Research and the configuration of nursing services

• ? This paper is concerned with the way in which nursing research has influenced changes in the organization of nursing services, particularly the shift from so-called traditional nursing to new nursing. To this end published research and professional literature are selectively reviewed.
• ? The case is made to support the view that change in nursing has been driven forward by the evangelical zeal of opinion leaders rather than evidence.
• ? It is suggested that holistic care as embodied in new nursing is no longer affordable. Market pressures have precipitated a revisiting of the task basis of nursing. An effective anchor would have been a solid body of research evidence pointing up the value new nursing may have. Regrettably not enough research was done prior to the diffusion of new nursing. What was done was not always adequate, and what was adequate was not effectively deployed by nurse leaders.
• ? Nursing is the largest workforce in the NHS and has attracted a great deal of policy interest. It is suggested that it will become increasingly important for nursing to be more strategic, and develop its own professionally driven research agenda.
• ? The future of the nursing profession is uncertain. It is clear that evidence-based practice is centre stage, and there is a need for nursing to re-negotiate its professional boundaries and to develop intellectual partnerships in order to move the knowledge base of practice forward.

     

Structure and content in Norwegian nursing care documentation.

In 1994, the Norwegian Board of Health (NBH) published recommendations for nursing care documentation. The two-fold purpose of the present study was to see if 5 wards in 2 Norwegian hospitals fulfilled the proposed NBH recommendations and guidelines regarding documentation, and to evaluate them in terms of the proposed structure and key words of the VIPS model. Results showed that all nursing records (n = 55) had an admission assessment. A nursing care plan was present in 62% of the records. Nursing goals were lacking in the remaining 38%, diagnosis and planned interventions were absent in 18%, and 45% of the diagnoses lacked information concerning patient progress or outcome. The nursing care plans were updated in only 40% of the records and discharge notes were present in 35%, confirming that NBH recommendations were not met in this sample. The key words of the VIPS model covered all information present in the records, and high interrater reliability was obtained for the majority of key words categorized by two independent researchers. It is suggested that the VIPS model components and key words can contribute to a reliable and uniform model for nursing care documentation and enhance comprehensive and systematic documentation, which is presently lacking in Norwegian records.     

我国护理行业的改革与发展

从我国护理行业的现状、卫生体制改革以及基本国情出发 ,着重探讨护理管理、护理教育、护理环境、护理经济与管理体系、护理立法等方面的发展途径     

基层医院整体护理的实施与对策

目的:总结实施整体护理的经验,提高护理质量。方法:全面综合分析实施整体护理的对策和措施。结果:经验:领导的高度重视和大力支持,是实现整体护理模式转变的坚实基础;提高人员整体素质,确保整体护理的有效开展;多做少写,以点带面,实行非模式病房开展整体护理工作;积极开展健康教育,巩固整体护理效果;实施整体护理质量管理的措施。体会:领导的重视和支持,是开展整体护理工作的根本保证;提高了社会公众对护理工作的认可程度和护士的社会地位;显示了护士的自身价值;改善了护患关系,提高了病人满意度,同时也密切了医护关系;护理队伍整体素质提高,敬业精神增强。结论:实施整体护理,促进了护理学科的发展。     

Putting policy into practice: pre- and posttests of implementing standardized languages for nursing documentation

Aims and objectives. To describe the change in documentation of the nursing process in all inpatient wards in a 900‐bed university hospital. Major research question was what are the differences between before and after implementation of documentation policy related to the steps of the nursing process? Background. Implementation of standardized languages has been shown to be difficult to accomplish in clinical practice. Patients are the source of data and their conditions, responses and well‐being should be reflected in the nursing record. As such, nursing documentation can create the premises for the development of new knowledge in nursing and the improvement of nursing performance and can provide data and information necessary for nursing researchers to evaluate the quality of interventions and participate in the formulation of healthcare policy. This study is part of longitudinal project to prepare nurses for electronic documentation within the interdisciplinary health record and to improve documentation of nursing using standardized languages. Design and method. A cross‐sectional study design was used: a pretest (n = 355 nursing records) for baseline status of nursing documentation, an intervention and a post‐test (n = 349 nursing records) to obtain data on nursing documentation. The year‐long intervention comprised planned work in groups, and educational and supporting efforts. Results. A statistically significant improvement was found in the use of Functional Health Patterns for documentation of nursing assessment, NANDA for nursing diagnoses and Nursing Interventions Classification for nursing interventions in documentation of daily nursing care for inpatients. Conclusion. At all organizational levels intervention aimed at putting policy regarding documentation into clinical practice considerably improved daily use of standardized nursing languages. Relevance to clinical practice. Nurses need to use standardized language to document patient care data in the electronic health record and to demonstrate contributions to nursing care.     

