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Soldera AGDS, Penha LDS, Silva DLD, Duarte SJH, Almeida RGDS. Supervision of professional nursing practice in Brazil: a scoping review. Rev Bras Enferm 2023; 76Suppl 3:e20230077. [PMID: 38055530 DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES to map studies that analyze the audit process of nursing councils. METHODS this is a scoping review, anchored in the JBI framework, with the guiding question: what is the evidence of the audit process of legal practice of nursing by class councils (COFEN/COREN system)? The searches were carried out in October and November 2022 without limitation of language and year. RESULTS of the 9 selected studies, all are Brazilian and published from 2014 onwards. Among the topics addressed are the role, challenges, costs and difficulties in nurse auditors' daily work process, in addition to the contribution of the audit sector in Brazil. CONCLUSIONS the studies gathered discuss aspects related to costs, challenges and difficulties, but there is no focus on corrective, disciplinary and educational activities as well as little is said about the audit process, its reporting, referral and outcomes.
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- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Conselho Regional de Enfermagem de Mato Grosso do Sul. Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Conselho Regional de Enfermagem de Mato Grosso do Sul. Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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López‐Deflory C, Perron A, Miró‐Bonet M. Social acceleration, alienation, and resonance: Hartmut Rosa's writings applied to nursing. Nurs Inq 2022; 30:e12528. [PMID: 36115014 DOI: 10.1111/nin.12528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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This article aims to present the life and work of German thinker Hartmut Rosa as a philosopher of interest for nursing. Although his theoretical framework remains fairly unknown in the nursing domain, its main key concepts open up a philosophical and sociological approach that can contribute to the understanding of a wide range of study phenomena related to nurses, nursing, and healthcare. The concepts of social acceleration, alienation, and resonance are useful to explore healthcare organizations' performance by bringing the time dimension of modernity to the center; to grasp nurses' experiences of caring for patients; and to understand nurses as agents endowed with the capacity to deploy their political agency to create alternative forms of relationship to themselves, to others, and the world, challenging the institutional order of healthcare organizations when it fails to resonate with their professional ethos. In this article, we propose Hartmut Rosa's theoretical framework as a new and inspiring phenomenological and critical lens that should be further explored to advance knowledge concerning phenomena that are found at the crossroads of the nursing domain and other fields of knowledge.
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- Camelia López‐Deflory
- Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy University of the Balearic Islands Palma Balearic Islands Spain
- Care, Chronicity and Health Evidences Research Group Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa) Palma Balearic Islands Spain
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy University of the Balearic Islands Palma Balearic Islands Spain
- Care, Chronicity and Health Evidences Research Group Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa) Palma Balearic Islands Spain
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Ues LV, Pereira LH, Bastos RMDAFP, Ribeiro LCM, Silva GO, Campos KDO, Barreto IS. Ethics in nursing: categorization of legal processes. Rev Bras Enferm 2021; 75:e20210099. [PMID: 34852120 DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES to categorize factual elements of ethical-disciplinary nursing lawsuits in the state of Goiás. METHODS cross-sectional, retrospective study, based on secondary data obtained from ethical-disciplinary lawsuits filed at the Regional Nursing Council of Goiás (Coren-Goiás) between the years 2010 and 2019. RESULTS the highest number of lawsuits filed was in 2013 and 2014, with a greater frequency in the state capital. The majority came from the Nursing Ethics Committees and ex-officio complaints. The professional with most complaints was the nursing technician, aged between 31 and 40 years old, at the beginning of their career. The most common type of complaints referred to performing attributions that were not within the nursing competences. CONCLUSIONS as a highlight are the contributions of this study to professional ethics in nursing and the clear need to consolidate these skills in nurses who are in training and in the continuous education for those already in the profession.
