Comparing the work of nurses and auxiliaries
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A comparison of the work of nursing auxiliaries (NAs) and qualified nurses (QNs) suggests that NAs can offer elderly patients therapeutic care in wards where NAs are supervised by QNs and where sustained nurse-patient allocation is promoted. The effects of three organisational modes, comprising functional, team and primary nursing, were also evaluated on the work of NAs and QNs. Both grades carried out similar work and verbal patient interactions, with more time spent on basic patient care and staff activities by nursing staff in primary wards. Functional and team nursing staff spent longer on administrative and domestic activities.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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The impact of primary nursing on patient satisfaction
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Recent research has attempted to establish why there appear to be differences between anecdotal evidence and the evidence of patient satisfaction studies about the impact of primary nursing practices. The research focused on several wards using primary nursing, comparing them on the basis of patient satisfaction with wards following team nursing procedures. It was found that wards using primary nursing did not produce more positive experiences of nursing care or achieve higher levels of patient satisfaction than those using team nursing.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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Input on outcomes
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On July 17, 1991 the 'Nursing Times' invited nurses to participate in a survey on the effects of nursing care. The survey aimed to identify typical patient conditions or nursing interventions which could be studied in greater depth. However, only 59 nurses replied. Community nurses predominated, but few hospital nurses replied. The small size of the sample may indicate nurses' difficulty in linking inputs to outcomes.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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