Journal of nursing management
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To explore the relationships between work environment, value congruence and nurses' work outcomes; as well as to test the moderating effects of value congruence. ⋯ Except for improving the organisational characteristics, value congruence is a useful concept that managers can leverage to improve positive outcomes for both the organisation and its nurses.
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Review Meta Analysis
Extent of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue and burnout in nursing: A meta-analysis.
A meta-analysis was conducted of the prevalence rates of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue and burnout to identify the factors influencing these rates. ⋯ In nursing, the prevalence rates of compassion fatigue and burnout are high. Better education and training may have a moderating effect on compassion fatigue and burnout and could improve the quality of life of nurses.
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To examine clinical leadership of registered nurses in an emergency department, based on evidence that it is important for nurses to feel psychologically and structurally empowered in order to act as clinical leaders. ⋯ The results show that for nurses to be able to provide clinical leadership to their patients and colleagues, management must create empowering environments.
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The aim of this study was to examine how the facets of teamwork exist among nurse-only teams in acute and continuing care settings. ⋯ Increased teamwork has a positive effect on job satisfaction, staffing efficiencies, retention and care delivery. Nurse leaders can use the information provided in this study to target the aspects of highly functioning teams by improving team orientation, trust and backup behaviours.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the association between nurses' perceptions and attitudes of teamwork and workplace bullying. A total of 128 nurses in two hospitals in the northeast USA completed three surveys: Attitudes about teamwork survey, Team characteristics survey, and Negative intention questionnaire. ⋯ Despite these positive perceptions, a third of the nurses reported being bullied and half observed others being bullied. A number of effective team skills were associated with fewer occurrences of workplace bullying.