Enhancing nurse satisfaction: an exploration of specialty nurse shortage in a region of NHS England

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Gray ◽  
Rebecca Wilde ◽  
Karl Shutes
Keyword(s):  
Nurse Shortage ◽  
Nurse Satisfaction

scholarly journals Explaining nursing attrition through the experiences of return-to-practice students: a mixed-methods study

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 490-496
Author(s):  
Joanne Garside ◽  
John Stephenson ◽  
Jean Hayles ◽  
Nichola Barlow ◽  
Graham Ormrod
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Nurse Shortage ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Alternative Employment ◽  
Nursing Experience ◽  
Nursing Attrition ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Positive Work

Background: Nurse shortage is an international issue that has adverse effects on health and the quality of care of whole populations. Aims: The study aimed to explore attrition experienced by return-to-practice students attending higher education institutions in England. Methods: A mixed-methods design, involving questionnaires (n=114) and in-depth interviews (n=20), was used. Findings: Just over half (52%) of respondents left nursing after ≥10 years. Most of these (84%) stayed in alternative employment during their break from nursing. There were two distinct reasons for leaving nursing: the inability to maintain a positive work/life balance and a lack of opportunity for career advancement while retaining nursing registration. Respondents reflected positively on their nursing experience yet frequently reported significant personal or professional incidents prompting their decision to leave. Conclusion: The reasons nurses leave are complex. Professional bodies and managers need to work together to address concerns many nurses have during their careers that lead to them deciding to leave the profession.

scholarly journals Decreased Wait Time and Increased Satisfaction With Bedside Pancreatic Enzyme Dosing for the Inpatient Adolescent With Cystic Fibrosis: A Quality Improvement Project Comparing Enzyme Self-Administration to Nurse Administration

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 237437352098149
Author(s):  
Brandi Middour-Oxler ◽  
Margaret Gettis ◽  
Betsy Dye
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Pancreatic Enzyme ◽  
Wait Time ◽  
Self Administration ◽  
Nurse Satisfaction ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Hospital Unit ◽  
Pediatric Inpatient ◽  
Inpatient Adolescent ◽  
Enzyme Delivery

For children with cystic fibrosis (CF), enzymes are essential with meals to absorb nutrients and ensure adequate growth. When hospitalized, CF patients typically rely on nurse-administered medications. Recently, a pediatric hospital unit began allowing adolescents with CF enzymes at the bedside. Postimplementation, a satisfaction questionnaire was administered to participating patients and nurses measuring patient and nurse satisfaction with access to bedside enzymes versus nurse administration and overall time for enzyme delivery. The survey utilized a 5-point Likert scale. The wait time for pancreatic enzymes decreased for self-administered enzymes when compared to those that were nurse administered. All (11/11) patients and 86% (12/14) of nurses preferred the self-administration of enzymes. Hospitalized pediatric CF patients and nurses had higher levels of satisfaction with enzyme self-administration. Immediate access to enzymes in room safes impact patient autonomy, reflecting home self-care practices. Decreases in wait times optimize nutritional growth and healing while hospitalized. As a result, a new limited scope policy allowing patient-administered enzymes is now in place in the pediatric inpatient CF unit.

R6. Patient and Nurse Satisfaction and Comprehensiveness of Patient Assessment Using the Clinically Aligned Pain Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-242
Author(s):  
Chris McDaniel ◽  
Meleah Puckett ◽  
Allison Caspersen ◽  
Brittany Hall
Keyword(s):  
Pain Assessment ◽  
Patient Assessment ◽  
Nurse Satisfaction

One Nurse's View of the Nurse Shortage

AORN Journal ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 662-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryann Papanier Wells
Keyword(s):  
Nurse Shortage

The nurse shortage

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean P. Clarke ◽  
Robyn B. Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Nurse Shortage

Abstract WP384: Redesigning the Information Highway - Using Video to Improve Nurse Satisfaction with Patients’ Transitions from the Emergency Department to the Neuroscience Unit

