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Cheng F, Yan H, Zhong J, Yang H, Nan R, Wang X, Wei Z, Dou X. Knowledge, attitude and practice of registered nurses toward ICU patients' transfer anxiety in China: A cross-sectional study. Heliyon 2024; 10:e29318. [PMID: 38660287 PMCID: PMC11040039 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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Introduction Transfer anxiety has effect many critically ill patients in ICU around the world. Nurses must take care of the psychological adjustments that patients and families face when ICU patients transferred to general ward. During this period, basic knowledge, positive attitude, and correct practice are necessary for nurses to address the issue of transfer anxiety and seek to reduce it whenever possible. However, there were few investigations have been performed the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of registered nurses toward ICU patients' transfer anxiety. Aim The purpose of the paper is to explore the level and influencing factors of knowledge, attitude and practice of registered nurses toward ICU patients' transfer anxiety in China. Methods From February 1 to March 17, 2023, a cross-sectional study was adopted in China. An electronic questionnaire was used to collect data. Registered nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practice toward ICU patients' transfer anxiety were assessed using The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Questionnaire for Chinese Registered nurses in ICU regarding the prevention of transfer anxiety. In the end, in this study involved 381 registered nurses from Lanzhou University Second Hospitals in China. SPSS 26.0 for mac, independent T-test, one-way ANOVA test, Scheffe's test, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression tests were used for data analysis. Results The scores of total KAP, knowledge, attitude, and practice are 135.21 ± 24.504, 45.58 ± 13.903, 56.94 ± 10.690 and 32.87 ± 6.393 separately. Study results show that there was a statistically significant correlation among the three variables. According to the results of independent t-test or one-way ANOVA test, there is a correlation between gender(P = 0.001), highest educational attainment (P = 0.005) and knowledge; type of department(P = 0.003) and attitude; gender (P = 0.003), marital status (P = 0.002), clinical work experience (P = 0.002), type of department (P = 0.005) and practice. According to the results of linear regression analysis in this study, the variables of gender (P = 0.006), highest educational attainment (P = 0.032), scores of attitudes (P = 0.006), and scores of practice (P = 0.000) were associated with the scores of knowledge; the variables of scores of knowledge (P = 0.004), and scores of practice (P = 0.000) were associated with the scores of attitudes; the variables of scores of knowledge (P = 0.000), and scores of attitudes (P = 0.000) were associated with the scores of practice. Conclusion The findings of the study emphasize that comprehensive measures of knowledge, attitude and practice should be taken to improve nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding transfer anxiety in intensive care unit patients in order to reduce its adverse effects on ICU patients.
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- Feiran Cheng
- School of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, PR China
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- Department of Nursing, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, PR China
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- Department of Outpatient, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, PR China
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- School of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, PR China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, PR China
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- Department of Liver Diseases Branch, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, PR China
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- School of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, PR China
- Department of Nursing, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, PR China
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Jarrar M, Al-Bsheish M, Aldhmadi BK, Albaker W, Meri A, Dauwed M, Minai MS. Effect of Practice Environment on Nurse Reported Quality and Patient Safety: The Mediation Role of Person-Centeredness. Healthcare (Basel) 2021; 9:healthcare9111578. [PMID: 34828624 PMCID: PMC8618501 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9111578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study aims to explore the potential mediation role of person-centeredness between the effects of the work environment and nurse reported quality and patient safety. A quantitative cross-sectional survey collected data from 1055 nurses, working in medical and surgical units, in twelve Malaysian private hospitals. The data collection used structured questionnaires. The Hayes macro explored the mediation effect of person-centeredness between the associations of work environment dimensions and care outcomes, controlling nurses’ demographics and practice characteristics. A total of 652 nurses responded completely to the survey (61.8% response rate). About 47.7% of nurses worked 7-h shifts, and 37.0% were assigned more than 15 patients. Higher workload was associated with unfavorable outcomes. Nurses working in 12-h shifts reported a lower work environment rating (3.46 ± 0.41, p < 0.01) and person-centered care (3.55 ± 0.35, p < 0.01). Nurses assigned to more than 15 patients were less likely to report a favorable practice environment (3.53 ± 0.41, p < 0.05), perceived lower person-centered care (3.61 ± 0.36, p < 0.01), and rated lower patient safety (3.54 ± 0.62, p < 0.05). Person-centeredness mediates the effect of nurse work environment dimensions on quality and patient safety. Medical and surgical nurses, working in a healthy environment, had a high level of person-centeredness, which, in turn, positively affected the reported outcomes. The function of person-centeredness was to complement the effects of the nurse work environment on care outcomes. Improving the nurse work environment (task-oriented) with a high level of person-centeredness (patient-oriented) was a mechanism through which future initiatives could improve nursing care and prevent patient harm.
