The American Nurses' Association in establishing a Commission on Nursing Research publicly reaffirmed the nursing profession's obligation to support the advancement of scientific knowledge toward the achievement of imporved nursing practice and better patient care. In taking this step the organization accepted a commitment to support two sets of human rights. One set is concerned with the right...

Nursing leaders are indispensable in creating positive nursing work environments that retain an empowered and satisfied nursing workforce. Positive and supportive leadership styles can lower patient mortality and improve nurses' health, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, emotional exhaustion, and intent to stay in their position. The results of this study support the role of positive ...

The purpose of this study is to describe the curriculum development and introduction of problem-based learning pedagogy (PBL) in the undergraduate nursing education at Savonia University of Applied Sciences in Iisalmi unit. The main points to be described are the integration of PBL and e-learning methods and nursing students' learning outcomes in clinical practice. PBL pedagogy develops informa...

The seriousness of the nursing shortage has been addressed by both the public and professional media. The literature documents substantial support for strategies that focus on increasing the enrollment in nursing education programs and/or sustaining practice environments that contribute to higher nurse retention rates. A nursing camp is an example of an innovative strategy to stimulate exciteme...

More than 25 years ago, the name "Friends of Nursing" was adopted by an academic, community Magnet(®) hospital to signify a model for community support of nursing. From inception, the intent was to recruit philanthropic dollars to promote recognition of and excellence in nursing practice, education, and research. Although philanthropy in health care settings is common, what is unique about this...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this paper is to describe the components of a next-generation electronic nursing records system ensuring full semantic interoperability and integrating evidence into the nursing records system. METHODS A next-generation electronic nursing records system based on detailed clinical models and clinical practice guidelines was developed at Seoul National University Bunda...

background recently, global nursing experts have been aggressively encouraging nurses to pursue creativity and innovation in nursing to improve nursing outcomes. nurses’ creativity plays a significant role in health and well-being. in most health systems across the world, nurses provide up to 80% of the primary health care; therefore, they are critically positioned to provide creative solutions...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify and describe independent nursing actions in cooperative care. DESIGN Qualitative, descriptive, inductive study. SETTING The Nebraska Medical Center's Lied Transplant Center in Omaha, where lay care partners assume responsibility for acute care of transplant recipients in partnership with nurses. SAMPLE 12 cooperative care nurses. METHODS Two focus groups, ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether a distance coaching course on improving nursing home incontinence care could be replicated and brought to scale with a larger group of nursing homes without sacrificing outcomes. DESIGN The study collected descriptive and comparative data. SETTING Fourteen nursing homes in the original course and 34 in the replication course. PARTICIPANTS Participants in th...