient Care
<p>This study explored South Dakota (SD) Nurse Administrators' (NAd)/Nurse Managers' (NM) attitudes about Nurse-To-Patient (NTP) ratios, the nurse shortage, job satisfaction, and patient care. Awareness of these important issues can benefit the nursing profession with additional knowledge and …
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Level of Self-esteem of Rural Staff Nurses
… What is the level of self-esteem of rural staff nurses?
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Application of Lewin's Change Process to Nurses in Employment Transition
… 1. To determine the moods of the merging nurses prior to an impending merger.<br> 2. To determine the moods of the merging nurses six months following the merger of their institution.<br> 3. To examine the differences between the nurses moods initially and after six months.<br> 4. To …
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Difference between Nurses' Role Conception and Perceived Image
… professional, and service role conceptions of nurses and their perceived image related job characteristics. A nonrandom sample of 213 registered nurses from a midwestern state participated in the study. The nurses were found to have the greatest commitment to the service role conception. The …
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Nurses' Attitudes Toward Nurse Colleagues' Substance Abuse
… study was to explore and analyze the attitudes of registered nurses in a North Central rural state toward nurse colleagues' substance abuse. Substance abuse is prevalent within the nursing profession. Therefore, professional recognition of the problem of substance abuse among nurses …
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A Descriptive Study of Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Principles of Pain Management
The purpose of this survey was to describe nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward principles of pain management. The framework was based on a modification of Becker's Health Belief Model. A 25-item questionnaire was mailed to nurses selected via a systematic random sampling of every fourth …
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The Association Between Nurses' Perceptions and the Use of Physical Restraints in the Psychiatric Setting
… study was to explore the association between a nurse's perception of patient behavior and the decision to utilize physical restraint in the psychiatric setting. Data was obtained from acute care hospitals with mental health/behavioral health units as well as free standing psychiatric hospitals …
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Hospital Nursing Staff's Perception of their Professional Relationship with Clinical Faculty Instructors
<p>The role of the staff nurse in the clinical setting about their responsibilities to students lacks clarity. Lack of communication among staff nurses, faculty and students about the roles and responsibilities of each may lead to conflict.<br> This study utilized the …
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A Comparison of Nurse, Pharmacist, and Physician Knowledge, Attitude, and Barriers to Pain Management
… every working day. The literature suggests that nurses, pharmacists, and physicians have different levels of knowledge, attitudes, and perceived barriers toward pain management. The purpose of this study was to compare the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of three types of health care …
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Nurses' Stress, Support, and Need for a Support Group: A Comparison of Critical Care and Surgical Nurses
… and the need for a support group as perceived by nurses working on selected nursing units.<br> 2. To determine the correlation between nurses' perceived need for a support group and the following:<br> a. nurses' perceived intensity of professional stress,<br> b. nurses' perceived intensity of …
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Management of self-cutting in psychiatric inpatient wards: attitudes of nursing staff and service users
… literature reviews were conducted: i) the attitudes of mental health nurses towards self-harm; ii) self-cutting as a specific form of self-harm. A questionnaire tool was then developed which sought to measure the attitudes of mental health nursing staff and service-users towards the …
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Interactions with Dying Patients: Nurse Practitioners' Attitudes
… of dying. As health care professionals. Nurse Practitioners may have a role in caring for dying persons. Attitudes toward interactions with dying patients may influence behavior towards the dying patient.<br> The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of Nurse Practitioners …
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