Month: November 2017

Strategies to Improve Job Satisfaction and Reduce Voluntary Employee Turnover of Nurses (2017, Thesis)

Job satisfaction and employee turnover affect the health care industry in the form of overworked staff, inadequate health care, and loss of profits. In 2015, the United States health care industry had a shortage of over 923,000 registered nurses. Three themes emerged from this research: autonomy, continued education and competitive pay. All these improved workplace satisfaction and retention, which lead to organisational growth.

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Emotional intelligence in nurse management and nurse job satisfaction and retention: a scoping review protocol (JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 2017, 15(11) p. 2651–2658)

Nurse managers’ support and abilities have an impact on nurse job satisfaction and an indirect impact on nurses’ intention to remain employed. Health care organizations have reason to focus on nurse managers as an approach to improve nurse job satisfaction. It is recommended strengthening nursing leadership through nurse management leadership training.

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Developing a Nurse Retention Program Aimed at Reducing Nursing Turnover (2017, Thesis)

Many healthcare organizations are investigating the reasons for nurse turnover and seeking ways to retain the nurses they already employ. The primary aim of this thesis was a nurse retention plan. The concepts of nursing satisfaction, theory of human capital, nurse dissatisfaction, and nurse turnover were used.

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Comfort rounds: task-orientated nursing or effective care? (BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2017, Vol. 7 Supp. 2, Abstract P -171))

This abstract discusses the design of a comfort round tool specifically for use within the hospice IPU. It looks at the implementation and evaluates the impact on patients and nurses.

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Mobilizing the Nursing Workforce with Data and Analytics at the Point of Care (Big Data-Enabled Nursing, p. 313-329)

Mobile apps for nurses are beginning to be seen as critical components of providing effective and efficient patient-centered care and assisting in the transformation to value-based care delivery.

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A community of practice: building capability to provide high quality dementia care (BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2017, Vol 7, p.A46)

Both Hospice UK and Dementia UK have launched the ‘Dementia in palliative and end-of-life care Community of Practice’ to bring together practitioners keen, in the spirit of mutual learning, to share knowledge and practice and provide high quality palliative and end-of-life care for families affected by dementia.

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Developing a dementia positive living group (BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 2017, Vol 7 (Suppl 2) p. 105)

The development of enhanced dementia hospice services has enabled staff to reach out to more people with dementia and work with our partners to deliver a wider service across our community.

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How can we understand the attachment process between people with dementia and staff caregivers : an exploratory study in residential care. (2017, Thesis)

The ability to form secure attachments shapes the experience of feeling safe in distressing situations. Dementia is often described as a distressing situation which activates the attachment system. Consequently, how people with dementia and caregivers attach to one another informs how safety may be experienced in such circumstances.

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