scholarly journals Financial expense incurred by medical leaves of health professionals in Rondonia public hospitals, Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Bernadete Junkes ◽  
Valdir Filgueiras Pessoa
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Hospital Units ◽  
Nurses And Physicians ◽  
Nursing Professionals ◽  
Resource Sector

The study investigates the additional payroll expense caused by absenteeism due to illness among nursing professionals and physicians at two public hospitals at Cacoal, Rondonia, Brazil. Non-programmed absences of up to 15 days which occurred at the hospital units between 2004 to 2007 were verified in the database of the institutions’ human resource sector. From 1,704 non-programmed absences, 1,486 were justified by medical declarations. It was verified that absenteeism caused by illness was responsible for 87.2% of all non-programmed absences. When these data are grouped by professional categories, it was observed that the nurse absenteeism due to illness reached 83.3%, when compared with 16.7% for physicians. The general absenteeism index, adding up nurses and physicians, corresponded to 0.85%, resulting in an additional payroll expense of 5.2% and 7.4% in the salaries of nursing professionals and physicians, respectively.

The prevalence of the technocratic model in obstetric care from the perspective of health professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (suppl 4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marli Therezinha Stein Backes ◽  
Karini Manhães de Carvalho ◽  
Larissa Nascimento Ribeiro ◽  
Tamiris Scoz Amorim ◽  
Evanguelia Kotzias Atherino dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Obstetric Care ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Obstetric Nurses ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Maternity Hospitals ◽  
Theoretical Sampling ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Nursing Professionals

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the reasons for the prevalence of the technocratic model in obstetric care from the perspective of health professionals. Methods: Grounded Theory. Study approved by two Research Ethics Committees and conducted by theoretical sampling, from July 2015 to June 2017. Twenty-nine interviews were conducted with health professionals from two maternity hospitals in the Southern Region of Brazil. Data collection and analysis was performed alternately; and analysis by open, axial, and selective coding/integration. Results: the technocratic model still persists because the assistance is performed in a mechanized way, centered on the professionals. There is a lack of systematization of care, and under-dimensioning of the nursing staff. Final Considerations: obstetric nurses need to review their performance in obstetric centers, the internal organization, the dimensioning of nursing professionals, and become protagonists of care. Investment in academic training/updating the knowledge of midwifery professionals, based on scientific evidence and user-centered care is necessary.

scholarly journals Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation challenges in selected Botswana hospitals: Nurse managers’ views

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Rajeswaran ◽  
Valerie J. Ehlers
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Nurse Managers ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Nursing Experience ◽  
Hospital Units ◽  
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
Medical Emergencies

