Showing papers in "Applied Nursing Research in 2017"

TL;DR: Emotional exhaustion is a significant predictor of all three dimensions of job satisfaction while depersonalization had no significant showing, and it is not yet clear which factors are salient contributors in demonstrating the relationship between burnout and job satisfaction.

TL;DR: A climate of social support among co-workers and higher levels of work engagement have a positive effect on job satisfaction, improving quality care and reducing turnover intention in nursing staff.

TL;DR: This study showed associations between the prevalence of WRMSDs symptoms in different body regions and some individual characteristics such as: gender, age, BMI, presence of other pathologies and regular physical exercise.

TL;DR: Using the findings of this study to plan self-efficacy and self-care behaviour to improve glycemic control among adults with T2DM is recommended.

TL;DR: Given the nature of their work, nurses who experience pathogenic guilt feelings may have compromised well-being, and this should be addressed in training programs aiming at preventing or treating burnout and compassion fatigue.

TL;DR: Assessing patients with heart failure for these symptoms and providing holistic health care by a multidisciplinary team will lead to the prevention and early treatment not only of physical but also of the psychosocial manifestations of the disease.

TL;DR: Contextual differences among groups had an impact on the form of the work engagement-job satisfaction relationship, and at individual-level, the nurses with high levels of work engagement showed high Levels of job satisfaction and this relationship was stronger when supervisor emotional support at group-level was high.

TL;DR: It is indicated that the disaster nursing core competencies of emergency nurses could be improved through education and training programs that enhance their disaster preparedness.

TL;DR: It was determined that aromatherapy applied by inhalation improved sleep quality, decreased fatigue level and severity in hemodialysis patients and aroma prepared with sweet orange and lavender oil may be recommended to increase sleep quality and to decrease fatigue level of the hemodIALysis patients.

TL;DR: Increased knowledge concerning factors that influence the onset of postpartum fatigue is needed for early identification of new mothers who may be at risk and appropriate treatments, interventions, information, and support can be initiated to prevent or minimize the post partum fatigue.

TL;DR: Findings affirm previous research that suggests nurses provide spiritual care infrequently and likely provide the strongest evidence yet for the need to improve spiritual care education and support for nurses.

TL;DR: Depression and symptoms of menopause were independent predictors of poor sleep quality and hope lessens depression and may positively affect sleep quality, all of which improves quality of life for women with breast cancer.

TL;DR: Pain and anxiety relief was seen in all three methods during phlebotomy; however, no statistically significant difference was observed.

TL;DR: The direct analysis method appears to have advantages, it is cost effective, trustworthy and possibly a superior alternative when used with focus group data, however, the audio only method requires experienced researchers who understand the context and if combining the two approaches takes time to do.

TL;DR: In-depth, asynchronous email interviews were appropriate and garnered rich, insightful data that augmented the phone interviews and awareness of the procedures, appropriateness, and nuances when carrying out email interviews on sensitive topics may provide nurse researchers with the ability to obtain thick, rich data that can best advance clinical practice and direct future research.

TL;DR: The situational relevance of roles, such as improved work life balance and increased autonomy influenced why study participants chose to transition from acute to primary health care (PHC) employment.

TL;DR: Perceptions of nurses practicing in four adult inpatient units regarding their actions to provide quality end of life care for dying patients, their definitions of dying well, and their symptoms of distress and actions they took for relief are identified.

TL;DR: Although perioperative nurses believe that pressure ulcers prevention is important, a knowledge deficit exists and there is a need for pressure ulcer prevention education.

TL;DR: Families should be incorporated into the care of people with diabetes mellitus and especially in health care programs, in particular those that can promote different forms of social support to strengthen the bond between family members.

TL;DR: Findings indicated a significant gap between participants' perceived and actual knowledge, and factors predictive of high levels of knowledge provide pointers to ways to improve diabetes knowledge amongst nurses.

TL;DR: After the two sessions of music therapy, state and trait anxiety levels decreased and pregnancy rates increased, but the difference was not significant, therefore, larger sample sizes and more sessions are needed to evaluate whether music therapy has an effect on clinical outcomes.

TL;DR: It is highlighted that almost all the surveyed nurses (93%) are aware that an adequate knowledge of the drugs dosage calculation is essential to reduce the occurrence of medication errors in the drugs preparation phase.

TL;DR: Nurses ≥40years old may benefit from additional employer support and guidance to promote and maintain healthy lifestyles, personal well-being, and positive interpersonal relationships.

TL;DR: The main results show that the intervention group demonstrated significant improvement in dementia knowledge and attitudes from baseline immediately after training and at the 3-month follow-up.

TL;DR: A controlled design to test the impact of theoretically based training on the different components of EI and coping styles in a sample of nurses working with older adults found the workshop was useful for developing EI in the professionals.

TL;DR: Lullaby (male voice and without music) could significantly reduce heart rate and increase blood oxygen saturation of neonates in NICU and future studies are required to make music as a part of evidence-based strategies to promote outcome of neonate in NICUs.

TL;DR: Integration of patient self-management and professional care by means of eHealth key into well-known barriers and seem promising in improving cancer pain follow-up.

TL;DR: After education, awareness of children with intellectual disabilities in protecting from a possible sexual abuse increased with protection educations for intellectual disabilities children, as desired.

TL;DR: The Braden(ALB) scale has similar validity compared with the original Braden scale for in hospital patients, and the inter-rater reliability was significantly increased.

TL;DR: This scale shows promise for identifying facilitators and barriers to nurses' use of rapid response teams and may provide a foundation for interventional studies promoting RRT utilization.