Wales adopts safe staffing laws while the rest of the UK watches. (Nursing Standard, 2018, 32(30) p. 12-14)

The article reports on a law requiring provision of sufficient numbers of nurses in medical and surgical wards that will take effect in Wales. Topics discussed include the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act that places responsibility on health boards to calculate and provide sufficient numbers of nurses to care sensitively for patients and the need for careful review of whether other wards and services are drained of staff.

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Psychometric Testing of the Personal Workplace Safety Instrument for Emergency Nurses. (Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 2018, 15(2) p. 97-103)

Patient-visitor violence (PVV) committed against nurses is a worldwide problem. Registered nurses in emergency departments (EDs) are particularly susceptible. The frequency and severity of PVV against emergency nurses (ENs) internationally is well documented. Little is known about factors that make ENs feel safe from PVV.

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Stress, burnout and compassion fatigue in nursing staff: How may Acceptance and Commitment Training help to intervene? (Psycho-Oncology, 2018, Vol. 27, p. 9)

Oncology nurses are at high risk of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue. Evidence-based interventions tailored to this population are essential to promote stress-management skills. These may help to minimise absenteeism and staff turnover and maintain excellent patient care.

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Impact of Relational Coordination on Nurse Job Satisfaction, Work Engagement and Burnout: Achieving the Quadruple Aim (The Journal of nursing administration, 2018, 48(3) p. 132-140)

To explore how relational coordination, known to enhance quality and efficiency outcomes for patients and hospitals, impacts direct care nurse outcomes such as burnout, work engagement, and job satisfaction, addressing the “Quadruple Aim,” to improve the experience of providing care.

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More investment needed to ease pressures on nursing workforce. (Learning Disability Practice, 2018, 21(2) p. 8-9)

The article presents a report from the Common’s health and social care committee as of March 2018 showing that more investment is needed to increase the number of learning disability nurse workforce in Great Britain.

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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.

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Preparing the nursing workforce for the next era: Re-classifying and reframing enrolled nursing knowledge. (Collegian, 2018, 25(2) p. 237-240)

This paper situates a critical discussion of enrolled nurse education within a symbiotic relationship model to consider how nursing knowledge can enhance workforce performance and contribute to improved function of health systems.

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What keeps nurses happy? Implications for workforce well-being strategies. (Nurs Manag (Harrow), 2018, 25(1) p. 34-41)

The aim of this article is to present selected findings from a doctoral study on the subjective well-being and subjective experience of mental health problems in UK mental health nurses. Here the concept of ‘nurses’ well-being’ is explored.

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Leisure-Time Physical Activity and the Risk of Incident Dementia: The Mayo Clinic Study of Aging. (Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2018, 63(1) p. 149-155)

We investigated if leisure-time physical activity among individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) was associated with a decreased risk of developing dementia. 280 persons aged≥70 years (median 81 years, 165 males) with MCI and available data from neurologic evaluation, neuropsychological testing, and questionnaire-based physical activity assessment, were followed for a median of 3 years to the outcomes of incident dementia or censoring variables.

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Associations between nurse education and experience and the risk of mortality and adverse events in acute care hospitals: A systematic review of observational studies. (International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2018, Vol. 80, p. 128-146)

A summarization of the evidence on the associations between nurse education and experience and the occurrence of mortality and adverse events in acute care hospitals, and benefits to patients and organizations of the recent Institute of Medicine’s recommendation that 80% of registered nurses should be educated at the baccalaureate degree by 2020. Overall, higher levels of education were associated with lower risks of failure to rescue and mortality in 75% and 61.1% of the reviewed studies pertaining to these adverse events, respectively.

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