Road traffic accident victims, as well as persons experiencing cardiac and other medical emergencies, might lose their lives due to the non-availability of trained personnel to provide effective cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with functional equipment and adequate resources. The objectives of the study were to identify unit managers’ perceptions about challenges encountered when performing CPR interventions in the two referral public hospitals in Botswana. These results could be used to recommend more effective CPR strategies for Botswana’s hospitals. Interviews, comprising two quantitative sections with closed ended questions and one qualitative section with semi-structured questions, were conducted with 22 unit managers. The quantitative data indicated that all unit managers had at least eight years’ nursing experience, and could identify CPR shortcomings in their hospitals. Only one interviewee had never performed CPR. The qualitative data analysis revealed that the hospital units sometimes had too few staff members and did not have fully equipped emergency trolleys and/or equipment. No CPR teams and no CPR policies and guidelines existed. Nurses and doctors reportedly lacked CPR knowledge and skills. No debriefing services were provided after CPR encounters. The participating hospitals should address the following challenges that might affect CPR outcomes: shortages of staff, overpopulation of hospital units, shortcomings of the emergency trolleys and CPR equipment, absence of CPR policies and guidelines, absence of CPR teams, limited CPR competencies of doctors and nurses and the lack of debriefing sessions after CPR attempts.Die slagoffers van padongelukke, asook persone wat hart- en ander mediese noodtoestande ervaar, kan hulle lewens verloor omdat daar nie opgeleide personeel met funksionele toerusting en voldoende hulpbronne beskikbaar is om effektiewe kardiopulmonale resussitasie (KPR) te doen nie. Die studie het ten doel gehad om eenheidsbestuurders se persepsies te bepaal oor uitdagings wat hulle in die gesig staan wanneer KPR-tussentredes plaasvind in die twee openbare hospitale in Botswana wat as verwysingshospitale dien. Die bevindings kan gebruik word om effektiewer KPR-strategieë vir Botswana se hospitale aan te beveel. Onderhoude bestaande uit twee kwantitatiewe afdelings met geslote vrae en een kwalitatiewe afdeling met semi-gestruktureerde vrae is met 22 eenheidsbestuurders gevoer. Die kwantitatiewe data het aangedui dat alle eenheidsbestuurders minstens agt jaar se verpleegervaring het en dat hulle die tekortkomings sover dit KPR in hulle hospitale aangaan, kon identifiseer. Slegs een persoon het nog nooit KPR toegepas nie. Die ontleding van die kwalitatiewe data dui daarop dat hospitaaleenhede soms te min personeel het en dat hulle nie ten volle toegeruste noodtrollies en/of toerusting het nie. Geen KPR-spanne en geen KPR-beleid of -riglyne bestaan nie. Verpleegkundiges en dokters het volgens die onderhoude ‘n gebrek aan KPR-kennis en -vaardighede. Geen ontlontingsdienste is na KPR-voorvalle vir die personeel beskikbaar nie. Die deelnemende hospitale behoort die uitdagings aan te spreek wat KPR-uitkomste kan beinvloed. Hierdie uitdagings sluit in personeeltekorte, oorbesetting in hospitaaleenhede, tekortkomings in die noodtrollies en toerusting, die gebrek aan KPR-beleid en -riglyne, die afwesigheid van KPR-spanne, dokters en verpleegsters se beperkte KPR-vaardighede en die feit dat ontlontingsdienste nie na KPR-pogings vir personeellede beskikbaar is nie.

scholarly journals Safety culture: perception of health professionals in a mental hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (suppl 5) ◽  
pp. 2316-2322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelly Costa Lima de Oliveira ◽  
Maria Lígia Silva Nunes Cavalcante ◽  
Samia Freitas Aires ◽  
Rodrigo Jácob Moreira de Freitas ◽  
Beatriz Viana da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Safety Attitudes ◽  
Perception Of Safety ◽  
Female Predominance ◽  
Nursing Professionals

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the culture of patient safety in a mental health service. Method: Cross-sectional study conducted with health professionals in a mental hospital, by applying the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ). Descriptive and inferential analyses were performed. Results: One-hundred and three professionals participated in the study, with female predominance (64.1%) and time of performance equal to or greater than 21 years (32.4%). The nursing professionals of technical level and with statutory work regime were the most participative, 54.4% and 52% respectively. The total score was 69 points. The domain that reached the highest score was Job satisfaction (80 points) and the lowest was Working conditions (57 points). The statutory professionals and those with longer professional experience obtained better scores in the perception of safety culture. Conclusion: The result of safety culture was below the recommended, indicating the need for strengthening this construct in mental health hospitals.

scholarly journals Blood donation practice and associated factors among health professionals in Tigray regional state public hospitals, northern Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsige Tadesse ◽  
Tadis Berhane ◽  
Teklehaymanot Huluf Abraha ◽  
Berihu Gidey ◽  
Elsa Hagos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Northern Ethiopia ◽  
Regional State

Organisational silence among nurses and physicians in public hospitals

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1440-1451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arzu Kader Harmanci Seren ◽  
İbrahim Topcu ◽  
Feride Eskin Bacaksiz ◽  
Nihal Unaldi Baydin ◽  
Emine Tokgoz Ekici ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Nurses And Physicians

