Skillmix – new staff roles in health care

Skilimix--new staff roles in health care.

health‐caRe staff PeRsPectiVe

intRoduction Neither dramatic footage nor horrifying statistics from the most recent Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak come close to reflecting the true impact of the EBOV disease (EVD) on affected countries, communities, patients, health-care workers, or their friends and families.[1,2] With focus squarely on containing the outbreak and dealing with the immensity of the task at hand, many fail to no...

Emotional intelligence and job stress of Andimeshk city staff and health care staff

Objectives: Stress is a common disease of the 21st century and one of the major causes of stress in life is job stress. The aim of this study was to investigate the situation of job stress and emotional intelligence and their relationship in Andimeshk urban health workers. Methods: A total of 143 health workers working in the headquarters of Andimeshk Comprehensive Health Center and Health Cen...

Rates of Latent Tuberculosis in Health Care Staff in Russia

BACKGROUND Russia is one of 22 high burden tuberculosis (TB) countries. Identifying individuals, particularly health care workers (HCWs) with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), and determining the rate of infection, can assist TB control through chemoprophylaxis and improving institutional cross-infection strategies. The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence and determine the...

Nursing in a Transformed Health Care System: New Roles, New Rules

Although the supply of nurses is likely to meet overall demand, the nature of a nurse’s job is changing dramatically. In redesigned health care systems, nurses are assuming expanded roles for a broad range of patients in ambulatory settings and communitybased care. These roles involve new responsibilities for population health, care coordination and interprofessional collaboration. Nursing educ...