The trainee assistant in nursing: a pilot exercise in building and retaining a workforce

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Deshong ◽  
Amanda Henderson

With increasing pressures on the skilled nursing workforce, strategies need to be developed to maximise the value of the existing workforce without impacting on the quality of care delivery. This paper reports on the introduction of a Commonwealth and State subsidised program for assistants-in-nursing (AINs) to assist in addressing the global nursing shortage. The program – which has included education sessions with registered nurses about the role of the AIN, delegation and supervision, and has also sustained support to the participants throughout the duration of their employment – has delivered benefits locally to the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) and, broadly, to the nursing profession. Most of the participants completing the program have chosen to continue their employment at PAH or pursue further studies in nursing. What is known about the topic?The shortage of skilled nurses means there is a need for innovative solutions to support the existing workforce. What does this paper add?The development of an assistant-in-nursing role was seen as a successful development for a Queensland hospital. What are the implications for practitioners?The trained assistants have largely remained employed in the area and 68% have gone on to further nursing education.

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Baynton

Primary Nursing is a model of care delivery that has been shown to improve the quality of care provided to patients and enhance the nurse–patient relationship. Although there is considerable attention in the literature on Primary Nursing concerning inpatient hospital units, there has been no discussion of Primary Nursing in short-stay units. Our hospital aimed to introduce Primary Nursing into all the units including short-stay. Staff were educated about the role of the primary nurse using Koloroutis’s (2004) Relationship-Based Care model, comprising three crucial relationships: care provider’s relationship with patients and families, with self, and with colleagues. The primary nurse develops the plan of care for individual patients based on their therapeutic relationship, which is sustained for the patient’s length of stay in the unit.


Curationis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandhya Chandramohan ◽  
Raisuyah Bhagwan

Background: In order for nursing education to prepare nurses for holistic patient care, it is critical that educators become more aware of the religious and spiritual dimensions in patien tcare and be able to provide adequate knowledge and skills for nurses to offer spiritually-basedc are in an ethical way. Furthermore, spiritual care is an essential component in the nursing context, as nurses have to care for patients who may often turn to the spiritual dimension to cope and heal. These aspects are important issues to be considered in planning what should be taught as part of spiritual care.Objectives: This paper presents findings from a study on nursing practitioners’ views on the role of spiritual care in nursing practice and whether current nursing education has integrated this dimension into teaching.Method: A descriptive survey using a cross-sectional design with 385 nurses was conducted between December 2012 and February 2013. Participants were recruited through multistage random sampling. Data analysis was undertaken using SSPS 0.20.Results: All the participants (n = 385) concurred that spiritual care was a salient component of holistic patient care. They however stated that the primary barriers to providing spiritual care related to uncertainty on how to provide this type of care, and a lack of educational preparedness for this role.Conclusion: The study found that nurses were very accepting of the need for spiritual care as part of their nursing role but that nursing education had not paid adequate attention to integrating this dimension into the nursing curriculum.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
A Isaac Caro

Objectives: To review the scientific literature on the role of the nurse in Penitentiary Institutions through the study of care training and ethical implications when offering quality care to the prison population. Material and method: An integrative review was carried out in Medline, SciELO and LILACS databases. The MeSH and DeCS terms used were: nurse’s role, nursing, nurse, nursing education, prison, ethics, ethical issues, job satisfaction, enfermeria, penitenciaria, health professionals, nursing care. The types of studies included in this work are literature reviews, and qualitative, quantitative and mixed studies. The CASPe tool was used to assess the methodological quality of selected literature. The review period was October, November and December 2019. Results: A total of 264 articles were obtained, of which 98 were chosen after applying filters corresponding to each database and after discarding duplicate articles. The title and abstract of these articles were read and the established selection criteria were applied, to obtain 18 studies. Finally, after critical reading, 15 articles were selected for this work. Discussion: The role of the prison nurse is generally unknown. Nursing undergraduate training in this area is limited, exposing a specific training need, which may help these professionals to deal with ethical issues that they may find in their practice, as well as to improve the quality of care for the prison population.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heta Jigar Panchal ◽  
Nigel J Kent ◽  
Andrew J S Knox ◽  
Leanne F Harris

Haemostatic disorders are both complex and costly in relation to both their treatment and subsequent management. As leading causes of mortality worldwide, there is an ever-increasing drive to improve the diagnosis and prevention of haemostatic disorders. The field of microfluidic and Lab on a Chip (LOC) technologies is rapidly advancing and the important role of miniaturised diagnostics is becoming more evident in the healthcare system, with particular importance in near patient testing (NPT) and point of care (POC) settings. Microfluidic technologies present innovative solutions to diagnostic and clinical challenges which have the knock-on effect of improving health care and quality of life. In this review, both advanced microfluidic devices (R&D) and commercially available devices for the diagnosis and monitoring of haemostasis-related disorders and antithrombotic therapies, respectively, are discussed. Innovative design specifications, fabrication techniques, and modes of detection in addition to the materials used in developing micro-channels are reviewed in the context of application to the field of haemostasis.


Author(s):  
Amira Abd El-Menem Ibrahim ◽  
Wafaa Fathi Ahmed

There is an increasing interest and concern regarding the role of the learning environment in undergraduate nursing education. Nursing continuously associates with the technical-manual component, while being liable for the care with health of persons and with retaining their quality of life. So, obtaining clinical abilities is an element involved in the learning program of nursing courses.


