The objective of this study was to build and present a theoretical definition of the concept of nursing care management in hospital settings, based on specific literature. We chose to use Concept Analysis strategies for building concepts, the rules of Archeological Analysis for forming concepts, and Lexical Analysis as the theoretical-methodological framework. The operationalization of the stra...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Pain management is one of the most important indicators for nursing care quality. Pain management is still ineffective and inadequate in pediatric wards. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to evaluate pain management nursing in pediatric wards and suggest practical solutions with regard to pediatric

Nursing administration takes on a bureaucratic orientation in Brazil. In this article, the authors report a strategy of participative management as a useful resource for transforming bureaucratic organizations. Principles of participative management, in the context of a social model of management, are presented and applied to nursing.

Objective Exploring urinary continence (UC) assessment and management practices in Australian nursing homes. Design Mixed method using a questionnaire and interviews. Setting Five nursing homes in Australian metropolitan cities. Subjects Participants 121 staff: mostly female (91%) with a range of roles including personal care assistants (PCAs) (63%), enrolled nurses (ENs) (11%), registered nurs...

In Australia, the traditional Quality Assurance approach used in the hospital setting has played an important role in nursing practice. During the past decade, nurses have begun making a paradigm shift from Quality Assurance to Total Quality Management but scant attention has been paid to quality management practices in nursing in the higher education sector. This paper reports on a quantitativ...

BACKGROUND Conflict management is an essential skill that nursing students need to master as conflict is unavoidable in clinical settings. Examining nursing students' conflict management styles and the associating factors can inform nurse educators on how to equip nursing students for effective conflict management. OBJECTIVES This study aimed at examining undergraduate nursing students confli...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe how nurse case managers care for older women with breast cancer. DESIGN A randomized, prospective trial. SETTING Thirteen community hospitals and two public hospitals in southeastern Texas. SAMPLE 335 older women aged 60-89 years newly diagnosed with breast cancer and being cared for by 60 surgeons. Most participants were Caucasian. A total of 166 women were...