The Role of HRIS in Crisis Response Planning

2009 ◽  
pp. 764-769
Author(s):  
Amy E. Hurley-Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
Crisis Response ◽  
Crisis Planning ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Trade Center ◽  
Human Resource Crisis ◽  
Resource Sector

“On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, killing 2,749 people. The attack resulted in severe economic impact, especially to airlines, and a stock market loss of $1.2 trillion. On December 26, 2004, a tsunami from a 9.1 earthquake overran the shores of many countries along the vast rim of the Indian Ocean. Over 283,000 people died. On August 29, 2005, Katrina, a category-5 hurricane, knocked out electric and communication infrastructure over 90,000 square miles of Louisiana and Mississippi and displaced 1.5 million people.” (Denning, 2006, p. 15). This past decade has been catastrophic, and there are still three more years to go. Many American businesses have not responded to the call for better human resource crisis planning, while a few corporations have risen to the challenge. It is necessary and extremely important for organizations to understand the importance of implementing crucial changes in the organizational structure of businesses, primarily in the human resource sector. The human resource sector is the area most responsible for the safety of personnel and therefore best equipped to foster the communication requirements any crisis will necessarily exact.

scholarly journals Hospitalization Experience of Muslim Migrants in Hospitals in Southern Spain—Communication, Relationship with Nurses and Culture. A Focused Ethnography

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Jesús Plaza del Pino ◽  
Verónica C. Cala ◽  
Encarnación Soriano Ayala ◽  
Rachida Dalouh
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
African Origin ◽  
Focused Ethnography ◽  
Communication Problems ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Cultural Bridge

The coast of southern Spain is one of the main entry points for Africans who want to reach Europe; in this area, there is an important immigrant community of African origin, mostly Muslims. The objective of this study is to describe and understand the hospitalization experience of Muslim migrants in public hospitals in southern Spain, especially their relationship with the nurses who care for them. Data were collected from May 2016 to June 2017. This study followed the principles associated with focused ethnography. During data collection, open interviews with 37 Muslim patients were conducted. Three themes emerged from the inductive data analysis: lack of communication with nurses, discriminatory experiences at the hospital and their experience of Islam in the hospital. We conclude that caring for Muslim patients requires specific training not only for nurses but also for other health professionals; existing communication problems must be addressed by establishing the role of the intercultural mediator as an idiomatic and cultural bridge between patients and nurses. In addition, hiring health professionals with migrant backgrounds would help convert hospitals into spaces for intercultural coexistence.

scholarly journals Obstacles in the detection and reporting of tuberculosis cases: a discursive analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 523-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Mitano ◽  
Amélia Nunes Sicsú ◽  
Luciana de Oliveira Sousa ◽  
Rarianne Carvalho Peruhype ◽  
Jaqueline Garcia de Almeida Ballestero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Investment Policies ◽  
Discursive Analysis ◽  
National Tuberculosis Control Program ◽  
National Tuberculosis ◽  
Nursing Professionals

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the discourses of health professionals about the obstacles in the process of detection and reporting of tuberculosis cases in Mozambique. Method: Qualitative exploratory study with a theoretical-methodological approach of Discourse Analysis of French matrix. The study was conducted in Mozambique in 2014 at three levels: central, provincial and district. The study included 15 health professionals, 4 physicians, 6 technicians and 5 nursing professionals, who worked in the National Tuberculosis Control Program, with more than 1 year of experience. Result: The following discursive blocks emerged: Detection of tuberculosis cases in laboratories; Underreporting of tuberculosis cases; Obstacles to detect cases of tuberculosis: long distances and lack of transport; and Reporting of cases for decision making. Final considerations: The discourses analyzed point to the ideological affiliation that includes the lack of investment policies in the health sector and the political commitment as basic obstacles in the detection and reporting of tuberculosis cases.

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