NursingPlus OpenPub Date : 2016-01-01Epub Date: 2016-02-15DOI: 10.1016/j.npls.2016.01.002
Annette Biegger , Sabina De Geest , Maria Schubert , Dietmar Ausserhofer
{"title":"The ‘magnetic forces’ of Swiss acute care hospitals: A secondary data analysis on nurses׳ job satisfaction and their intention to leave their current job","authors":"Annette Biegger , Sabina De Geest , Maria Schubert , Dietmar Ausserhofer","doi":"10.1016/j.npls.2016.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npls.2016.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims</h3><p>(1) To describe nurses׳ job satisfaction and intention to leave their current employer; and (2) to explore the associations between nine aspects of job satisfaction (i.e., motivators and hygiene factors) and nurses’ intentions to leave their current employer.</p></div><div><h3>Background</h3><p>Increasing nurse shortages and accelerating personnel turnover are global healthcare issues. Improving nurses׳ job satisfaction and reducing their intentions to leave are crucial to nurse workforce stability.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Secondary analysis of nurse survey data from the Swiss arm of the Nurse Forecasting in Europe (2009/2010) study. Associations between aspects of nurses׳ job satisfaction and intentions to leave were analyzed via multiple logistic regression analyses.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Overall, nurses reported being very satisfied with their jobs and with ‘independence at work’, but less satisfied with the possibility for ‘study leave’. A total of 27.4% intended to leave their current jobs, with lower ratings of ‘opportunities for advancement’ as the most relevant factor explaining these intentions.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>In view of predicted nurse shortages, Swiss acute care hospitals’ might improve their success regarding nurse job satisfaction and retention by offering nursing career models with more opportunities for clinical advancement.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56354,"journal":{"name":"NursingPlus Open","volume":"2 ","pages":"Pages 15-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npls.2016.01.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54867566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPlus OpenPub Date : 2015-01-01Epub Date: 2015-04-22DOI: 10.1016/j.npls.2015.02.001
Adel F. Almutairi
{"title":"Fostering a supportive moral climate for health care providers: Toward cultural safety and equity","authors":"Adel F. Almutairi","doi":"10.1016/j.npls.2015.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npls.2015.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In Western forms of health care delivery around the globe, research tells us that nurses experience excessive workloads as they face increasingly complex needs in the populations they serve, professional conflicts, and alienation from leadership in health care bureaucracies. These problems are practical and ethical as well as cultural. Cultural conflicts can arise when health care providers and the populations they serve come from diverse economic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. The purpose in this paper is to draw from Almutairi’s research with health care teams in Saudi Arabia to show the complexity of culturally and morally laden interactions between health care providers and patients and their families. Then, I will argue for interventions that promote social justice and cultural safety for nurses, other health care providers, and the individuals, families, and communities they serve. This will include addressing international implications for nursing practice, leadership, policy and research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56354,"journal":{"name":"NursingPlus Open","volume":"1 ","pages":"Pages 1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npls.2015.02.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54867748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPlus OpenPub Date : 2015-01-01Epub Date: 2015-07-15DOI: 10.1016/j.npls.2015.07.001
Deborah A. Marshall , Faith Donald , Sarah Lacny , Kim Reid , Denise Bryant-Lukosius , Nancy Carter , Renee Charbonneau-Smith , Patricia Harbman , Sharon Kaasalainen , Kelley Kilpatrick , Ruth Martin-Misener , Alba DiCenso
{"title":"Assessing the quality of economic evaluations of clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners: A systematic review of cost-effectiveness","authors":"Deborah A. Marshall , Faith Donald , Sarah Lacny , Kim Reid , Denise Bryant-Lukosius , Nancy Carter , Renee Charbonneau-Smith , Patricia Harbman , Sharon Kaasalainen , Kelley Kilpatrick , Ruth Martin-Misener , Alba DiCenso","doi":"10.1016/j.npls.2015.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npls.2015.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A limited number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) including economic analysis have supported the cost-effectiveness of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists delivering care in a variety of settings. Our objective was to examine the quality of economic evaluations in this body of literature using the Quality of Health Economic Studies (QHES) tool, and highlight which questions of the quality assessment tool are being addressed adequately or require further attention within this body of literature. Of 43 RCTs included in our systematic review, the majority (77%) fell in the poor study quality quartile with an average total QHES score of 39 (out of 100). Only three studies (7%) were evaluated as high quality. Inter-rater agreement (prior to consensus process) was high (83% agreement). Four criteria for the quality of economic evaluations were consistently addressed: specification of clear, measurable objectives; pre-specification of subgroups for subgroup analyses; justified conclusions based on study results; and disclosure of study funding source. A clear statement of the primary outcome measures, incremental analysis, and assessment of uncertainty were often unclear or missing. Due to poor methodological quality, we currently lack a solid evidence base to draw clear conclusions about the cost-effectiveness of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists. Higher quality economic evaluations are required to inform these questions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56354,"journal":{"name":"NursingPlus Open","volume":"1 ","pages":"Pages 11-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npls.2015.07.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54867877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPlus OpenPub Date : 2015-01-01Epub Date: 2015-06-10DOI: 10.1016/j.npls.2015.05.001
Rose O. Sherman , Heather Saifman , Robert C. Schwartz , Cheryl L. Schwartz
{"title":"Factors that lead Generation Y nurses to consider or reject nurse leader roles","authors":"Rose O. Sherman , Heather Saifman , Robert C. Schwartz , Cheryl L. Schwartz","doi":"10.1016/j.npls.2015.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npls.2015.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study examined factors that lead Generation Y nurses to consider or reject nursing leadership roles.</p></div><div><h3>Background</h3><p>Almost half of the current nurse leaders in the country are expected to retire by the end of the decade. Generation Y will soon comprise 50% of the nursing workforce and organizations look to them to assume leadership roles. Learning how to effectively recruit, motivate and retain Generation Y nurse leaders will be critical to the future of nursing.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This was a qualitative study that used a ConCensus™ process approach to collect the themes and factors of importance to participants related to nursing leadership roles. Three focus groups were conducted during 2013 and 2014 with 32 Generation Y Registered Nurses, not currently in leadership positions and born on or after January 1st, 1981.</p></div><div><h3>Key findings</h3><p>Feedback from current nurse leaders about their roles is primarily negative. The strongest incentive for Generation Y nurses to seek leadership roles is the potential to create meaningful change in healthcare. Fear of failure in the role and lack of work-life balance are significant deterrents to accepting a leadership role.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Generation Y nurses do see the value and importance of nursing leadership in making a difference in patient care but have concerns about the level of support that will be available to them as they assume these roles. Attention must be directed toward providing resources and strategies to develop skilled Generation Y nurse leaders in order to promote effective succession planning.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56354,"journal":{"name":"NursingPlus Open","volume":"1 ","pages":"Pages 5-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npls.2015.05.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54867784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}