AIM To determine the cost effectiveness of increasing nurse staffing or changing the nursing skill mix in adult medical and/or surgical patients? BACKGROUND Research has demonstrated that nurse staffing levels and skill mix are associated with patient outcomes in acute care settings. If increased nurse staffing levels or richer skill mix can be shown to be cost-effective hospitals may be more...

drug and intravenous thrapy basic clinical skills in nursing students at the end of third year     haji hossaini f [1] *, sharifnia sh [2] , nazari r [3] , rezaei r [4] ,saatsaz s [5]     received: 9 sep, 2011 accepted: 20 oct, 2011     abstract:   background & aims : learning drugs and intravenous therapy are necessary for nursing students. this study was done with the aim of assessing the dru...

Upon completion of their education, nursing students are expected to practice safely and competently. Societal changes and revisions to nursing education have altered the way nursing students learn to competently care for patients. Increasingly, simulation experiences are used to assist students to integrate theoretical knowledge into practice. Reasons for and the variety of simulation activiti...

The ability to calculate drug dosages correctly is an essential skill for registered nurses to possess. Performing drug calculations accurately is not a skill that new graduates have the luxury of developing over time. Drug errors are in many instances directly related to either the administration of an incorrect dose or incorrect infusion rate caused by calculation errors. A strategy for imple...

The main resource of the NHS is its workforce. However, achieving the correct mix of staff is crucial if it is to provide high-quality patient care in a cost-effective manner. When an acute trust was singled out in an independent analysis as having 'too rich' a skill-mix (compared with the rest of the strategic health authority), an internal review was undertaken to determine the ratio of quali...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of team-based learning (TBL) program on nursing students’ major satisfaction, critical thinking, communication skills, problem solving, and self-directed learning. A Quasi experimental design: nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The TBL significantly improved nursing students’ major satisfaction, critical thinking, p...

In this study, nursing students underwent simulation training with the aim of assessing the effects of post-simulation debriefing using a clinical judgment rubric on simulation effectiveness, students’ knowledge, and skill performance. Eighty-one nursing students enrolled in an integrated simulation course were divided into experimental and control groups through random sampling and were assign...