Stroke ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Richardson ◽  
Omid Salehi ◽  
Kevin Hinkelman ◽  
Clarke Tyan ◽  
Teresa Young ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Transitions Of Care ◽  
Nurse Satisfaction ◽  
Nursing Satisfaction ◽  
Hand Off ◽  
Neurological Exam ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
The Sacrifice

Background: An effective hand-off process promotes transfer of critical information during transitions of care, thus decreasing the risk of adverse events. For patients with neurological symptoms, exchanging information over the phone may not provide the complete clinical picture of the patient and may contribute to the receiving nurse under appreciating early neurological changes. However, having the nurse leave a busy emergency department (ED) to perform bedside hand-off on the neuroscience unit (NSU) is often not realistic. Purpose: To improve nursing satisfaction with the hand-off process between the ED and the NSU, comparing video and phone report. Methods: The population consisted of stroke patients admitted from the ED to the NSU over a three month period. The intervention was offering a computer with video for the ED nurse to share pertinent information and perform a neurological exam, a process which allowed the receiving nurse to ask questions and interact with the patient. Nurses who used the video hand-off (n=24) were surveyed at the end of the pilot project to measure their satisfaction. Results: Overall, the nurses were more satisfied using video. (Figure). The increase in percentage of nurses answering “Strongly Agree”/ “Agree” were noted in these areas: 71%-85% for relevance of information, 68%-81% for efficiency, 54%-58% for staff relationships, 33%-63% for patient engagement, and 42%-75% for reducing risk for error. Conclusions: The use of video during transition of care provides an option for hospitals to employ an interactive handoff between departments without the sacrifice of time. Nursing should further explore the benefits of video technology during transitions of care, particularly inter-departmental transfers for special populations.

IMPROVING THE SERVICE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE IN GHANA: The Role of Locum Nursing

2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (12) ◽  
pp. 01-14
Author(s):  
Keelson, Solomon A. ◽  
Ann Dodor
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Nurse Shortage ◽  
Quality Healthcare ◽  
Hospital Administrators

The study was purposed to consider how encouraging use of locum nursing could aid in managing nurse shortage in the country and consequently improve the service quality of healthcare in Ghana. To be able to address the research problem and achieve the objectives, thirty public hospitals and thirty private hospitals were selected from the three major cities in Ghana to provide data for the study. Also, 250 locum nurses were sampled for information. Nursing Supervisors or Hospital Administrators from the selected hospitals were use as informant for the study. The paper adopted a survey approach, where incidental sampling technique was used to select the hospitals, and the snowball together with incidental sampling methods were used for selecting locum nurses for the study. Mean and standard deviation were the data analysis method used. The findings confirmed that locum practice in Ghana is relatively low. Similarly, the paper also suggested that locum contribute to addressing the issue of nurse shortage in Ghana. At the same time locum nursing was found to contribute to quality healthcare delivery in the country. Appropriate policy directions were recommended.

Not always a quick fix: The impact of employing temporary agency workers on retention in the Australian aged care workforce

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra King ◽  
Sven Svensson ◽  
Zhang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Intention To Leave ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Nurse Satisfaction ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Care Worker ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Temporary Agency Workers

The use of external labour such as temporary agency workers in the general workforce has increased in recent decades, but comparatively little is known about their impact within the aged care workforce. This article analyses quantitative data from a census of aged care facilities and a large-scale survey of their workforce regarding the use and impact of temporary agency workers on internal workers. It demonstrates that employing temporary agency workers helps address labour shortages generally and skill shortages in particular. However, it has a negative impact on the job satisfaction of internal personal care workers – a predictor of an increase in intention to leave. In contrast, there was little impact on internal nurse satisfaction. The use of temporary agency workers could therefore create a paradox: increasing personal care worker numbers in the short term, but negatively impacting on their retention in the long term. Given the need for an expanded and sustainable aged care workforce, this finding has important implications for organisations, policy and unions.

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