Showing papers in "International Journal of Nursing Studies in 2006"

TL;DR: A comprehensive literature review was undertaken to examine the current state of knowledge about the scope of the nurse turnover problem, definitions of turnover, factors considered to be determinants of nurse turnover, turnover costs and the impact of turnover on patient, and nurse and system outcomes.

TL;DR: The levels of depression and suicide ideation were highest in the Internet-addicts group, and future studies should investigate the direct relationship between psychological health problems and Internet dependency.

TL;DR: The study results underline the importance of the role of psychosocial work environment and the interrelationships among burnout, role conflict, job satisfaction and psychosomatic health among Hungarian health care staff.

TL;DR: An overview and critique of different conceptualisations of quality of life suggests that defining quality oflife in terms of life satisfaction is most appropriate, because this definition successfully deals with all the conceptual problems discussed.

TL;DR: This multi-faceted program resulted in an overall lower injury rate, fewer modified duty days taken per injury, and significant cost savings, and it is possible that nurse recruitment and retention could be positively impacted.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the strenuous conditions of Icelandic nurses are felt more severely among hospital nurses than among nurses working outside hospital settings.

TL;DR: The key findings suggest that multiple dimensions of graduate nurse self-concepts rise significantly in the second half of their graduate year and that nurse general self- Concept is a strong predictor of graduate nurses retention.

TL;DR: Higher seriousness of breast cancer, higher benefits of having mammography, having heard/read about Mammography, and having a gynaecologist as a regular physician were significantly associated withHaving mammography.

TL;DR: This study investigates the experiences and perceptions of students relating to their clinical placements and, in particular, their views on professional structuring, and presents student informed models of worst, minimum, current and best practice.

TL;DR: An under recognised dichotomy between the caring ethos of professional nursing and the professional socialisation processes student nurses are subject to is identified, which directly mitigate against the individual nurses abilities to care.

TL;DR: The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences in QoL of the elderly related to exercise participation, alcohol abstinence and blood pressure (BP) check-up (p<.05), and multiple regression analysis revealed that perceived health status, number of chronic illnesses, activities of daily living, BP checkup, exercise, and gender were statisticallysignificant predictors of QOL.

TL;DR: The findings support the effectiveness of providing families of newly admitted critically ill patients, with a needs-based educational intervention to allay anxiety and satisfy immediate psychosocial needs.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that the potential contribution of relatives to promoting the well-being of both residents and staff is under-developed.

TL;DR: The major barriers to developing research capacity are examined, the capacity building strategies adopted (or proposed) within the literature are considered, and the wider context within which such endeavours take place is considered.

TL;DR: The findings challenge the 'traditional' passive role of residents by documenting their active contributions to their level of thriving in a nursing home.

TL;DR: From this research, it is found that nursing staff members were anxious, depressed, and they could not sleep well at the SARS outbreak, but the systematic SARS prevention program improved these factors.

TL;DR: Apart from nurse specialists the majority of nurses appeared limited in appropriately facilitating self-management, which is suggested to be linked to an ongoing nursing culture of patient as passive, an over-emphasis on empirical knowledge and a feeling of vulnerability on the nurses' part towards expert patients.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided for the use of music during kangaroo care as an empirically-based intervention for bahavioural state stability and maternal anxiety in mother-infant dyads.

TL;DR: Emotional abuse was the most frequent while physical abuse was least prevalent and the experience of abuse seemed to be associated with personal characteristics such as age, gender, educational level, and economic dependency as well as the physical and mental health status.

TL;DR: Arguments are advanced to support the view that although it is 'right' for nurses to report nursing errors, it will be very difficult for them to do so unless a non-punitive approach to nursing-error management is adopted.

TL;DR: The research highlights the varied ways registered nurses understand their role with students that may promote or impede the quality of student learning and development to meet professional competency standards.

TL;DR: Portfolios can be very effective as an assessment and learning tool, but it is essential that both students and mentors receive clear guidelines on and comprehensive support with their use.

TL;DR: To effectively tackle the professional and workforce issues in nursing, investments should focus on redesigning a work environment that supports nurses in providing comprehensive professional care.

TL;DR: Exercise self-efficacy was the most influential variable on commitment to a plan for exercise accounting for 27% of the variance in commitment among osteoporosis patients and 53% ofthe variance among osteoarthritis patients.

TL;DR: Results supported the appropriateness of the 11 FPS for use with the older adults in clinical practice to measure pain intensity and provided cross-cultural evidence to evaluate usefulness of the FPS.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that this key psychosocial problem is addressed through the core variable, 're-connecting the person with humanity', and parsimonious theory describes and explains a three-stage healing process.

TL;DR: Investigating PHNs' attitude toward web-based learning and its determinants found individual computer competence is the main target for improvement, and educators should also consider how to establish a user-friendly learning environment on the Internet.

TL;DR: Understanding the patients' experience and recognising that different stages may exist is important for health professionals to enhance shared understanding and opportunities to work with people in negotiating the impact of illness.

TL;DR: The study was successful in identifying aspects of end of life care that are important to patients, families and health professionals in the United Kingdom.

TL;DR: Nurses should pay attention to the effect of empowering care on QOL of elderly residents within nursing homes, as perceived empowering care should be considered as a strategy of nursing care in nursing homes.