This was a cross-sectional, observational study conducted in an outpatient specialty district health unit in the city of Ribeirão Preto, in the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, with the aim to analyze the job satisfaction of the nursing staff. Data were collected using the Index of Work Satisfaction (IWS), a validated instrument which was applied to 23 members of the nursing team in J...

OBJECTIVE To analyze patient satisfaction with nursing care received at a hospital emergency service. METHODOLOGY This is a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study. The sample was composed by 250 patients over 18 years old who used an emergency service in the south region of Brazil. Data were collected using an identification form and the Patient Satisfaction Instrument. RESULTS Re...

PURPOSE We report the results of a survey of state initiatives that measure resident satisfaction in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and we describe several model programs for legislators and public administrators contemplating the initiation of their own state programs. DESIGN AND METHODS Data on state initiatives and programs were collected during March and April 2000 through ...

OBJECTIVE To document job satisfaction and sources of stress among nursing staff working in nursing homes and to evaluate the extent to which the reasons of stress differ by type of nursing staff. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Twenty-five nursing homes in North Carolina participating in a demonstration project of a new model of long-term care pharmacy. PARTICIPANTS Nurses and nurs...

BACKGROUND Job satisfaction is a critical factor in health care. Strong empirical evidence supports a causal relationship between job satisfaction, patient safety and quality of care. OBJECTIVE To determine the level of nurses' job satisfaction and its associated factors. METHOD A stratified random sample of 421 registered nurses working at a large hospital in Mashhad, Iran was surveyed. ...

AIM To investigate and understand patient's satisfaction with nursing care in the intensive care unit to identify the dimensions of the concept of 'satisfaction' from the patient's point of view. To design and validate a questionnaire that measures satisfaction levels in critical patients. BACKGROUND There are many instruments capable of measuring satisfaction with nursing care; however, they...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between change fatigue, resilience, and job satisfaction among novice and seasoned hospital staff nurses. BACKGROUND Health care is typified by change. Frequent and vast changes in acute care hospitals can take a toll on nurses and cause change fatigue, which has been largely overlooked and under-researched. DESIGN AND METHOD A ...

Background We aimed to evaluate the effect of high-quality nursing on improvement of anxiety and depression of patients with acute stroke in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination. Methods A total of 120 patients diagnosed as acute stroke for the first time were enrolled in Liaocheng People's Hospital from 2016-2017 and randomly divided into control group (n=60) and observation group (n...

OBJECTIVE To compare the levels of satisfaction expressed by residents of nursing homes with those of patients in geriatric long-stay wards. DESIGN A structured satisfaction questionnaire containing 37 closed and two open questions was used to elicit responses from residents of nursing homes in the former South West Thames Regional Health Authority area. This was compared with a similar surve...