OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze the potential association between nursing workload and patient safety in the medical and surgical inpatient units of a teaching hospital. METHOD a mixed method strategy (sequential explanatory design). RESULTS the initial quantitative stage of the study suggest that increases in the number of patients assigned to each nursing team lead to incre...

Horizontal violence is a form of workplace violence, a phenomenon that is prevalent in the nursing profession. Research has revealed a variety of negative peer-to-peer behaviors that lower morale and lead to turnover. However, little research has been conducted on "eating our young" (violence occurring between individuals with unequal power, such as staff nurse and student). We propose "vertica...

Nursing education consists of classroom and clinical training to demonstrate competence based on theoretical concepts learned. However, there is a lack abilities demonstrated knowledge gained from pre-qualified nursing the preparation new graduates. Furthermore, graduates often believe that lessons learned do not reflect actualities faced in fields. This discrepancy known as theory-practice gap...

BACKGROUND The main purpose of this study was to explore the status of occupational stress among hospital nurses in Isfahan, Iran. It also aimed to examine the relationship between nurses' occupational stress and their intention to leave the hospital. METHODS The study employed a cross-sectional research design. A validated questionnaire was used to collect data from 296 nurses. Respondents w...

This article introduces the concept of exit spiral to conceptualize processes in which poorly functioning hospital clinics or wards enter a phase decline due widespread dissatisfaction among staff, prompting turnover contagion. In describing and analyzing cases amassed during observations interviews, provides tools identify, analyze halt spirals. Once ward finds itself an spiral, employees expe...

BACKGROUND In 2008 the Nursing Secretariat of Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care formed a Nursing Workload Steering Committee to oversee the implementation of three demonstration projects with the objectives: to assess the feasibility of Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (HOBIC) data as a measure of nursing workload, determine the indicators that best support nurse le...