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- Mu’taman Jarrar
- Vice Deanship for Quality and Development, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia
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- Healthcare Administration Department, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah 21442, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Health Management, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, University of Ha’il, Ha’il 81451, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Endocrinology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Medical Instrumentation Techniques Engineering, Al-Hussain University College, Karbala 56001, Iraq;
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- Department of Medical Instrumentation Techniques Engineering, Dijlah University College, Baghdad 10022, Iraq;
- Department of Computer Science, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad 10070, Iraq
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- College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah 06010, Malaysia; or
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Herling SF, Brix H, Andersen L, Jensen LD, Handesten R, Knudsen H, Bove DG. A qualitative study portraying nurses' perspectives on transitional care between intensive care units and hospitals wards. Scand J Caring Sci 2021; 36:947-956. [PMID: 33908642 DOI: 10.1111/scs.12990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The transition process from the intensive care unit (ICU) to hospital ward may impact the illness trajectory and compromise the continuity of safe care for ICU survivors. ICU and ward nurses are involved with the transition and are responsible for the quality of the transitional care. AIM The aim was to explore ICU and ward nurses' views on assignments in relation to patients' transition between ICU and hospital ward. METHODS We conducted a qualitative study with 20 semi-structured interviews with ICU nurses and ward nurses and analysed data by content analysis. SETTING A university hospital with 690 beds and an 11-bed mixed medical/surgical ICU. FINDINGS The overarching themes were (1) 'Ritual of hand over' with the categories: (a) 'Ready, able and willing', (b) 'Transfer of responsibility' and (c) 'Nice to know versus need to know' and (2) 'From lifesaving care to rehabilitative care' with the categories: (a) 'Complex care needs persist', (b) 'Fight or flight mode' and (c) '"Weaning" the family'. Nurses were highly focused on the ritual of the actual handover of the patient and discussed readiness as an indicator of quality and the feeling of passing on the responsibility. Nurses had different opinions on what useful knowledge was and thus necessary to communicate during handover. Although patients' complex care needs may not have been resolved when exiting the ICU, ward nurses had to receive patients in a setting where nurses were mostly comfortable within their own specialty - this was worrying for both type of nurses. Patients could enter the ward very exhausted and weak or in 'fight mode' and demand rehabilitation at a pace the ward was not capable of delivering. ICU nurses encouraged families to be demanding after the ICU stay, and ward nurses asked them to trust them and steep back.
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- Suzanne Forsyth Herling
- Research Unit: ACES, Department of Anesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark.,The Neuroscience Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- ICU, Department of Anesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- ICU, Department of Anesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- ICU, Department of Anesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- ICU, Department of Anesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- ICU, Department of Anesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Emergency Department, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark
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Murugiah UR, Ramoo V, Jamaluddin MFH, Yahya A, Baharudin AA, Abu H, Thinagaran RRR. Knowledge acquisition and retention among nurses after an educational intervention on endotracheal cuff pressure. Nurs Crit Care 2021; 26:363-371. [PMID: 33569880 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 01/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nurses play a key role in the proper management of endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff pressure, which is important for patients' safety, so it is vital to improve nurses' knowledge on safe cuff management practices. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention related to ETT cuff pressure management on improving and retaining critical care nurses' knowledge. DESIGN A single group pre-post interventional study was conducted involving 112 registered nurses (RNs) from a 24-bed adult general intensive care unit at a teaching hospital in Malaysia. METHODS The educational intervention included a theoretical session on endotracheal cuff pressure management and demonstration plus hands-on practice with the conventional cuff pressure monitoring method. Nurses' knowledge was measured using a self-administered questionnaire pre- and post-intervention. Data were analysed using repeated measure analysis of variance and bivariate analysis. RESULTS In this study, 92% of the total number of RNs in the unit participated. A significant difference in mean knowledge score was noted between the pre- (mean = 8.13; SD = 1.53) and post-intervention phases (3 months [mean = 8.97; SD = 1.57) and 9 months post-intervention [mean = 10.34; SD = 1.08), P < .001), indicating significant knowledge acquisition and retention between the phases. Knowledge gained between the pre- and 9 months post-intervention phases significantly differed according to nurses' educational level. CONCLUSIONS This study supports existing evidence that ongoing educational interventions are essential to improve nurses' knowledge. However, further exploration is suggested to assess how well this knowledge is translated into clinical practice. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Regular educational programmes with current updates would enhance nurses' knowledge through proper practice and clinical decision-making skills; this, in turn, would help to standardize cuff management practices.