Innovations in United States genetics nursing: Practice and research

Aim: Clinical and research applications from human genome discoveries are growing and creating both opportunities and challenges to the integration of genetic concepts into practice and research. Nurses have a long history of caring for individuals, families, and groups with genetic conditions. In the past two decades, a small group of nurses in the USA have used a variety of strategies to further develop the field of genetics nursing. In this paper we identify innovative approaches to identifying genetics‐related nursing roles and opportunities, as well as successful collaborative efforts beyond nursing to address the emerging health and societal challenges related to human genetics discoveries. Methods: The information presented here comes from a variety of sources where the authors or genetics nurses directly participated, including: (i) a systematic literature review of genetics nursing; (ii) a comprehensive research study of models of delivering clinical genetics services and the roles of health professionals; and (iii) participation in numerous national research, planning, programmatic, and advisory groups involved with clinical genetics‐related health services, research, education, and public policy. Results: Genetics nurses in the US have developed innovative responses to genetics‐related challenges within and beyond the profession of nursing. These include: (i) establishing an organization for nurses in genetics and gaining formal recognition of genetics as a specialty of nursing; (ii) defining the scope of genetics nursing practice and developing a new genetics nursing credential; (iii) establishing a multiprofessional genetics education coalition and defining genetic competency for health‐care practice; (iv) creating new clinical practice roles for nurses that integrate emerging genetics concepts and skills into diverse clinical practice areas; (v) expanding nursing involvement in genetics‐related research; and (vi) participation in high‐level genetics advisory groups. Conclusions: The US experience shows that nurses have made substantial progress in expanding their involvement in genetic services through visionary leadership, innovative approaches to challenges, establishing support with nurse colleagues, and engaging in multiprofessional efforts. The most important first step is developing a supportive environment for nurse advancement. In the US, the genetics nurses’ organization known as the International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG) has provided this base.     

晨间护理缺陷分析及对策

目的提高晨间护理质量。方法通过向住院病人和护士发放问卷调查及每周不定期检查各病区晨间护理质量,了解晨间护理工作中存在的缺陷,提出整改的措施。结果晨间护理工作中存在的主要缺陷:51.8%的病人认为护士与病人的沟通少,进病房时未向病人问好,整理病房时未向病人解释,口腔清洁率70.3%,头发清洁率45.3%,皮肤清洁率69.5%,病房安静整洁率67.3%,床单位整洁率86.5%,病情关注情况67.9%,健康教育执行情况48.6%,协助生活不能自理的病人进食、入厕、更衣、床上排便等占75.4%,时间安排满意度75.6%,护士认为晨间护理重要的占30%,晨间护理内容知晓率占60.9%,认为工作量大来不及做的占56.7%。结论提高护士对晨间护理的认识,规范晨间护理内容和程序,加强与病人的沟通,提供符合个体化需要的晨间护理,合理安排护理人员、工作重点和时间,持续质量改进,有助于提高晨间护理质量。     

社区护理中存在的问题及对策

3年的社区护理实践,发现社区护理中存在的问题有：受社会经济环境影响,护理工作量日益增加;护理人员严重不足,护理工作超负荷运转;社区护理仪器设备不配套,护理整体水平与医疗发展不适应;工作量与奖金分配不成比例。采用相应的对策：护理人员角色转换;加强对护理人员的时间管理;提高社区护理人员的政治觉悟,树立无私奉献的思想;加强护理业务技术及其质量管理;加强科室间协调工作,保证仪器设备到位。收到了明显的效果,提高了社区护理质量。     

临床护理成本与效益分析

笔者根据临床护理服务价格偏离成本的事实,提出关注护理成本,改革现行的医疗护理服务收费制度和医疗费用结构比,提升护士的劳务价值,以期深入发展护理经济研究形成系统的护理成本核算体系,以低成本、高效益的优质护理服务来赢得市场。     

人性化护理理论及其应用

从理论形成背景、理论框架、理论的主要概念、护理的4个基本概念及理论评价等方面,介绍了Paterson和Zder-ad的人性化护理理论及其应用。     

我国护理成本研究中的问题与思考

论述我国护理成本研究中存在的方法单一、体系缺乏、病人分类系统不能满足需要等问题，提出护理成本管理要注重预算，提高人力生产力，进行成本效益分析和开发计算机综合信息系统等措施，指出现阶段进行护理成本研究的实际意义。     

人性化护理理论及其应用

从理论形成背景、理论框架、理论的主要概念、护理的4个基本概念及理论评价等方面,介绍了Paterson和Zderad的人性化护理理论及其应用。     

涉外护理英语教学现状与思考

分析目前涉外护理英语的教学现状和存在的问题,从招生制度、课程定位与课程内容、教材选择、师资队伍建设、英语和涉外护理工作语言环境、考评方式、学生管理方面探讨提高涉外护理英语教学质量和涉外护理人才培养的对策。     

30种内外科常见病整体护理路径的研究和应用

目的 探索整体护理路径的应用,提高护士运用护理程序的能力.方法 设计30种内外科常见病的整体护理路径,选择4所三级甲等医院作为实验医院,培训80名责任护士,将设计好的整体护理路径在临床上应用,重点验证整体护理路径的结构、内容和使用效果等,并对整体护理路径进行修改和完善,以及评价整体护理路径.结果 完成了30种内外科常见病整体护理路径的设计和完善.分别有92%、95%和96%的护士认为整体护理路径对实施护理程序有帮助,能够发挥护士的能力,值得推广;44%的护士认为使用整体护理路径不能得心应手.结论 整体护理路径是一种较理想的护理工作模式,能够提高护士运用护理程序的能力,但仍需要加强对护士的培训,特别是要着力提高护士的评估能力.     

