...Fatemeh Hajihosseini; Noushin Mousazadeh; Roghieh Nazari; Hamid Sharif-Nia Purpose This study aimed to identify which aspects of incident reporting culture predict the willingness of nurses to report errors. Design/methodology/approach In this cross-sectional study (2021), a census sampling...

... cronyism behind employee time theft behavior and decreased proactive behavior. Design/methodology/approach A three-wave self-administered employee survey was used for data collection. The data were collected through an adopted questionnaire from nurses working in the public sector hospitals of Pakistan...

...Korina Katsaliaki Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the views of doctors, nursing staff and hospitalized patients on the level of information they provide and receive respectively in public hospitals, focusing on the factors that affect their communication. Design...

...Young Mee Kim; Se Young Kim Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the relationships between structural empowerment and patient identification behaviors of nurses. Design/methodology/approach The present study was a descriptive survey using a self-reported questionnaire, following...

...Bilal Afsar Purpose – The direct relationship between person-organization (P-O) fit and employee’s positive work attitudes and behaviours have been well researched. However, there has been no study on the impact of P-O fit on innovative work behaviour (IWB) of the nurses. The purpose...

...Abdulrahman S. Alayed; Helena Lööf; Unn-Britt Johansson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine nurses’ attitudes towards safety culture in six Saudi Arabian intensive care units (ICUs). Design/methodology/approach – The study is descriptive with a cross-sectional design...

...Andrea Borland; Caroline Hollins Martin; John Locke Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into nurses' understandings of what constitutes suitable footwear for older people in care homes. Design/methodology/approach – An exploratory descriptive qualitative survey...

...Kathleen Abrahamson; Rangaraj Ramanujam; James G. Anderson Purpose Previous research indicates that nurses' safety‐climate perceptions are influenced by individual nurse characteristics, leadership, staffing levels and workplace structure. No literature was identified that explored...

...Hanan Al‐Ahmadi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify factors influencing performance of hospital nurses in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia. Specific objectives were to estimate self‐reported performance, and determine whether differences in employee demographics, job satisfaction...

...Sue Smith; Ann Casey; Keith Hurst; Katherine Fenton; Hilary Scholefield Purpose This paper aims to explains how relatively simple nurse staffing formulas from “best practice” ward dependency‐acuity data can be used for nursing workforce planning and development. Design/methodology/approach...

...Obrey Alexis; Vasso Vydelingum Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore, describe and develop a greater understanding of overseas Black and minority ethnic nurses' experiences of, as well as the impact of, their experiences on the quality and service delivery in the UK's NHS. Design...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Resource management Nurses Quality policy Europe, Middle East and Africa Sweden Charting the way to greater success: pursuing Perfection in Sweden Keywords: Resource management, Nurses, Quality policy...

...Helen Hancock; Steve Campbell; Pat Bignell; Julie Kilgour Purpose This study sought to evaluate the impact and sustainability of the Leading Empowered Organisations (LEO) programme on the role of G Grade Nurse Managers, their colleagues and therefore on patient care at CHS. Design/methodology...

...Carol Davies; Jeremy Dale Previous studies of general practitioner views of paediatric home care have presented a rather negative view of such services. This study examines GPs’, nurses’ and managers’ views of a new, acute paediatric hospital‐at‐home nursing service in Rugby. Methods used...

...Jafar A. Alasad; Muayyad M. Ahmad This exploratory study investigated patients’ satisfaction with nursing care at a major teaching hospital in Jordan. A total of 266 in‐patients participated in the study. Patients were recruited from the medical, surgical, and gynecological wards. Pearson...

...). © MCB UP Limited 2003 Health services Human failure Medicine Nurses Error analysis Medicine has been identified as a profession for the past 3,000 years and today a vast sum of money is being spent on health care worldwide (James and Hammond, 2000). For example, in 1997...

...Suzana Grubnic This study seeks to extend knowledge of care pathways through describing the conception and development of them within a children’s hospital. The care pathway was conceived by the nurse manager as a tool to improve care to children with minor injuries, and to their families. More...

...Karin Newman; Uvanney Maylor The statistics and associated literature reveal a chronic shortage of nurses and midwives and difficulties in recruiting and retaining D and E grades, the main providers of hands‐on patient care. This qualitative exploratory study of nurse satisfaction, dissatisfaction...

...Barbara Morris © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Nurses Midwives Ireland Implementation of recommendations of the Irish Commission on Nursing Keywords: Nurses, Midwives, Ireland The Report of the Commission on Nursing: A Blueprint for the Future,published...

...Karin Newman; Uvanney Maylor; Bal Chansarkar This paper proposes an integrated approach to examining and dealing with the complex issue of nurse recruitment, retention, healthcare quality and patient satisfaction. The paper depicts and describes a generic conceptual framework or chain derived from...