Nurse work satisfaction and generational differences.
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Biomedical subjects
E Carol Polifroni
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Medication errors: more basic than a system issue.
The Institute of Medicine's 2000 report drew attention to both U.S. health care agencies and the medication errors that occur within them. However, this attention focused on a more basic and fundamental issue within the medication error concern: nurses' mathematical skills and competence. This article describes a nationwide study assessing processes to validate mathematical skills for medication administration. Practices within educational and acute care institutions are explored, and recommendations for future action are noted with a call for 100% accuracy on all mathematical examinations for medication administration.
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Toward a qualified yes: personal characteristics of postbaccalaureate nursing students and implementation of the clinical nurse leader role.
Anecdotal and research data suggest that psychological type and explanatory style influence individuals' day-to-day functioning. The assessment of these characteristics among postbaccalaureate students will support faculty in planning for students' educational programs and guide them as they provide support for the expansive role functions of, among others, the graduates of the newly proposed clinical nurse leader program. This article is a report of one study included in a longitudinal project examining the influence of psychological type and explanatory style on students' academic success. The questions addressed in this article are as follows: "How do psychological type and explanatory style differ between entering baccalaureate students and entering postbaccalaureate students?" and "How do experiences of depression and fatigue differ between these two groups of novice nursing students?" Findings suggest that postbaccalaureate students, although similar in psychological type to baccalaureate students, are significantly less depressed, less fatigued, and less positive in explanatory style than traditional baccalaureate students, indicating a potential need for support in addressing the demands of the roles that they will encounter as nurses.
Adolescent↗
Limited math skills: a prescription for change.
New and recent graduates of schools of nursing have limited mathematical skills for medication administration. The purpose of this article is to provide a prescription for change to address the issue of limited math skills for medication administration. The authors recommend three areas of needed change: relationships, practice, and expectations. These three areas require attention from both the hiring agency and the educational institution.
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Learning communities: the link to recruitment and retention.
The professional learning community is a strategy to help staff development educators address recruitment and retention and organizational culture. The purpose of this article is to analyze the concept of learning communities and discuss their potential to increase the recruitment and retention of new graduate nurses and returning practitioners to the nursing profession. Incorporating learning communities into the healthcare organization will decrease the number of nurses leaving nursing, foster retention, and thus, enhance recruitment.
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