OBJECTIVE This study seeks to understand what role managers and the work setting they create play in a nursing facility that seeks to make a transition to person-centered care. DESIGN The study uses a human-relations framework to test 3 propositions: Managers play a critical role in the satisfaction, loyalty and commitment (ie, the engagement) of their staff; managers construct a person-cente...

This poster describes the development of user-centered interfaces in order to extend the functionality of the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library (VHINL) from library to web based portal to nursing knowledge resources. The existing knowledge structure and computational models are revised and made complementary. Nurses' search behavior is captured and analyzed, and the resulting sea...

Today, we all have been taught that cultural competence is a valuable tool in providing patient-centered care. However, this concept was not considered a standard of oncology nursing practice when the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) began. It was not regarded as a critical component of patient safety, satisfaction, or quality care. In fact, in the 1970s, the importance of providing culturally co...

This article examines the experiences of a student nurse early in training and how such experiences form the basis to understanding caring in nursing. Upon reflection of a seemingly routine event with a patient, the student nurse inspects the meaning of caring, patient-centered care, and holistic care, along with their barriers in the practice of nursing. To conclude, the student explores poten...

Objectives To measure optimal medical and nursing-related result usually used indicators is mortality, complications in intensive care, quality of life and functional status after intensive care. Among these indicators, only the frequency of VAP and multi-resistant bacteria that coincides with the Institute of Medicine (2001) scientifically approved nursing indicators for person-centered care. ...

A sense of urgency exists among nurse educators to determine the best possible teaching strategies to create a rich, engaging learning environment for students. With the calls for transformation, innovation, and excellence in nursing education from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, and the National League for Nursing, educators may...

The Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) is the most comprehensive regulatory change to the nursing home survey process since the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA-87). In this article we describe the policy evolution that led to the QIS, summarize the QIS method and implementation, and profile the QIS survey results. Following over a decade of development, in 2007 the Centers for Medic...

INTRODUCTION Working in the complex and ever changing healthcare settings forces the nurses and nursing students to be equipped with lifelong learning skills. One of the lifelong learning skills is self-directed learning. This study aimed to explore the M.Sc. nursing students' self-directed learning activities. METHODS A qualitative design using conventional content analysis approach was used...

We aimed to analyze the nursing work process directed at care in the Nutrition, Growth and Development Surveillance and Control Program (VNCD) for children under five years at a social security institution in Mexico. The study adopted a qualitative approach and was based on the work category, on conceptions of the work process in health and on institutional analysis. We carried out direct syste...