INTRODUCTION Nursing staffing levels in hospitals appear to be associated with improved patient outcomes. National guidance indicates that the triangulation of information from workforce planning and deployment technologies (WPTs; eg, the Safer Nursing Care Tool) and 'local knowledge' is important for managers to achieve appropriate staffing levels for better patient outcomes. Although WPTs pro...

BACKGROUND Recent methodological advancements should catalyze the evaluation of measurement invariance across groups, which is required for conducting meaningful cross-group comparisons. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to apply a state-of-the-art statistical method for comparing latent mean scores and evaluating measurement invariance across managers' and frontline workers' ratings of the...

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...

background: caring is the core of nursing and holistic high-quality care is considered as one of the main concerns of nursing managers. evaluation by main care recipients and assessment of their satisfaction with different levels of care is a way to determine and improve the quality of nursing care. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the quality of nurses’ caring be...

AIM The aim of this study was to explore the processes that nurse managers use to promote change in their wards. DESIGN Qualitative research. METHODS A grounded theory approach was used. Participants were 23 nurse managers and 17 nurses in Japan. Interviews were conducted between March 2014 - December 2015. Mainly, nurse managers' data was analysed. RESULTS The change process led by the n...

AIM The aim was to assess emotional support given to mothers of children in intensive care units (ICUs) and make recommendations to nurse managers regarding family-centred nursing care in paediatric ICUs in South Africa. BACKGROUND Family-centred care is an essential component of paediatric care. Nurse managers should enhance implementation and sustainability to ensure quality care. METHODS...