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- Uma R Murugiah
- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Kulliyyah of Nursing, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Malaysia
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- Kulliyyah of Nursing, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Malaysia
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Ghorbanzadeh K, Ebadi A, Hosseini M, Madah SSB, Khankeh H. Challenges of the patient transition process from the intensive care unit: a qualitative study. Acute Crit Care 2021; 36:133-142. [PMID: 33508186 PMCID: PMC8182156 DOI: 10.4266/acc.2020.00626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background The transition of patients from the intensive care unit (ICU) to the general ward is challenging. This study aimed to explain the challenges that patients face during the transition process. Methods In this qualitative research of conventional content analysis, data collection was conducted between February 2018 and July 2019 in educational hospitals. After obtaining informed consent, purposive sampling was performed with 22 nurses, intensive care physicians, anesthesiologists, and patients and their families using in-depth semi-structured interviews until data saturation. Results The content analysis yielded three main themes in the challenges patients face during the transition process from the ICU: mixed feelings regarding transition (happiness/hope, worry/uncertainty, abandonment); care break (different atmosphere, the difference between the program and the quality of care, assigning care to the patient and family, and care culture and beliefs); and search for support and information (ineffective communication, self-care capacity of patient and family, ineffective and disrupted training, and weak follow-up programs), which inflicts care shock in the patients. Conclusions The results showed that patients and their families were in a state of care shock during the ICU transition process and were sometimes disconcerted. It is necessary to design and implement care models according to the needs and challenges patients face during the transition period from ICU (patient-centered), based on the evidence available, and after considering the field of medicine and the accessibility of care in the country. The transition process can be improved and enhanced by obtaining knowledge about ICU care and related challenges as well as organizing a learning environment.
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- Kobra Ghorbanzadeh
- Ph.D. Candidate in Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Nursing, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran
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- Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Lifestyle Institute, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ying LY, Ramoo V, Ling LW, Nahasaram ST, Lei CP, Leong LK, Danaee M. Nursing practice environment, resilience, and intention to leave among critical care nurses. Nurs Crit Care 2020; 26:432-440. [PMID: 32929840 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Retaining experienced critical care nurses (CCNs) remains a challenge for health care organizations. Nursing practice environment and resilience are both seen as modifiable factors in ameliorating the impact on CCNs' intention to leave and have not yet been explored in Malaysia. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To assess the association between perceived nursing practice environment, resilience, and intention to leave among CCNs and to determine the effect of resilience on intention to leave after controlling for other independent variables. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional survey. METHODS The universal sampling method was used to recruit nurses from adult and paediatric (including neonatal) critical care units of a large public university hospital in Malaysia. Descriptive analysis and χ2 and hierarchical logistic regression tests were used to analyse the data. RESULTS A total of 229 CCNs completed the self-administrated questionnaire. Of the nurses, 76.4% perceived their practice environment as being favourable, 54.1% were moderately resilient, and only 20% were intending to leave. The logistic regression model explained 13.1% of variance in intention to leave and suggested that being single, an unfavourable practice environment, and increasing resilience were significant predictors of nurses' intention to leave. CONCLUSION This study found that an unfavourable practice environment is a strong predictor of intention to leave; however, further exploration is needed to explain the higher likelihood of expressing intention to leave among CCNs when their resilience level increases. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Looking into staff allocation and equality of workload assignments may improve the perception of the work environment and help minimize intention to leave among nurses.
