Proper work environments are important for nurses to feel motivated. We examined the associations between work motivation and job satisfaction among Japanese nurses to improve their motivation. In Japan, relatively small and medium-sized private hospitals play a central role in the healthcare industry. In the present study, the subjects were nurses working in 23 small and medium-sized private h...

BACKGROUND Nurses' involvement in family meetings in the intensive care unit is central to supporting consistent communication and shared understanding within the care team and with patients and patients' family members. Evidence suggests the existence of major barriers to the effective participation and contribution of nurses during family meetings. OBJECTIVES To characterize the nature and ...

Glove usage, particularly powdered latex glove is a cause of latex allergy in hospital workers; therefore those workers must have latex allergy knowledge to protect themselves and patients from serious health problems. This study aimed to examine knowledge about latex allergy among nurses and compare their performance with student nurses in Thailand. A knowledge questionnaire was administered t...

Objective To explore the role of Australian nurses in the provision of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) health services. Design A questionnaire survey. Setting Hospitals in Australia and the South West of the United Kingdom (UK). Subjects Inflammatory bowel disease nurses. Main outcome measure The diversity of IBD services. Results Twelve Australian and 19 UK nurses returned completed questionn...

The nursing workforce is faced with shortages of near crisis proportions, yet little is understood about the optimal utilization of various categories of nurses - Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Registered Nurses (RNs) and Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPNs). The primary purpose in this study was to elicit the perceptions of nurses (RNs, LPNs, and RPNs) of what "working to full scope of prac...

this study was conducted about assessing the presented services by assistant nurses about admission, education, referral and follow up of women about family planning in health homes and tabriz rural areas and presenting assistant nurses’ service evaluation form about this subject. samples are 20 assistant nurses and data gathering tool was observation sheet. results showed that in general, pres...

The purpose of this exploratory descriptive case study was to identify features of nurse-patient interactions (NPI) in the development of a nurse-patient relationship (NPR). Observations of interactions in a cancer treatment unit included 60 videotaped, sequential, naturally occurring NPIs involving one dyad over a 3-day period. A microanalysis of the interactions was conducted using qualitativ...