Journal of nursing management
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Multicenter Study
Protecting emergency room nurses from burnout: The role of dispositional mindfulness, emotion regulation and empathy.
To verify the role of dispositional mindfulness, difficulties in emotion regulation and empathy in explaining burnout levels of emergency room (ER) nurses. ⋯ Experiential interventions to promote mindfulness skills, emotion regulation variability and flexibility in a clinical context and the cognitive side of empathy are recommended for ER nurses to reduce professional distress, and to enhance personal and work satisfaction. Future research should assess the effectiveness of new multi-factorial interventions which combine the development of mindfulness, emotion regulation and empathy skills in ER nurses.
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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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Multicenter Study
The impact of servant leadership dimensions on leader-member exchange among health care professionals.
The aim of the current study was to investigate the impact of servant leadership dimensions on leader-member exchange (LMX) among health-care professionals. ⋯ The results identify specific servant leadership dimensions that are likely to be useful for developing a stronger exchange relationship between the leader (e.g. nursing manager) and individual subordinates in health care.
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Multicenter Study
Community nurses', home carers' and patients' perceptions of factors affecting venous leg ulcer recurrence and management of services.
This study examines the feasibility of utilizing social service home carers (SSHC) to provide a collaborative approach with community nurses for the provision of leg ulcer aftercare in four National Health Service (NHS) Trusts. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into what community nurses and people with healed venous leg ulcers felt influenced leg ulcer recurrence. ⋯ A strategy aimed at supporting healing behaviour in elderly people has the potential to reduce the recurrence of leg ulceration and improve quality of life. The findings suggest that such a strategy needs to rationalize delivery of leg ulcer aftercare to provide seamless care. It needs to improve carers' and patients' understanding of factors influencing leg ulcer recurrence and facilitate development of a more balanced professional--patient relationship.