The vast majority of European countries are struggling to embrace nursing as a profession and as a science. There are still not enough nurses with bachelor’s degrees and advanced practical skills, ...and clinical specialisations for nurses are being developed at the master’s level. Attention should be paid to recognising nurses as an equal healthcare workforce who need to be empowered to advance their profession and be provided with professional development opportunities. Changes needed include improving pay and working conditions, providing opportunities to improve skills and professional recognition, empowering nurses to deliver care, and harnessing the power of technology to better support nurses. The declining interest in nursing education and the often stereotypical and condescending view of the role and work of nurses on the healthcare team should be a warning signal to all who are working on healthcare reform.
Abstract Introduction Aimed at preparing the basis for planning evidence-based public health measures for preservation/ improvement of nurses’ work ability (WA), the objective was to assess the ...relationship between WA and sense of coherence (SOC). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018 among 713 nurses in Croatia. The association between poor WA index (PWAI) and SOC score (SOCS), adjusted for possible confounders, was determined by binary logistic regression analysis. Results The results of univariate logistic regression analysis showed a statistically significant negative association between SOCS and PWAI (OR=0.977, 95% CI 0.968 – 0.986, p<0.001). The results of multivariate logistic analysis showed an even stronger statistically significant negative association between SOCS and PWAI (OR=0.966, 95% CI 0.954 – 0.977, p<0.001) when adjusted for confounders. Conclusions The present study suggested SOC as an important health promoting resource of nurses which might offer protection regarding work-related stress. Weak SOC could be an important explanatory factor of poor WA. Accordingly, improving SOC by implementing health promotion measures in nurses’ workplace could be an important way to increase the WA among nurses.
Future nurses should possess the knowledge and competences necessary to ensure patient safety. However, little evidence is available on the way in which students learn patient safety-related ...principles over time. This study explored the progress of a cohort of Italian undergraduate nursing students as they acquired patient safety knowledge and competences from time of enrolment to graduation.
A longitudinal study carried out between 2015 and 2018 enrolled a cohort of 90 nursing students from two Italian Bachelor of Nursing Science Degree Courses at the Udine University, Italy. The students were followed-up on an annual basis and data collection was performed three times: at the end of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years. The validated Italian version of the Professional Education in Patient Safety Survey tool was used to collect data.
At the end of the 1st year, students reported an average 4.19 out of 5 patient safety knowledge acquired in classrooms (CI 95%, 4.11-4.28), which was stable at the end of the 2nd (4.16; CI 95%, 4.06-4.26) and 3rd years (4.26; CI 95%, 4.16-4.32) and no statistical differences emerged over the years. With regard to the competences acquired in clinical settings, at the end of the 1st year the students reported an average 4.28 out of 5 (CI 95%, 4.20-4.37), which decreased significantly at the end of the 2nd year (4.15; CI 95%, 4.07-4.23; p=0.02) and increased at the end of the 3rd year (4.37; CI 95%, 4.27-4.47; p<0.01).
Nursing students' competences in patient safety issues increases over time, while their knowledge remains stable. Students are more vulnerable at the end of the 1st year, when they seem to be overconfident about patient-safety issues.
The purpose of this research was to identify the prevalence of violence towards nursing staff in Slovenian nursing homes.
For the purpose of this study, a non-experimental sampling method was ...employed, using a structured questionnaire as a data collection instrument (n=527). The contents of the questionnaire proved valid and reliable, with a high enough degree of internal consistency (Cronbach Alpha minimum 0.82).
The nursing staffs working in nursing homes for senior citizens are at high risk of violence. In the last year, the employees were most often faced with verbal violence (71.7%), physical violence (63.8%) and sexual violence (35.5%). 35.5% of employees suffered injuries at their working place. During aggressive outbursts of nursing home residents, employees particularly experience vulnerability, fear and insecurity.
There is a need for a comprehensive approach to tackle workplace violence. Some psychiatric health care facilities have already introduced certain measures in this field, and reduction of workplace violence proves that it is possible to reduce aggressive outbursts of patients. After conducting further quantitative research, which would expose detailed characteristics and the background of such violence, it would be sensible to develop similar measures in the field of health care in nursing homes.
Presenting the basics of leadership and management for nurses, this text details what is essential in order to effectively motivate and educate individuals in order to achieve the set goals of a ...group, team, or organization in health care.
Takrat novi dečji dom, ki so ga pričeli graditi že leta 1947, je imel prostora za 180 otrok (90 dojenčkov in 90 otrok od enega leta do treh let). Fotografija je posneta z gradbišča, pogled se širi ...proti šentpetrskemu mostu. V ozadju je hiša, ki so jo podrli ob podaljšanju Zarnikove ulice.
Najverjetneje je bila prva šolana babica, ki je delovala v Hrpeljah, Francka Benčič. Dokumentov o njeni izobrazbi sicer nismo našli, vendar so gospo v teh krajih vsi imenovali Midretova bab’ca.Z ...družino je živela v hiši, ki stoji ob glavni cesti v Hrpeljah. Na dvorišču so imeli vodnjak – »štirno«, iz katerega naj bi Midretova bab’ca prinašala dojenčke.
Marija Dobrila se je rodila 8. avgusta 1890 na Karamonovi domačiji v Hrpeljah. Naziv diplomirane babice je pridobila leta 1922, ko je uspešno zaključila babiško šolo v Trstu. Zaposlila se je istega ...leta, ko je zaključila študij.Po bab’co Marijo so prihajali sorodniki ali sovaščani porodnic podnevi in ponoči. Največkrat je morala priti do porodnice peš, včasih so jo prišli iskat z vozom.V njeno delovno področje so sodili tudi kraji, ki ležijo ob železniški progi Kozina-Koper. Ko je morala na porod v te kraje, ji je bila pot olajšana, saj se je lahko peljala z vlakom.Marija Dobrila, med ljudmi poznana kot Karamonova bab’ca, je umrla 1978 v Domu upokojencev v Sežani, pokopana je v Hrpeljah.
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