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- Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.,Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Goiânia. Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.,Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Goiânia. Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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Chiu P, Cummings GG, Thorne S, Schick-Makaroff K. Policy Advocacy and Nursing Organizations: A Scoping Review. Policy Polit Nurs Pract 2021; 22:271-291. [PMID: 34787526 PMCID: PMC8600587 DOI: 10.1177/15271544211050611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Policy advocacy is a fundamental component of nursing's social mandate. While it has
become a core function of nursing organizations across the globe, the discourse around
advocacy has focused largely on the responsibilities and accountabilities of individual
nurses, with little attention to the policy advocacy work undertaken by nursing
organizations. To strengthen this critical function, an understanding of the extant
literature is needed to identify areas that require further research. We conducted a
scoping review to examine the nature, extent, and range of scholarly work focused on
nursing organizations and policy advocacy. A systematic search of six databases produced
4,731 papers and 68 were included for analysis and synthesis. Findings suggest that the
literature has been increasing over the years, is largely non-empirical, and covers a
broad range of topics ranging from the role and purpose of nursing organizations in policy
advocacy, the identity of nursing organizations, the development and process of policy
advocacy initiatives, the policy advocacy products of nursing organizations, and the
impact and evaluation of organizations’ policy advocacy work. Based on the review, we
identify several research gaps and propose areas for further research to strengthen the
influence and impact of this critical function undertaken by nursing organizations.
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- Patrick Chiu
- Faculty of Nursing, 3158University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Nursing, 3158University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- School of Nursing, 120487University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Wihlborg M, Avery H. Global Health in Swedish Nursing Curricula: Navigating the Desirable and the Necessary. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18179372. [PMID: 34501962 PMCID: PMC8431060 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18179372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Global health challenges are likely to be aggravated in the coming years by rapid climate change and environmental degradation. To address the resulting health inequities, nurses need an integrated understanding of environmental and social determinants of health. This study adopts an explorative inductive approach to examine how global health and sustainability are expressed the course syllabi of undergraduate nursing programmes (n = 24) in Sweden. After excluding biomedical and other unrelated content, 67 syllabi were selected for a thematic analysis. Results indicate that global health, the social determinants of health and sustainability tend to appear in a fragmented manner in the syllabi. Global health content is often limited, relegated to elective courses, or altogether missing. A theoretical framework is lacking, and focus lies on an individual rather than structural perspective. Based on international policy, earlier studies on undergraduate nursing education and theoretical work, suggestions are made for how global health and sustainability content could be integrated into nursing education, notably by using a structural competency approach.
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- Monne Wihlborg
- Department of Health Sciences, Integrative Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, 22210 Lund, Sweden;
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Lund University, 22210 Lund, Sweden
- Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University, 22210 Lund, Sweden
- Department of Languages, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University, 35195 Växjö, Sweden
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Maykut C. Deconstructing identity: Professional relationships for sustaining morally habitable workplaces. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2021; 35:213-217. [PMID: 33781403 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2020.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Our professional responsibility as nurses is to enact social justice by changing oppressive structures. However, this may be difficult with competing perspectives in healthcare environments. Deconstructing our identity is foundational if we are to understand how to develop professional relationships with peers to move forward as a collective to enact social justice. A paradigm shift, from one world view to multiplicity, will help us develop insight into our own identities and professional relationships to sustain morally habitable workplaces.
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- Colleen Maykut
- MacEwan University, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Health Systems and Sustainability 9-507G, 10700 - 104 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4S2, Canada.
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Nursing policy advocacy continues to be recognized as a key part of a nurse's role by educators, professional associations, and regulators. Despite normative calls on nurses to engage in political action and advocacy, limited theories, models, and frameworks exist to support this practice within nursing. Using Walt and Gilson's Health Policy Triangle Framework, this article explores the theoretical underpinnings of policy advocacy to enhance nursing's contemporary role in advancing social justice. Specific consideration is placed on the type of nursing and policy knowledge and perspectives required to understand policy content, contexts, processes, and actors.
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- Patrick Chiu
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Gunn V, Muntaner C, Villeneuve M, Chung H, Gea-Sanchez M. Nursing professionalization and welfare state policies: A critical review of structural factors influencing the development of nursing and the nursing workforce. Nurs Inq 2018; 26:e12263. [PMID: 30175496 DOI: 10.1111/nin.12263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nursing professionalization is both ongoing and global, being significant not only for the nursing workforce but also for patients and healthcare systems. For this reason, it is important to have an in-depth understanding of this process and the factors that could affect it. This literature review utilizes a welfare state approach to examine macrolevel structural determinants of nursing professionalization, addressing a previously identified gap in this literature, and synthesizes research on the relevance of studying nursing professionalization. The use of a welfare state framework facilitates the understanding that the wider social, economic, and political system exercises significant power over the distribution of resources in a society, providing a glimpse into the complex politics of health and health care. The findings shed light on structural factors outside of nursing, such as country-level education, health, labor market, and gender policies that could impact the process of professionalization and thus could be utilized to strengthen nursing through facilitating increased professionalization levels. Addressing gender inequalities and other structural determinants of nursing professionalization could contribute to achieving health equity and could benefit health systems through enhanced availability, skill-level, and sustainability of nursing human resources, improved and efficient access to care, improved patient outcomes, and cost savings.
