René Schwendimann

TL;DR: The improvement of work environment, support in handling work stressors, and reduction of rationing of nursing care might be intervention points to promote high quality of care in nursing homes.

TL;DR: The German language version of the SAQ demonstrated acceptable to good psychometric properties and therefore shows promise to be a sound instrument to measure patient safety climate in Swiss hospital wards, however, the low item content validity and large number of missing responses for several items suggest that improvements and adaptations in translation are required for select items.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) was evaluated in different hospital settings and the diagnostic value of different MFS cut-offs was evaluated to determine which score would be most useful in identifying in-hospital patients at risk of falls.

TL;DR: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of different MFS cut-offs to determine which score would be most useful in identifying in-hospital patients at risk of falls.

TL;DR: The quality of nursing home leadership–at both the unit supervisor and the executive administrator level–was strongly associated with care workers’ job satisfaction, and recruitment strategies addressing specific profiles for nursing home leaders are needed, followed by ongoing leadership training.