Author(s):  
Joan Taylor ◽  
Bonnie Fuller

Abstract Telehealth and telehealth technologies have an increasing role in health care delivery as health care has continued to evolve to meet patient needs. Nursing education has been slow to integrate telehealth education and telehealth use in curriculum and clinical experiences. The purpose of the article is to provide information about the current state of telehealth and describe how telehealth education can be fostered and incorporated into nursing education. Incorporating telehealth education into existing nursing curriculum and clinical experiences ensures nurses recognize the utility of emerging telehealth technology and develop the skills needed to provide safe and competent care using telehealth.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Owens

Background and objective: A shortage of nearly half a million registered nurses threatened to disrupt health care services by the year 2020 as approximately one million registered nurses, born during the baby boom generation, were projected to retire. This predicted shortage would greatly affect the quality of patient care delivery. The predicted crisis drew the attention of stakeholders across the nation.Methods: This article summarizes strategies implemented to meet the growing demand for registered nurses by various agencies and stakeholders, the result of those efforts, and future challenges currently facing the profession.Results: Interventions resulted in a renewed interest in the profession of nursing. The total number of graduates from ADN and BSN programs more than doubled from 2002 to 2012. The number of master’s and doctoral program graduates more than tripled. Full time employment of registered nurses increased from 2.1 million in 2001 to 3.2 million in 2015.Future challenges and implications: Limited employment opportunities for new graduate nurses as hiring has slowed, concern over the quality of nursing education across all program types, and the need for ongoing assessment and implementation of guidelines permitting nurses to practice to the full scope of their educational preparation and capabilities during an era of continued health care reform, are among the challenges faced by the profession. In addition, delivery of safe and effective care to meet the needs of an aging population will present many challenges in the future.


Curationis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandhya Chandramohan ◽  
Raisuyah Bhagwan

Background: In order for nursing education to prepare nurses for holistic patient care, it is critical that educators become more aware of the religious and spiritual dimensions in patien tcare and be able to provide adequate knowledge and skills for nurses to offer spiritually-basedc are in an ethical way. Furthermore, spiritual care is an essential component in the nursing context, as nurses have to care for patients who may often turn to the spiritual dimension to cope and heal. These aspects are important issues to be considered in planning what should be taught as part of spiritual care.Objectives: This paper presents findings from a study on nursing practitioners’ views on the role of spiritual care in nursing practice and whether current nursing education has integrated this dimension into teaching.Method: A descriptive survey using a cross-sectional design with 385 nurses was conducted between December 2012 and February 2013. Participants were recruited through multistage random sampling. Data analysis was undertaken using SSPS 0.20.Results: All the participants (n = 385) concurred that spiritual care was a salient component of holistic patient care. They however stated that the primary barriers to providing spiritual care related to uncertainty on how to provide this type of care, and a lack of educational preparedness for this role.Conclusion: The study found that nurses were very accepting of the need for spiritual care as part of their nursing role but that nursing education had not paid adequate attention to integrating this dimension into the nursing curriculum.


Author(s):  
O. Oleshko ◽  
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Yu. Petrovska ◽  

This study sheds light on the concept of phytodesign and its tasks, outlines its main functions, as well as the role of landscape design in the formation of the subject environment. The modern trends in landscaping of urban areas, the main directions and means of landscaping are revealed, in particular the function of plants in the city environment. In view of the increasing population density, the increase in the number of vehicles, there is a constant search for innovative solutions in the organization of urban greening. Phytodesign has long gone beyond the premises and is actively penetrating the streets of the city, complementing small architectural forms, street furniture, fences and elements of city infrastructure. The role of landscaping, as a systemof conservation, extension and improvement of plantations in cities and villages, is becoming increasingly important, especially in the area of sanitation. Specialists of various profiles work in this direction: ecologists, botanists, chemists, physicians, landscape designers, agronomists and many others, offering innovative solutions for technologies of both plant cultivation and space management. In view of the increasing population density, the increase in the number of vehicles, there is a constant search for innovative solutions in the organization of urban greening. The work of a modern designer with plants in general is manifested in several directions: landscape design, green construction, phytodesign. If landscape design and green construction are large-scaled and sometimes dominate the formation of the spatial environment of a city or a separate local area,then the phytodesign is less extensive and complements the elements of the spatial environment. Today, researchers are increasingly focusing onthe aesthetic properties of phytodesign. It becomes an element of the general concept of creating a new natural and anthropogenic environment with the most comfortable living conditions; energy source for bioclimatization and greening of indoor and outdoor environments.An important factor affecting the mental comfort of the urban resident is the level of quality of the environment -a sufficient level of landscaping a favorable ecological state, maintaining human connection with nature. As a result of urbanization, human beings have become contaminated in the local environment, therefore urgent measures are needed to restore the quality of the air environment based on the natural mechanisms of ecological metabolism involving plants. Vegetation as an environment –the restorative system provides and regulates the composition of the air, the degree of its pollution, the climatic characteristics of the territories, reduces the influence of the noise factor and is a source of aesthetic recreation, which in turnensures the comfort of living in the city. Landscaping aims to increase the flow of oxygen and reduce the level of pollution of the atmosphere of the city, in addition, landscaping affects the formation of aesthetic appearance of the environment. The workof a modern designer with plants in general is manifested in several directions: landscape design, green construction, phytodesign. If landscape design and green construction are large-scaled and sometimes dominate the formation of the spatial environmentof a city or a separate local area, then the phytodesign is less extensive and complements the elements of the spatial environment. Once phytodesign was exclusively for the interior, nowadays its active appearance in the urban environment is absolutely normal in both public spaces and in addition to small architectural forms, street furniture, fences, infrastructure and protective structures.


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