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- Virginia Gunn
- Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing & Global Health Collaborative Specialization, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Governance and Strategy, Canadian Nurses Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Health Policy and Management, College of Health Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- GESEC Group, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.,GRECS Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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Stievano A, Caruso R, Pittella F, Shaffer FA, Rocco G, Fairman J. Shaping nursing profession regulation through history - a systematic review. Int Nurs Rev 2018; 66:17-29. [PMID: 29571220 DOI: 10.1111/inr.12449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM The aim of this systematic review was to provide a critical synthesis of the factors that historically shaped the advancements of nursing regulators worldwide. BACKGROUND An in-depth examination of the different factors that moulded regulatory changes over time is pivotal to comprehend current issues in nursing. INTRODUCTION In the light of global health scenarios, the researchers explored the factors that historically influenced the socio-contextual circumstances upon which governments made regulatory changes. METHODS A systematic search was performed on the following databases: PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, OpenGrey and ScienceDirect. The review included papers from January 2000 to October 2016 published in English. The authors used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and an inductive thematic approach for synthesis. RESULTS Two main themes were identified: factors underpinning current challenges and historical and contextual triggers of regulation. The first theme was composed of three aspects: education, migration and internationalization, and policy and regulation; the second theme consisted of four attributes: demographics, economics, history of registration and wars, and historical changes in nursing practice. DISCUSSION Factors that shaped nursing regulation were linked to changing demographics and economics, education, history of nursing registration, shifting patterns of migration and internationalization, nursing practice, policy and regulation and significant societal turns often prompted by wars. CONCLUSION A deeper understanding of the developments of the nursing regulatory institutions provides the foundation for portable standards that can be applied across an array of jurisdictions to guarantee a better public safety. IMPLICATION FOR NURSING AND HEALTH POLICY Understanding factors that socially, legislatively and politically have influenced the development of regulatory bodies over time helps to mould local, national and international policies that have a stronger impact on health worldwide. To achieve this, there must be effective cooperation among systems of nursing regulations globally.
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- A Stievano
- Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, Ipasvi Rome, Italy
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
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- Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
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- Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, Ipasvi Rome, Italy
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- Department of Bio-behavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, USA.,Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Molina-Mula J, Peter E, Gallo-Estrada J, Perelló-Campaner C. Instrumentalisation of the health system: An examination of the impact on nursing practice and patient autonomy. Nurs Inq 2018; 25. [PMID: 28580614 DOI: 10.1111/nin.12201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Most current management systems of healthcare institutions correspond to a model of market ethics with its demands of competitiveness. This approach has been called managerialism and is couched in terms of much-needed efficiencies and effective management of budgetary constraints. The aim of this study was to analyse the decision-making of nurses through the impact of health institution management models on clinical practice. Based on Foucault's ethical theory, a qualitative study was conducted through a discourse analysis of the nursing records in a hospital unit. The results revealed that the health institution standardises health care practice, which has an impact on professional and patient autonomy as it pertains to decision-making. The results of this research indicate that resistance strategies in the internal structures of health organisations can replace the normalisation and instrumentalisation of professional practice aimed at promoting patient self-determination.
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- Jesús Molina-Mula
- Nursing and Physiotherapy Department, University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Nursing and Physiotherapy Department, University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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Buck-McFadyen E, MacDonnell J. Contested Practice: Political Activism in Nursing and Implications for Nursing Education. Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh 2017; 14:/j/ijnes.2017.14.issue-1/ijnes-2016-0026/ijnes-2016-0026.xml. [PMID: 28749781 DOI: 10.1515/ijnes-2016-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Canadian nurses have a social mandate to address health inequities for the populations they serve, as well as to speak out on professional and broader social issues. Although Canadian nursing education supports the role of nurses as advocates for social justice and leadership for health care reform, little is known about how nurse educators understand activism and how this translates in the classroom. A comparative life history study using purposeful sampling and a critical feminist lens was undertaken to explore political activism in nursing and how nurse educators foster political practice among their students. Findings from interviews and focus groups with 26 Ontario nurse educators and nursing students suggested that neoliberal dynamics in both the practice setting and in higher education have constrained nurses' activist practice and favour a technical rational approach to nursing education. Implications and strategies to inspire political action in nursing education are discussed.
