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The experience of people with dementia and nurses in hospital: an integrative review. (Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2017, 26(9) p. 1152-1171)

Aims and objectives: To identify and examine existing research exploring how people with dementia and nurses view acute hospital care. Results: of study: Hospitals focus on acute medical care; consequently people with dementia are considered low priority and a disruption to normal routine. Risk management often takes priority over patient dignity. People with dementia are stigmatised. Families have significant roles to play in the care of a person with dementia in hospital but are often excluded. Nurses struggle to complete even basic patient care, and focus on tasks often at the expense of specific patient needs. Support for nurses is lacking. The job satisfaction of nurses caring for people with dementia is poor. Conclusions Nurses require improved education and support to care for patients with dementia. Hospitals must focus on genuine caring concurrently with rapid discharge requirements, risk mitigation and fiscal restraint.

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‘Nursing research culture’ in the context of clinical nursing practice: addressing a conceptual problem. (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2017, vol. 73(5) p. 1066-1074)

This research aims to report an analysis of the concept of nursing research culture in the context of clinical nursing practice. Results of the concept analysis identified five defining attributes of nursing research culture in the context of clinical nursing practice: strong monodisciplinary nursing professionalism, academic thinking and socialization, research use as a part of daily nursing practice, acceptance by colleagues and management and facilitation of resources from management and organization. Conclusion Although the method of concept analysis has been criticized and heavily debated, the development of nursing research cultures based on the defining attributes and antecedents of the concept will be important to emphasize evidence-based clinical nursing care.

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Rapid change in cancer care demands a flexible workforce — Marsden chief nurse. (Nursing Standard, 2017, 31 (33) p. 8)

The article focuses on the statement by Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust chief nurse Eamonn Sullivan on the need for an agile cancer nursing workforce to keep up with rapid advances in treatment and improved survival rates. Topics discussed include a Macmillan Cancer Support report which identified the importance of clinical nurse specialists in patient outcomes and his immediate plans for the Marsden.

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Education does matter: nursing apprenticeships in the workforce. (British Journal of Nursing, 2017, 26 (7); p. 434)

The article discusses several aspects of nursing-related apprenticeships in Great Britain as of 2017, and it mentions the British government’s plan to launch an updated approach to the management and funding of apprenticeships. Great Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is examined, along with nursing education, the British nursing workforce, and a government levy on all large organisations. Nursing associate and advanced practice standards are assessed.

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Things must change. (British Journal of Nursing, 2017, 26 (8) p. 445)

The article discusses the three decisions taken by the England government regarding the nursing workforce and the National Health Service (NHS). It discusses how the pay of the nurses is continuously falling forcing them to leave the profession. It also discusses the decision of not employing the nurses from the agencies having permanent NHS jobs.

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Would ‘growing our own’ practice nurses solve the workforce crisis? (Practice Nursing, 2017, 28 (4) p. 174-176)

The article offers insights on the need to train a new generation of general practice nurses and the consequences of the chronic shortage of general practitioners for patient care. The Queens Nursing Institute identified that 33% of general practice nurses are due to retire by 2020. Therefore a recruitment and retention strategy needs to be in place.

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Planning the future of general practice nursing. (Practice Nursing, 2017, 28 (4) p. 145)

The author talks about the document “The General Practice Nursing Workforce Development Plan, Recognise, Reform, Rethink” which intends to make practice nursing a top career destination, along with the proposed low-value prescription crackdown, in England.

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Nursing shortages put future of NHS at risk (Nursing Standard, 2017, 31(37) p.29)

When it comes to the future of the health service, pressure on the workforce is as great a threat, if not greater, than pressure on finances. This was my argument in evidence to the House of Lords’ recent inquiry into the long-term sustainability of the NHS. (Candace Imison Director of policy. Health think tank the Nuffield Trust)

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Effective Mentorship for Recruitment and Retention of Newly Registered Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Trinidad. (Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2017, vol 3(2), p. 1161-1171)

The study investigated whether the existing mentoring program at the selected
General Hospital provided benefits (job satisfaction, development of clinical nursing skills,
and transition into the role of a practitioner) to the Newly Registered Nurses (NRNs)
The NRNs who received formal mentorship had achieved job satisfaction,
developed clinical nursing skills and transitioned to the practitioner role more significantly. NRNs job satisfaction, development of clinical nursing skills and transition to the practitioner role was closely related to demographic variables such as specialty in the profession, formal mentoring and the length of the mentorship experience in the mentoring program.

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Nurse leaders in the United States must create a culture in which evidence-based practice is intrinsic (Nursing Management, 2017, 24( 2) p. 14)

Healthcare is in crisis in the US, where preventable clinical errors are the third leading cause of death. Now is the time to create healthcare cultures where best practice is the standard.

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