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The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and low back pain among Italian nurses. An observationalstudy
2020
Background and aim of the work: Musculoskeletal disorders and low back pain have negative impact amongst Italian nurses who work in hospital. Nursing staff are known to be at risk of developing back disorders, where low back pain has a prevalence from 16% to 60% in the world. This study aims to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and low back pain among nurses who working in a Roman hospital. Methods: Cross sectional study was carried out in an Italian hospital and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire-IRSST was administered to 256 registered nurses. Logistic regression analyses were performed to understand risk factors associated with pain. Results: Nurses reported dif…
The profiles of health care utilization among a non-depressed population and patients with depressive symptoms with and without clinical depression
2019
Objective: To examine health service (HS) utilization profiles among a non-depressive population and patients with depressive symptoms (DS) with and without clinical depression. Design, subjects and setting: The study population was based on primary care patients with DS scoring ≥10 in the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and who were at least 35 years old and had been referred to depression nurse case managers (n = 705). Their psychiatric diagnosis was confirmed with the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.). Of these patients, 447 had clinical depression. The number of patients with DS without clinical depression was 258. The control group consisted of a random s…
Estudio de las noticias publicadas en prensa del éxodo de enfermeras españolas al Reino Unido
2019
RESUMEN Objetivo Analizar la representación mediática del éxodo de las enfermeras españolas al Reino Unido a través de los diarios de información general. Métodos Análisis de contenido, cuantitativo y cualitativo. Se localizaron con operadores booleanos los documentos publicados en los diarios ABC, El País, El Mundo y La Razón, sobre «emigrantes», «enfermeras» y «sanitarias emigrantes», desde el 1 de enero de 2007 hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2016. El periodo seleccionado se corresponde con el inicio de la crisis económica y concluye con el año de la celebración del referéndum delBrexiten el Reino Unido. Tras aplicar los descriptores se obtuvieron 9559 textos. Una vez eliminado el «ruido» qu…
Study on press coverage about the exodus of Spanish nurses to the United Kingdom
2019
Resumen: Objetivo: Analizar la representación mediática del éxodo de las enfermeras españolas al Reino Unido a través de los diarios de información general. Métodos: Análisis de contenido, cuantitativo y cualitativo. Se localizaron con operadores booleanos los documentos publicados en los diarios ABC, El País, El Mundo y La Razón, sobre «emigrantes», «enfermeras» y «sanitarias emigrantes», desde el 1 de enero de 2007 hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2016. El periodo seleccionado se corresponde con el inicio de la crisis económica y concluye con el año de la celebración del referéndum del Brexit en el Reino Unido. Tras aplicar los descriptores se obtuvieron 9559 textos. Una vez eliminado el «ruid…
Family involvement in the intensive care unit in four Nordic countries
2021
BackgroundRelevance to clinical practice The findings from the study highlighting family involvement, high-quality communication and flexible visiting policy as central aspects of family care may inspire clinicians to identify aspects of everyday family care in their ICUs calling for further improvement.Aims and objectivesTo describe family involvement, communication practices and visiting policies in adult ICUs.DesignA cross-sectional survey.MethodA questionnaire consisting of 11 sections was developed, pilot tested and e-mailed to 196 ICUs. The participants were intensive care nurses in adult ICUs in four Nordic countries.ResultsThe survey was conducted in October to December 2019. The re…
Māsu viedoklis par ārsta asistētu pašnāvību
2022
Bakalaura darba tēma “Māsu viedoklis par ārsta asistētu pašnāvību”. Tēmas aktualitāte nosaka tas, ka pēdējos gados pasaulē, tostarp arī Latvijā, tiek rīkotas diskusijas par ārsta asistētu pašnāvību. Šīs temats tiek aktualizēts augstskolās, tiek veltītas publikācijas, raksti žurnālos, un tiek rīkotas debates. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir noskaidrot māsu viedokli par ārsta asistētu pašnāvību. Pētniecības uzdevumi: Veikt literatūras un informācijas avotu analīzi par ārsta asistētu pašnāvību, izveidot aptaujas anketu, lai noskaidrotu māsu viedoklis par ārsta asistētu pašnāvību, veikt anketēšanu, apkopot un analizēt aptaujas rezultātus, izdarīt secinājumus un izvirzīt priekšlikumus. Hipotēze – liel…
Kształcenie podyplomowe pielęgniarek i położnych na podstawie zadań Okręgowej Izby Pielęgniarek i Położnych w Katowicach w latach 2000-2017
2019
Obowiązek stałej aktualizacji wiedzy pielęgniarek i położnych reguluje ustawa o zawodzie pielęgniarki i położnej oraz kodeks etyki. Okręgowa Izba Pielęgniarek i Położnych w Katowicach, jako organizator kształcenia podyplomowego, prowadząc wszystkie rodzaje kształcenia, przeszkoliła dotąd ponad 50 tysięcy uprawnionych osób. Celem pracy było dokonanie ewaluacji podjętych działań, w oparciu o materiały korporacyjne z lat 2000-2017. Przedstawione wyniki, w ujęciu ilościowym, obrazują poziom realnego zainteresowania kursami specjalistycznymi oraz kwalifikacyjnymi, a także źródła ich finansowania.
Work Coordination as a Social Interaction Process in Nursing Staff Meetings
2016
Work coordination, which here refers to organizing, planning, discussing, and negotiating work, is done through social interaction. Because coordination is essential to work quality and well-being at work, it is important to understand the processes that construct work coordination. This study aims to understand work coordination as a social interaction process by analyzing social interaction in nursing staff meetings of a Finnish hospital. Observations and approaches of inductive and descriptive qualitative analysis were used to examine eight sequential nursing staff meetings that took place in 2012. The results indicate that work coordination consisted of sense-making information, sense-m…
The extended late career phase – examining senior nursing professionals
2021
PurposeBy relying on a sustainable career perspective and recent studies on senior employees’ late career phase, this study aims to examine senior (50+) nurses’ late career narratives in the context of extending retirement age. Given the current global nursing shortage, there is a pressing need to find ways on how to promote longer and sustainable careers in the health-care field. Yet, there is limited knowledge about the extended late career phase of senior nurses.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical data were derived from 22 interviews collected among senior (50+) nursing professionals working in a Finnish university hospital. The qualitative interview data were analysed using a narrative…
Engaging in upward and downward comparisons as a determinant of relative deprivation at work
2003
A longitudinal study was conducted among 93 nurses to determine the role of comparing one's performance with that of one's colleagues in the increase versus decrease of perceived relative deprivation at work over a period of one year. Relative deprivation at T2 had increased particularly among those high in social comparison orientation (Gibbons & Buunk, 1999) who at T1 (1) more frequently engaged in upward comparisons; (2) more frequently derived positive as well as negative feelings from such comparisons; and (3) more frequently derived negative feelings from downward comparison. Moreover, engaging in downward comparison also led to an increase in perceived relative deprivation at T2.…