Journal of nursing management
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To study family satisfaction with care in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and its association with nursing workload estimated by the Nursing Activities Score (NAS). ⋯ Nurse managers should plan for the successful involvement of family members in the decision-making process. Higher levels of nurse staffing might improve the care provided.
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This study investigated relational coordination among professionals providing healthcare to hospitalized older patients and assessed its impact on integrated care delivery. ⋯ Relational coordination should be improved between medical specialists and others and higher levels of relational coordination and integrated care delivery should be achieved in all hospital units.
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The mediating effects of job satisfaction on turnover intention for long-term care nurses in Taiwan.
This study explores the mediating effects of job satisfaction on work stress and turnover intention among long-term care nurses in Taiwan. ⋯ This study provides nursing administrators with a resource to build a supportive environment to increase nurses' job satisfaction and to decrease their stress and turnover.
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To assess how nurses' perception of their safety and risk of violence was affected by their work environment and whether this perception correlated with their actual risk. ⋯ Managers must address workplace elements that affect nurse perceptions because this has an impact on quality and employee retention. They must also address factors that have an impact on the actual risk of violence because this study showed, for the first time, that these may differ from perceptions.