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Nursing as a Global Career: Meeting the Challenges of the Profession from a Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) Perspective
Habil, Hadina; Othman, Rohani; Kahar, Rohayah - In: International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations … 6 (2016) 4, pp. 62-74
In today's global environment, the nursing profession is regarded as a noble, challenging and competitive profession …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012046153
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Hospital kanban system implementation: Valuating satisfaction of nursing personnel
Aguilar-Escobar, Víctor G.; Bourque, Sarah; … - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 21 (2015) 3, pp. 101-110
individuals according to workplace, nursing units, job category, seniority, age and kanban training. The exploratory factor …
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A Measure of Community Members’ Perceptions of the Impacts of Research Partnerships in Health and Social Services
King, Gillian; Servais, Michelle; Kertoy, Marilyn; … - 2009
Currently, there are no psychometrically sound outcome measures by which to assess the impacts of research partnerships. This article describes the development of a 33-item, survey questionnaire measuring community members’ perceptions of the impact of research partnerships addressing health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447247
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Organizational Learning for Evidence-based Practice: A “PAKT” for Success
McWilliam, Carol L.; Kothari, Anita; Kloseck, Marita; … - 2008
This article presents a participatory action knowledge translation (PAKT) framework for creating a learning organization to implement and sustain evidence-based practice in health services. Developed and piloted in the home care sector in Ontario, Canada, the PAKT framework inextricably...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447249
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Gender and racial discrimination in pay and promotion for NHS nurses
Pudney, Stephen; Shields, Michael A. - 1999
For many years the NHS has been subject to allegations that gender and racial discrimination are a feature of the internal labour market for qualified nurses. This paper examines this issue with regard to the promotion process using 1994 survey data. We start by rejecting the assumption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262305
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Underpaid or overpaid? Wage analysis for nurses using job and worker attributes
Hirsch, Barry T.; Schumacher, Edward J. - 2008
The nursing labor market presents an apparent puzzle. Hospitals report chronic shortages, yet standard wage analysis … shows that nursing wages have increased over time and greatly exceed those received by other college-educated women. This … from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET). Nursing jobs require higher levels of skills and more difficult working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268978
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Organizational predictors of adherence to ambulatory care screening guidelines
Vaughn, T. E.; McCoy, K. D.; BootsMiller, B. J.; … - 2002
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify hospital organizational characteristics consistently associated with adherence to multiple clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). We examined the relationship between organizational and patient population characteristics and adherence to three...
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Modeling mortality risk in hemodialysis patients using laboratory values as time-dependent covariates
Culp, Kennith R.; Flanigan, M.; Lowrie, E. G.; Lew, N.; … - 1996
Proportional hazards analyses assume that the magnitude of mortality risk for a predictor variable remains proportional over time. In a time-dependent model, the explanatory variable violates this assumption, and repeat observations are required to accommodate the change in risk that occurs over...
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Intervention research in highly unstable environments
Buckwalter, Kathleen; Grey, M.; Bowers, B.; McCarthy, … - 2009
This article highlights issues and presents strategies for conducting intervention research in highly unstable environments such as schools, critical care units, and long-term care facilities. The authors draw on their own experiences to discuss the challenges that may be encountered in highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466016
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Crystallizing the processes of the Unitary Field Pattern Portrait research method
Butcher, Howard K. - 1998
Research methods must be consistent with the Science of Unitary Human Beings if one is to study irreducible human beings in mutual process within a pandimensional universe. The Unitary Field Pattern Portrait (UFPP) research method was developed from the criteria of Rogerian inquiry and is a...
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