Reconnecting with the heart of critical care nursing – The power of therapeutic communication to prevent burnout. (Australian Critical Care, 2018, 31(2) p. 135)

This article looks at the role of therapeutic communication provides evidence that suggests that the development of therapeutic communication skills – although considered confronting at times – proved to be an innovative approach to overcoming burnout in critical care nurses and further, inspired personal and professional growth.

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Improving Patient Care Outcomes Through Better Delegation-Communication Between Nurses and Assistive Personnel. (Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 2018, 33(2) p 187-193)

This project explored the impact of improved delegation-communication between nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel on pressure injury rates, falls, patient satisfaction, and delegation practices. Findings revealed a tendency for nurses to delay the decision to delegate. However, nurses’ ability to explain performance appraisals, facilitate clearer communication, and seek feedback improved. Patient outcomes revealed decreased falls and improved patient satisfaction.

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Strategies to future-proof and enhance the nursing workforce. (Br J Nurs, 2018, 22;27(4) p. 220-221)

The author reports on a study to improve the work force of Great Britain’s National Health Service (NHS). He focuses on the policies that affect nurses, particularly their education and retention, reductions in NHS expenditures, that have affected nursing staff, and what will need to be done to improve conditions.

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Understanding Value as a Key Concept in Sustaining the Perioperative Nursing Workforce. (AORN J, 2018, 107(3) p. 345-354)

This article analyzes and applies the concept of value to explore how to maintain an adequate perioperative nursing workforce. It revealed that value co-creation for perioperative nursing could lead to newly graduated nurses increasingly choosing perioperative nursing as a career, and enjoying satisfying perioperative nursing careers while providing high-quality patient care.

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A Comparison of Nursing Education and Workforce Planning Initiatives in the United States and England. (Policy Polit Nurs Pract., 2018, Jan, Epub)

This article will explore how, with contrasting degrees of success, the nursing education systems in the United States and England have responded to these recommendations of recent Government reports and examine how different regulatory and funding structures have hindered or enabled these efforts.

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The state of the nursing workforce today. (British Journal of Nursing 2017, 26(20) p. 1143-1143)

The article discusses the author’s views about the state of the nursing workforce in Great Britain as of 2017, and it mentions various threats to the nursing profession, as well as information about a British Nursing and Midwifery Council report which indicates that more nurses are leaving the professional register than joining it.

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Variation in job titles within the nursing workforce. (Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2017, 26 (23/24) p. 4945-4950)

Aims and objectives/background The work of specialist nursing has been under scrutiny for many years in the UK due to a perception that it is not cost-effective. A common issue is the lack of consistency of job titles, which causes confusion to the public, employing organisations, colleagues and commissioners of services.

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Burnout and its association with resilience in nurses: A cross-sectional study. (Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2018, 27(1/2) p. 441-449)

Aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and extent of burnout on nurses and its association with personal resilience. Results Nurses experienced severe burnout symptoms and showed a moderate level of resilience. Three metrics of burnout had significantly negative correlations with the total score and following variables of resilience.

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The protective role of self-efficacy against workplace incivility and burnout in nursing: A time-lagged study. (Health Care Management Review, 2018, 43(1) p. 21-29)

The aim of the study was to investigate the role of relational occupational coping self-efficacy in protecting nurses from workplace incivility and related burnout and turnover intentions. The findings show that organizations should provide nurses with opportunities to build their coping strategies for managing job demands and difficult interpersonal interactions. Similarly, providing exposure to effective role models and providing meaningful verbal encouragement are other sources of efficacy information for building nurses’ relational coping self-efficacy.

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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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