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- Luk Ying Ying
- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Malaysia
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Soebagiyo H, Beni KN, Fibriola TN. The Analysis of the Influencing Factors related to the Effectiveness of Discharge Planning Implementation in Hospitals: A Systematic Review. JURNAL NERS 2020. [DOI: 10.20473/jn.v14i3.17103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Introduction: Discharge Planning is one of the agendas that is a part of nursing duties. This is not only complicated but it is also a long-term activity, starting from when the patients are admitted to hospital until they are allowed to go home. Factually, it cannot be denied that effective nursing discharge planning implementation will provide benefits for the patient, their family and the professionals within the health care setting. Based on those facts, the author composed this systematic review with the purpose of identifying the influential factors that have a role in terms of the effectiveness of nursing discharge planning implementation in hospitalsMethods: The researcher conducted their investigation in February 2019 and this involved the exploration of scientific papers from ProQuest and Scopus using the keywords ‘nursing discharge planning’, ‘effectiveness’ and ‘implementation’. This paper identified 15 relevant research articles from 500 original full texts. These papers were analyzed according to the inclusion criteria and the impeding factors in discharge planning implementation. It involved 1 quasi-RCT and 14 descriptive research studies.Results: As a result, from the 10.000 respondents, it was found that the enhancing factors include effective communication at 43% and the factors causing impedance in nursing discharge planning effectiveness includes the continuity of staff at 38 %.Conclusion: The dominant factor of impedance as stated in the interview sessions was a lack of time to do the nursing discharge planning properly.
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Jarrar M, Al‐Bsheish M, Dardas LA, Meri A, Sobri Minai M. Adverse events in Malaysia: Associations with nurse's ethnicity and experience, hospital size, accreditation, and teaching status. Int J Health Plann Manage 2019; 35:104-119. [DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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- Mu'taman Jarrar
- Vice Deanship for Quality and Development, College of MedicineImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Dammam Saudi Arabia
- Medical--> Education DepartmentKing Fahd Hospital of the University Al‐Khobar Saudi Arabia
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- Healthcare Administration DepartmentBatterjee Medical College Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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- Community Mental Health Nursing Department, School of NursingThe University of Jordan Amman Jordan
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- Department of Medical Instrumentation Techniques EngineeringAl‐Hussain University College Karbala Iraq
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Jarrar M, Minai MS, Al-Bsheish M, Meri A, Jaber M. Hospital nurse shift length, patient-centered care, and the perceived quality and patient safety. Int J Health Plann Manage 2018; 34:e387-e396. [PMID: 30221794 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 08/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is no clear evidence that can guide decision makers regarding the appropriate shift length in the hospitals in Malaysia. Further, there is no study that explored the value of patient-centered care of nurses working longer shifts and its impact on the care outcomes. OBJECTIVE The study aims to investigate the effect of the hospital nurse shift length and patient-centered care on the perceived quality and safety of nurses in the medical-surgical and multidisciplinary wards in Malaysia. METHODS A cross-sectional survey has been conducted on 12 hospitals in Malaysia. Data have been collected via a questionnaire. A stratified sampling has been used. The Hayes macro regression analyses have been used to examine the mediating effects of patient-centered care between the effect of working long shifts on the perceived quality and patient safety. RESULTS There is a significant mediation effect of patient-centered care between the effect of shift length on the perceived quality (F = 42.90, P ˂ 0.001) and patient safety (F = 25.12, P ˂ 0.001). CONCLUSION Patient-centered care mitigates the effect of the shift length on the care outcomes. The study provides an input for the policymakers that patient-centered care and restructuring duty hours are important to provide high-quality patient care.
