Nursing Articles - nursing careers

Dignity in the care of older people – a review of the theoretical and empirical literature

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:43:15 UT

Job satisfaction trends during nurses' early career

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:34:46 UT

Night nursing - staff's working experiences

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:29:50 UT

Job satisfaction trends during nurses' early career

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:36:51 UT

Tags: job satisfaction, nursing careers, Nursing Education, nursing shortage

Is seeing a specialist nurse associated with positive experiences of care? The role and value of specialist nurses in prostate cancer care

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:30:24 UT

Specialist nurses may play an important role in helping to improve the experiences of patients with prostate cancer, however there is concern that the specialist nurse role is under threat in the UK due to financial pressures in the NHS. This study explored the role and value of specialist nurses in prostate cancer care via a survey and patient interviews.

Tags: nurse consultant

Imbalance in the health workforce

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:26:38 UT

Imbalance in the health workforce is a major concern in both developed and developing countries. It is a complex issue that encompasses a wide range of possible situations. This paper aims to contribute not only to a better understanding of the issues related to imbalance through a critical review of its definition and nature, but also to the development of an analytical framework. The framework emphasizes the number and types of factors affecting health workforce imbalances, and facilitates the development of policy tools and their assessment. Moreover, to facilitate comparisons between health workforce imbalances, a typology of imbalances is proposed that differentiates between profession/specialty imbalances, geographical imbalances, institutional and services imbalances and gender imbalances.

Tags: nursing shortage

International nurse recruitment and NHS vacancies: a cross-sectional analysis

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:25:01 UT

Background: Foreign-trained nurse recruits exceeded the number of new British-trained recruits on the UK nurse register for the first time in 2001. As the nursing shortage continues, health care service providers rely increasingly on overseas nurses to fill the void. Which areas benefit the most? And where would the NHS be without them?

Methods:

Using cross-sectional data from the 2004 Nursing and Midwifery Council register, nurse resident postcodes are mapped to Strategic Health Authorities to see where foreign recruits locate and how they affect nurse shortages throughout the UK.

Tags: nurse recruits, nursing shortage

Measuring Medical Student Preference: A Comparison of Classroom Versus Online Instruction for Teaching

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:54:26 UT

Objective:

The research analyzed evaluation data to

assess medical student satisfaction with the learning

experience when required PubMed training is offered

entirely online.

Nursing Education: Status or Service Oriented?

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:25:16 UT

STATEMENT

Nursing Education: Status or Service

Oriented?*

Tags: Nursing Education

Staffing and Worker Injury in Nursing Homes

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:12:51 UT

Objectives. We examined the relationship between nursing home staffing levels

and worker injury rates in 445 nursing homes in 3 states.

Methods.

from 3 states (Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland) for the year 2000. We then

linked these data to Medicare’s Online Survey, Certification and Reporting system

to obtain nursing home staffing details and organizational descriptors. We used

ordinary least squares and log-transformed regression models to examine the association

between worker injury rate and nursing home staffing and organizational

characteristics.We obtained First Reports of Injury and workers’ compensation data

An Instructional Seminar for Online Case-Based Discussions

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:10:20 UT

Objective.

To assess a training seminar developed to prepare pharmacy instructors to facilitate online

Design.

online case-based discussions. A preseminar survey instrument was distributed to potential attendees

and a postseminar survey instrument was given to those who attended the seminar.A 2-part seminar was developed to train faculty members and teaching assistants to facilitate

Assessment.

instructors attended at least 1 session of the seminar and indicated that the didactic and/or application

portions were either ‘‘helpful’’ or ‘‘very helpful.’’ These faculty members and teaching assistants also

completed the postseminar survey instrument and conveyed a significant increase in level of comfort in

their ability to facilitate online case-based discussions (

barriers to online teaching remained consistent despite training or teaching experience.Twenty (91%) instructors completed the preseminar survey instrument. Eleven of thesep50.004). The 3 most frequently perceived

Conclusions.

comfort level in their ability to teach online increased. Further study of the impact of faculty

development programs on teaching effectiveness and student satisfaction with online pharmacy education

is warranted.After attending a training seminar and/or facilitating an online case discussion, participants’

Keywords:distance education, Internet, educational technology, faculty development

discussions.

Tags: distance education, educational technology, faculty development, Internet

Consultant medical trainers, modernising medical careers (MMC) and the European time directive (EWTD): tensions and challenges in a changing medical education context

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:07:16 UT

Background:

We analysed the learning and professional development narratives of Hospital

Methods:

discussed in the context of Consultant Trainers' personal biographies, organisational culture and

medical education practices. We conducted life story interviews with 20 Hospital Consultants in

six NHS Trusts in Wales in 2005.Qualitative study. Learning and continuing professional development (CPD), were

Results:

have changed the nature of medical education. Loss of continuity of care, reduced clinical exposure

of medical trainees and loss of the popular apprenticeship model were seen as detrimental for the

quality of medical training and patient care. Consultant Trainers' perceptions of medical education

were embedded in a traditional medical education culture, which expected long hours' availability,

personal sacrifices and learning without formal educational support and supervision. Over-reliance

on apprenticeship in combination with lack of organisational support for Consultant Trainers' new

responsibilities, resulting from the introduction of MMC, and lack of interest in pursuing training in

teaching, supervision and assessment represent potentially significant barriers to progress.Consultant Trainers felt that new working patterns resulting from the EWTD and MMC

Conclusion:

MMC within the context of EWTD. Postgraduate Deaneries, NHS Trusts and the new body; NHS:

Medical Education England should deal with the deficiencies of MMC and challenges of ETWD and

aspire to excellence. Further research is needed to investigate the views and educational practices

of Consultant Medical Trainers and medical trainees.This study identifies issues with significant implications for the implementation of

Consultants training junior staff ('Consultant Trainers') in order to identify impediments to

successful postgraduate medical training in the UK, in the context of Modernising Medical Careers

(MMC) and the European Working Time Directive (EWTD).

nursing careers

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:16:10 UT