Nursing documentation in nursing homes--state-of-the-art and implications for quality improvement

This study was designed to gain information on the quality of nursing care based on the comments in nursing records. The specific aims of the study were to find out if the patients' (i) individual needs are assessed, the goals for nursing care are set, and the nursing interventions are determined; (ii) if the patients' needs are met and (iii) if goal achievement is regularly evaluated by including comments in nursing documents. In addition, the study aimed to describe the up-to-dateness of nursing care plans as well as the frequency of making daily notes. The data were collected on 36 wards of four residential homes. A 30% sample of the nursing documents on each ward was collected (n=332) using the Senior Monitor instrument. The documents studied were mainly nursing care plans and daily note sheets. Seventy-three per cent of the nursing home residents had an up-to-date nursing care plan at the time of data collection. The main results demonstrated that a written statement on the patient's mental ability was lacking in every fourth document although 75% of the patients suffer from at least moderate dementia in Finnish long-term care institutions. Development activities should also be targeted to the documentation of clear and concrete means by which patients' independent functioning is supported. In addition, evaluation was the area that warranted attention and development activities since only every fourth record included information on changes in the patients' functional capability. Although a lot of in-service training has been focused on improving the documentation practices, there is still a need for development. The means by which knowledge is transferred to guide the practice should be carefully considered. Also forms should be developed to meet the special requirements for recording nursing care in long-term care settings.     

我院专科护理门诊的实施与体会

目的探讨专科护理门诊的实施方法与体会。方法确定专科项目及服务内容、选拔护理门诊人员并明确工作职责、设置合理的诊室、制订相关制度,规范就诊流程,建立门诊护理日志,拓展服务功能。结果开设专科护理门诊以来,已接待门诊患者27000余人次,得到了患者、家属、医生及护士的认可。护理门诊就诊综合满意率为96．54％。结论开设专科护理门诊有利于提高护理专业地位,满足不同患者的健康需求,促进专科护士成长。     

我院护理差错分析及对策

为了加强对护理安全的管理,对6年中发生的33起护理差错及与护理管理有关的主要因素进行分析,认为差错主要发生在护士,其中合同护士发生率较高;与护理管理相关的主要因素有:规章制度不健全占27.3%;业务知识欠缺占36.3%;与临床教学有关、未严格执行查对制度各占18.2%。通过建立健全各项护理规章制度,加强岗前护理安全教育、护士的规范化培训、对临床教学以及对合同护士的管理等综合措施,有力地保证了护理安全。     

口腔门诊患者专科护理评估表的构建与应用

目的探讨口腔门诊患者专科护理评估表的构建与应用情况。方法应用Cordon的FHPS理论,结合口腔专科的临床护理特点设计口腔专科护理评估表,运用改良的Delphi法进行专家咨询,并采用Likert 5点计分法,确定口腔门诊专科护理评估的内容。结果专科护理评估表包括5个一级指标和10个二级指标。通过专家的评定认为,85%一级指标和90%二级指标为重要和很重要。通过临床应用,85%～90%的护士认为采用专科护理评估表能准确了解患者的护理问题;能促进护患沟通。结论口腔门诊患者专科护理评估表所涵盖的评估内容全面、实用,能预见性地发现患者存在的护理问题,及时采取相应措施,促进护患沟通,提高患者满意度。     

Perceptions and expectations of Baccalaureate-prepared nurses in Jordan: Community survey

The overall purpose of this paper is to describe the process of utilizing community participation for curriculum design to develop a new school of nursing. A brief Community Needs Assessment Survey was carried out in order to explore community perceptions and expectations of Baccalaureate-prepared nurses in Jordan. The sample consisted of 152 participants who were staff nurses, nurse administrators, nurse supervisors, nurse educators, physicians, pharmacists and consumers of services. Data were collected through a self-administered survey form using open-ended questions. Participants were asked to describe their perceptions of nursing and nurses, the desired professional skills and personal characteristics of the Baccalaureate-prepared nurse, important curriculum contents and to provide suggestions or comments for improving the preparation of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) nurses. The findings indicated that nursing was viewed as a caring profession where nurses care for the person both in sickness and health. Several professional skills and personal characteristics emerged as being important for the BSN nurse, including clinical competence, the desire to continue learning, communication skills, ethical and moral character, critical thinking, assessment skills, and computer and English-language skills. The participants provided the desired curriculum contents and suggestions related to the expected skills. Implications for nursing education were discussed.