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- Mu'taman Jarrar
- College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.,Medical Education Department, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Changlun, Kedah, Malaysia
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- Healthcare Administration Department, Batterjee Medical College (PMC), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Artificial Intelligence and Technology, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia.,Nabu Research Academy, Baghdad, Iraq
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Jarrar M, Rahman HA, Minai MS, AbuMadini MS, Larbi M. The function of patient-centered care in mitigating the effect of nursing shortage on the outcomes of care. Int J Health Plann Manage 2018; 33:e464-e473. [PMID: 29380909 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The shortage of nursing staff is a national and international issue. Inadequate number of hospital nurse staff leads to poor health care services. Yet the effects of patient-centeredness between the relationships of nursing shortage on the quality of care (QC) and patient safety (PS) have not been explored. The aim of this study was to examine the mediating effects of patient-centeredness on the relationship of nursing shortage on the QC and PS in the Medical and Surgical Wards, in Malaysian private hospitals. METHOD A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out on 12 private hospitals. Data was gathered, through a self- administered questionnaire, from 652 nurses, with a 61.8% response rate. Stratified simple random sampling was used to allow all nurses to participate in the study. Hayes PROCESS macro-regression analyses were conducted to explore the mediating effects of patient-centeredness on the relationships of hospital nurse staffing on the QC and PS. RESULTS Patient-centeredness mediated the relationships of hospital nurse staffing on both the QC (F = 52.73 and P = 0.000) and PS (F = 31.56 and P = 0.000). CONCLUSION Patient-centeredness helps to mitigate the negative associations of nursing shortage on the outcomes of care. The study provides a guide for hospital managers, leaders, decision-makers, risk managers, and policymakers to maintain adequate staffing level and instill the culture of patient-centeredness in order to deliver high quality and safer care.
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- Mu'taman Jarrar
- College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Applied Studies and Cummunity Services, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Bohner K. Theory Description, Critical Reflection, and Theory Evaluation of the Transitions Theory of Meleis et al according to Chinn and Kramer (2011). ANS Adv Nurs Sci 2017; 40:E1-E19. [PMID: 27749285 DOI: 10.1097/ans.0000000000000152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Transitions Theory (TT) states that change and transition are phenomena that make humans more vulnerable to health risks. Transitions Theory was evaluated through a text analysis of 4 publications, 3 nursing expert focus group interviews in Switzerland, and a mapping review of the transition literature of the last 5 years. Although the implementation of TT into Swiss nursing practice seems problematic due to conceptual deficiencies, transition is a meaningful nursing topic. The connection between TT, research, and practice is weak. Yet guidelines for theory description, theory analysis, and theory actualization could enhance and strengthen the body of knowledge in nursing.
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Abdul Rahman H, Jarrar M, Don MS. Nurse Level of Education, Quality of Care and Patient Safety in the Medical and Surgical Wards in Malaysian Private Hospitals: A Cross-sectional Study. Glob J Health Sci 2015; 7:331-7. [PMID: 26153190 PMCID: PMC4803884 DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v7n6p331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background and Objective: Nursing knowledge and skills are required to sustain quality of care and patient safety. The number of nurses with Bachelor degrees in Malaysia is very limited. This study aims to predict the impact of nurse level of education on quality of care and patient safety in the medical and surgical wards in Malaysian private hospitals. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey by questionnaire was conducted. A total of 652 nurses working in the medical and surgical wards in 12 private hospitals participated in the study. Multistage stratified simple random sampling performed to invite nurses working in small size (less than 100 beds), medium size (100-199 beds) and large size (over than 200) hospitals to participate in the study. This allowed nurses from all shifts to participate in this study. Results: Nurses with higher education were not significantly associated with both quality of care and patient safety. However, a total 355 (60.9%) of respondents who participated in this study were working in teaching hospitals. Teaching hospitals offer training for all newly appointed staff. They also provide general orientation programs and training to outline the policies, procedures of the nurses’ roles and responsibilities. This made the variances between the Bachelor and Diploma nurses not significantly associated with the outcomes of care. Conclusions: Nursing educational level was not associated with the outcomes of care in Malaysian private hospitals. However, training programs and the general nursing orientation programs for nurses in Malaysia can help to upgrade the Diploma-level nurses. Training programs can increase their self confidence, knowledge, critical thinking ability and improve their interpersonal skills. So, it can be concluded that better education and training for a medical and surgical wards’ nurses is required for satisfying client expectations and sustaining the outcomes of patient care.
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