Month: December 2016

A culture of caring: how nurses promote emotional wellbeing and aid recovery following a stroke. (British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 2016, 12/Sup5(0-6))

This interpretive ethnographic study involved a purposive sample of 10 cases, with each ‘case’ comprising a patient, their closest relative and the nurses who provided their care. Data were constructed through participant observation, interviews and document review. Analysis revealed that the relationships built and sustained between nurses, patients and relatives are central to creating a positive culture of caring, which promotes emotional wellbeing and aids recovery in stroke rehabilitation. The importance of this culture should be more fully acknowledged, both within nursing and the wider multiprofessional rehabilitation team.

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The Relationship Between Nurse-Reported Safety Culture and the Patient Experience. (The Journal of Nursing Administration. 2016 46(12) p. 662-668)

The purpose of this study was to better understand the relationship between nurse-reported safety culture and the patient experience in a multistate sample of nurses and patients, matched by hospital unit/service line and timeframe of care delivery. The results show key variables in the HCAHPS and AHRQ surveys were significantly correlated. Findings highlight the relationship between 3 safety culture domains: teamwork, adequate staffing, and organizational learning on the achievement of a positive patient experience. Study concludes saying modifiable aspects of hospital culture can influence the likelihood of achieving high HCAHPS top box percentages in the nursing and global domains, which directly impact hospital reimbursement.

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Fatigue in hospital nurses — ‘Supernurse’ culture is a barrier to addressing problems: A qualitative interview study. (International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2016, Vol. 67 p. 20–28).

The overall aim of this study was to explore barriers and facilitators within the hospital nurse work system to nurse coping and fatigue. The purpose of this paper is to describe emergent themes that offer new insight describing the relationships among nurse perceptions of fatigue, nursing professional culture, and implications for the nursing workforce. Results show a new construct related to nursing professional culture was identified and defined as “Supernurse”.
Study concludes that Findings from this study further support the role of nursing professional culture as an important barrier to effectively addressing fatigue in nursing work systems. Future work is needed to identify and evaluate innovative culture change models and strategies to target these barriers.

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Engaging a Nursing Workforce in Evidence-Based Practice: Introduction of a Nursing Clinical Effectiveness Committee. (Worldviews on evidence-based. 2016, 13(1) p. 85-88).

This column shares the best evidence-based strategies and innovative ideas on how to facilitate the learning of EBP principles and processes by clinicians as well as nursing and interprofessional students.

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Impact of transformational leadership on nurse work outcomes. (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2016, 72(11) p. 2879)

Transformational leadership had no direct relationship with intent to stay and job satisfaction and had a small direct positive effect on organizational commitment. Transformational leadership has potential to slow attrition and retain nurses by creating a positive work environment that supports nurses. Any improvement in job satisfaction and organizational commitment would positively increase the change in probability for intent to stay.

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Migration of Spanish nurses 2009-2014. Underemployment and surplus production of Spanish nurses and mobility among Spanish registered nurses: A case study. (International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2016, vol. 63, p. 112-123)

Spain is transforming from a stable nursing labour market, to one that is increasingly producing nurses for foreign markets, principally in Europe. With its low birth rate, increased life expectancy and increasing rates of chronic disease, it is critical for Spain to have sufficient nurses now and into the future. It is important that there be continued study of this phenomenon by Spanish policy makers, health service providers and educators in order for Spain to develop health human resources policies that address the health care needs of the Spanish population.

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Island life is calling: make the move to Guernsey. (Nursing Standard, 2016, 31(10) p. 36-37)

The island is looking to recruit nurses from the UK, and applicants who have strong leadership skills are particularly welcome. The island of Guernsey has plenty to offer: beautiful countryside, miles of beaches and mild winters. But, like mainland UK, it finds recruiting nurses a challenge. Adult community services service manager Fiona Robertson says the island can offer fantastic opportunities for nurses, particularly those wishing to work with older people with mental health problems and complex conditions such as dementia.

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