Restructuring circulator nurse role aids turnover.

Hospital organisation and outcomes.

Hospital reorganisation and work redesign is being widely implemented. According to anecdotal and media accounts, a target of restructuring eVorts is often the workforce, of which nursing personnel (registered nurses, licenced practical nurses, and nurse aides) represent 37% of United States hospital employees. Hospital restructuring initiatives are altering nursing work force patterns by chang...

AORN Position Statement on one perioperative registered nurse circulator dedicated to every patient undergoing an operative or other invasive procedure.

Factors affecting nurse turnover in Iran: A qualitative study

Preparation of Nurse Leaders in the 21 st Century Workplace

The restructuring mania of health care settings of the 1980s and 1990s was driven by the need to save money, with organizations emphasizing efficiency over patient safety. A common action that took place in the restructuring was the elimination of nurse manager positions and the perceived reduction in power of chief nurse executives.2 The nursing managers who remained employed in most health ca...

HIV/AIDS issues in the workplace of nurses.

UNLABELLED HIV/AIDS is a global problem with an estimated 40 million infected people. In less than two years, this figure will leap to 100 million according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). By 2005, 65 million people will be infected. Half of the number of people in this group will be under 25 years old, and will die before they reach the age of 35. In a South African study done by the H...