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Stahlke Wall S. The impact of regulatory perspectives and practices on professional innovation in nursing. Nurs Inq 2017; 25. [PMID: 28677848 DOI: 10.1111/nin.12212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Since at least the 1970s in Canada, there have been calls for health system reforms based on innovative roles and expanded scopes of practice for nurses. Professional regulatory organizations, through legislation, define the standards and parameters of professional nursing practice. Nursing regulators emphasize public protection over the advancement of nursing; regulatory processes and decisions tend to be conservative and risk-averse. This study explored the impact that regulatory processes have on innovation in nursing roles. Nurses in a range of unique practice situations were interviewed, including nurses in non-traditional roles and/or settings, those with cross-jurisdictional career histories, and those working in interdisciplinary practices and educational settings. For these nurses, nursing practice was viewed through a traditional clinical lens, which did not fit for them. They experienced hassle, delay, and inconsistencies in regulatory practices. They felt mistreated and fearful of the regulator and lamented the ways in which ambitious, creative, capable nurses were stymied in attempting new applications for nursing knowledge. Nursing is constraining its own mandate to contribute to health care through stringent licensing processes. Healthcare reform provides an opportunity for nursing regulators to rethink their processes and provide the latitude for nurse-driven change.
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Cashin A, Heartfield M, Bryce J, Devey L, Buckley T, Cox D, Kerdo E, Kelly J, Thoms D, Fisher M. Standards for practice for registered nurses in Australia. Collegian 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Villeneuve MJ, Tschudin V, Storch J, Fowler MDM, Peter E. A very human being: Sister Marie Simone Roach, 1922-2016. Nurs Inq 2016; 23:283-289. [DOI: 10.1111/nin.12168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Michael J Villeneuve
- Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing; University of Toronto; Toronto ON Canada
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- University of Victoria; Greater Victoria BC Canada
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- Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing; University of Toronto; Toronto ON Canada
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- Paul C. Snelling
- Institute of Health and Society University of Worcester Henwick Grove Worcester UK
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Dawson AJ, Nkowane AM, Whelan A. Approaches to improving the contribution of the nursing and midwifery workforce to increasing universal access to primary health care for vulnerable populations: a systematic review. HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH 2015; 13:97. [PMID: 26684471 PMCID: PMC4683743 DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0096-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite considerable evidence showing the importance of the nursing and midwifery workforce, there are no systematic reviews outlining how these cadres are best supported to provide universal access and reduce health care disparities at the primary health care (PHC) level. This review aims to identify nursing and midwifery policy, staffing, education and training interventions, collaborative efforts and strategies that have improved the quantity, quality and relevance of the nursing and midwifery workforce leading to health improvements for vulnerable populations. METHODS We undertook a structured search of bibliographic databases for peer-reviewed research literature using a focused review question and inclusion/exclusion criteria. The quality of retrieved papers was appraised using standard tools. The characteristics of screened papers were described, and a deductive qualitative content analysis methodology was applied to analyse the interventions and findings of included studies using a conceptual framework. RESULTS Thirty-six papers were included in the review, the majority (25) from high-income countries and nursing settings (32). Eleven papers defined leadership and governance approaches that had impacted upon the health outcomes of disadvantaged groups including policies at the national and state level that had led to an increased supply and coverage of nursing and midwifery staff and scope of practice. Twenty-seven papers outlined human resource management strategies to support the expansion of nurse's and midwives' roles that often involved task shifting and task sharing. These included approaches to managing staffing supply, distribution and skills mix; workloads; supervision; performance management; and remuneration, financial incentives and staffing costs. Education and training activities were described in 14 papers to assist nurses and midwives to perform new or expanded roles and prepare nurses for inclusive practice. This review identified collaboration between nurses and midwives and other health providers and organizations, across sectors, and with communities and individuals that resulted in improved health care and outcomes. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this review confirm the importance of a conceptual framework for understanding and planning leadership and governance approaches, management strategies and collaboration and education and training efforts to scale up and support nurses and midwives in existing or expanded roles to improve access to PHC for vulnerable populations.
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- A J Dawson
- Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development, Jones Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- Health Workforce Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development, Jones Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.
- Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Kooienga SA, Carryer JB. Globalization and Advancing Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Practice. J Nurse Pract 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2015.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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