Expected roles and utilization of specialist nurses in Japan: the nurse administrators' perspective

How Advanced Practice Nurses Can Be Better Managed in Hospitals: A Multi-Case Study

The labor markets for care professionals are a perennial topic of discussion. Advanced practice nurses (APN), as an advanced role in nursing, arose to solve the shortage of primary health care professionals. Prior research has advanced several areas of exploration for APNs' training or employing methods in Chinese hospitals. However, this leaves a key imperative unexplored: the management strategy of APNs in hospitals. The present study seeks to explore the management strategy of APNs in Chinese hospitals. The resource orchestration theory served as the guide as the multi-case study method investigated 18 case hospitals, gathered information from a variety of case data sources, and summarized the management strategies for hospitals' advanced practice nurses. Four types of APN management strategies-expert customized type, hierarchical linkage type, multidisciplinary benefit type, and professional penetration type-have been identified through resource orchestration. Hospitals can utilize the APN management strategy model as a guide to manage APNs in accordance with the unique characteristics of APN resources.

Competence of clinical teachers: A survey on perception of masters of nursing specialist postgraduates, their clinical teachers, and head nurses

Objectives

To explore the current admittance situation of clinical teachers for masters of nursing specialist (MNS) postgraduates and to test the competence of clinical teachers in self-evaluation and other evaluations.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, using a random number table, we chose 80 MNS postgraduates under clinical practice, their clinical teachers, and head nurses each from six hospitals in Hunan and Guangdong. The participants were tested on the basis of the Clinical Teachers' Competence Inventory of MNS Postgraduates. The competences of clinical teachers were evaluated by the three groups of participants.

Results

The aggregated scores of teacher competence as evaluated by the MNS postgraduates (181.33 ± 24.95) were lower than those assigned by both clinical teachers (190.75 ± 24.30) and their head nurses (198.53 ± 18.90), with significant differences in all dimensions except for clinical managing ability. The five highest rated items from all participants focused on the teachers' clinical nursing ability, and the five lowest rated items were mainly about their clinical research ability.

Conclusion

The evaluation from MNS postgraduates is obviously lower than the self-evaluation of clinical teachers, and all participants are aware of the deficiency in research ability of the teachers. Thus, the admittance and examination of clinical teachers should be controlled strictly. Training should be carried out immediately to strengthen their comprehensive abilities, especially their research ability.

Comparison of training mode of professional gastrointestinal endoscopy nurses between China and foreign countries

In recent years, there is great development in diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy, and its wide clinical applications pose new challenges for specific gastrointestinal endoscopic nursing techniques. This paper compares the training system of professional gastrointestinal endoscopy nurses between China and foreign countries according to the training tendency of specialized nurses to discuss the training system, training content and appraisal system in China, in order to improve the level of endoscopic nursing and gastrointestinal endoscopic industries to provide better services for patients.

INTERACTIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NURSING CARE TO HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS: SHOWING INTERVENING CONDITIONS

ABSTRACT The study aimed to understand the intervening conditions in the interactions of nurses in managing the nursing care for hospitalized children with chronic conditions. To do that, it used Complex Thinking and Grounded Theory as theoretical and methodological references, respectively. Eighteen subjects participated in the study, pooled into three sample groups: nurses, nursing technicians, and their families. A semi-structured interview was used for data collection. Data analysis followed three stages of coding: open, axial, and selective. The study considered family members, professional experience, the physical structure of the unit, human and material resources, good mood, job satisfaction, confidence, dialogue, and empathy as conditions that influence nurses' interactions in care management. It found that subjective, cognitive, socio-cultural and institutional conditions influence the interactions of nurses, creating order/disorder in nursing care management.

Providing travel health care--the nurses' role: an international comparison

BACKGROUND

In many countries, the responsibility for travel health lies with medical practitioners who delegate certain tasks to nursing staff. Elsewhere, nurses have taken a leading role and work independently in private or hospital-based clinics, occupational health departments and general practices. The purpose of this study was to examine the roles and challenges faced by nurses providing travel health care in Australia, Japan and the UK, and to compare educational and professional needs.

METHODS

Nurses involved in travel health care were invited to complete an online questionnaire with multiple choice, open-ended, and Likert Scale questions. SurveyMonkey's statistical facilities analysed quantitative data; thematic content analysis was applied to qualitative responses.

RESULTS

Differences and similarities between the three countries were conveyed by 474 participants focusing on current positions, work arrangements, and educational and practical concerns. Clinical practice issues, including vaccination and medication regulations, were highlighted with the differences between countries explained by the respective history of travel health care development and the involvement within their nursing profession.

CONCLUSION

The call for more educational opportunities, including more support from employers, and a refinement of the role as travel health nurse appears to be international. Nurses require support networks within the field, and the development of a specialist "travel health nurse" would give a stronger voice to their concerns and needs for specific education and training in travel health care.