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- Blomberg, Karin, 1970-, et al.
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Work stress among newly graduated nurses in relation to workplace and clinical group supervision
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Nursing Management. - : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. - 0966-0429 .- 1365-2834. ; 24:1, s. 80-87
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim was to investigate occupational stress among newly graduated nurses in relation to the workplace and clinicla group supervision. Being a newly graduated nurse is particulary stressful. Whar remains unclear is wehter teh workplace and clinical group supervision affect the stress. A cross-sectional comperative study was performed. Data were collected by means of a numerical scale measuring occupational stress, questions about workplace and clinicla group supervision. One hundred and thirteen nusres were included in the study. Conclusions: Newly graduated nurses experience great strss and need support. Nusrse participating in clinical group supervision reported significantly less stress.
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- Ewertsson, Mona, 1958-, et al.
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Use of technical skills and medical devices among new registered nurses : A questionnaire study
- 2015
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Ingår i: Nurse Education Today. - : Churchill Livingstone. - 0260-6917 .- 1532-2793. ; 35:12, s. 1169-1174
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: One comprehensive part of nursing practice is performing technical skills and handling of medical equipment. This might be challenging for new registered nurses (RNs) to do in patient-safe way.Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe and compare the extent to which new RNs perform various technical skills and handle medical devices in different settings, and to investigate their possibility for continued learning in this respect. A further aim was to describe their perceptions of incident reporting related to technical skills and medical devices.Design: A cross-sectional study with descriptive and comparative design.Participants: RNs who recently graduated from a nursing programme at three Swedish universities and had worked as a RN for up to 1year were included in the study (n=113, response rate 57%).Method: Data were collected by means of a postal questionnaire.Results: Half of the RNs reported that they performed several of the listed tasks every day or every week, regardless of workplace. These tasks were most frequently performed in surgical departments. The majority of the participants (76%) stated a need of continued practical training. However, less than half of them (48%) had access to a training environment. Several participants (43%) had been involved in incidents related to technical skills or medical devices, which were not always reported. Nearly a third of the participants (31%) did not use the existing guidelines when performing technical skills, and reflection on performance was uncommon.Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of shared responsibilities between nurse educators and health care employers to provide learning opportunities for new RNs in technical skills, to maintain patient safety. To increase the safety culture where nursing students and new RNs understand the importance of using evidence-based guidelines and taking a reflective approach in the performance of technical tasks is needed.
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- Ewertsson, Mona, 1958-, et al.
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Walking the bridge : Nursing students' learning in clinical skill laboratories
- 2015
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Ingår i: Nurse Education in Practice. - : Elsevier BV. - 1471-5953 .- 1873-5223. ; 15:4, s. 277-283
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite an increasing focus on simulation as a learning strategy in nursing education, there is limited evidence on the transfer of simulated skills into clinical practice. Therefore it's important to increase knowledge of how clinical skills laboratories (CSL) can optimize students' learning for development of professional knowledge and skills, necessary for quality nursing practice and for patient safety. Thus, the aim was to describe nursing students' experiences of learning in the CSL as a preparation for their clinical practice. Interviews with 16 students were analysed with content analysis. An overall theme was identified walking the bridge in which the CSL formed a bridge between the university and clinical settings, allowing students to integrate theory and practice and develop a reflective stance. The theme was based on categories: conditions for learning, strategies for learning, tension between learning in the skills laboratory and clinical settings, and development of professional and personal competence. The CSL prepared the students for clinical practice, but a negative tension between learning in CSL and clinical settings was experienced. However, this tension may create reflection. This provides a new perspective that can be used as a pedagogical approach to create opportunities for students to develop their critical thinking.
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- Rothaug, J., et al.
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Patients' perception of postoperative pain management : Validation of the international pain outcomes (IPO) questionnaire
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of Pain. - : Elsevier BV. - 1526-5900 .- 1528-8447. ; 14:11, s. 1361-1370
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PAIN OUT is a European Commission-funded project aiming at improving postoperative pain management. It combines a registry that can be useful for quality improvement and research using treatment and patient-reported outcome measures. The core of the project is a patient questionnaire - the International Pain Outcomes questionnaire - that comprises key patient-level outcomes of postoperative pain management, including pain intensity, physical and emotional functional interference, side effects, and perceptions of care. Its psychometric quality after translation and adaptation to European patients is the subject of this validation study. The questionnaire was administered to 9,727 patients in 10 languages in 8 European countries and Israel. Construct validity was assessed using factor analysis. Discriminant validity assessment used Mann-Whitney U tests to detect mean group differences between 2 surgical disciplines. Internal consistency reliability was calculated as Cronbach's alpha. Factor analysis resulted in a 3-factor structure explaining 53.6% of variance. Cronbach's alpha at overall scale level was high (.86), and for the 3 subscales was low, moderate, or high (range,.53-.89). Significant mean group differences between general and orthopedic surgery patients confirmed discriminant validity. The psychometric quality of the International Pain Outcomes questionnaire can be regarded as satisfactory. Perspective The International Pain Outcomes questionnaire provides an instrument for postoperative pain assessment and improvement of quality of care, which demonstrated good psychometric quality when translated into a variety of languages in a large European and Israeli patient population. This measure provides the basis for the first comprehensive postoperative pain registry in Europe and other countries. © 2013 by the American Pain Society.
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