scholarly journals Factors that guide nurse managers regarding the staffing of agency nurses in intensive care units at private hospitals in Pretoria

Curationis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karien Jooste ◽  
Carine Prinsloo
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Nurse Managers ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Role Players ◽  
Agency Nurse ◽  
Staffing Needs

Staffing needs affect the nursing department’s budget, staff productivity, the quality of care provided to patients and even the retention of nurses. It is unclear how the role players (the nursing agency manager, the nurse manager and the agency nurse) perceive the staffing of agency nurses in intensive care units (ICUs). The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the factors that guide nurse managers regarding the staffing of agency nurses in ICUs at private hospitals in Pretoria. A quantitative exploratory and descriptive design was used. A survey by means of a structured questionnaire was carried out. Probability sampling was implemented to obtain a study sample (n = 124). One similar self-administered 5-point scale instrument was completed by the participants. Data was analysed by means of descriptive and inferential statistics. The principles of validity and reliability were adhered to and ethical considerations were also taken into account. The results indicated limitations in the determining of posts, recruitment and advertising, as well as the selection and appointment of agency nurses in ICUs at private hospitals in Pretoria. Recommendations on staffing are made to nurse managers in ICUs.

Experience of clinical testing of personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Eryomenko ◽  
N. V. Rostunova ◽  
S. A. Budagyan ◽  
V. V. Stets
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Clinical Testing ◽  
Transportation Of Patients ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Telemedicine System ◽  
Accuracy Of Measurements ◽  
Hospital Equipment

The experience of clinical testing of the personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients at the intensive care units of leading Russian clinics is described. The high quality of communication with the remote receiving devices of doctors, the accuracy of measurements, resistance to interference from various hospital equipment and the absence of its own impact on such equipment were confirmed. There are significant advantages compared to stationary patient monitors, in particular, for intra and out-of-hospital transportation of patients.

Designing and Validity Evaluation of Quality of Nursing Care Scale in Intensive Care Units

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-471
Author(s):  
Mashaalah Zeraati ◽  
Negin Masoudi Alavi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Scale Level ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Critical Care Units ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Background and Purpose: Quality of nursing care measurement is essential in critical care units. The aim of this study was to develop a scale to measure the quality of nursing care in intensive care units (ICUs). Methods: The 68 items of nursing care standards in critical care settings were explored in a literature review. Then, 30 experts evaluated the items’ content validity index (CVI) and content validity ratio (CVR). Items with a low CVI score (<0.78) and low CVR score (<0.33) were removed from the scale. Results: The 50 items remained in the scale. The Scale level-CVI and Scale level-CVR were 0.898 and 0.725, respectively. Conclusion: The nursing care scale in ICU (Quality of Nursing Care Scale-ICU) that was developed in this research had acceptable CVI and CVR.

Development of a Knowledge Based System for an Intensive Care Environment Using Ontologies

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Ana Torres Morgade ◽  
Marcos Martínez-Romero ◽  
José M. Vázquez-Naya ◽  
Miguel Pereira Loureiro ◽  
Ángel González Albo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Knowledge Based System ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Technological Strategies ◽  
System Knowledge

In intensive care units (ICUs), clinicians must monitor patients’ vital signs and make decisions regarding the drugs they administer. The patients’ lives depend on the quality of these decisions but experts can make mistakes. Recent technological strategies and tools can decrease these errors. In this paper, the authors describe the development of a knowledge based system (KBS) to provide support to clinicians with respect to the drugs they administer to patients with cardiopathies in ICUs to stabilize them. To develop the system, knowledge from medical experts at the Meixoeiro Hospital in Vigo (Spain) has been extracted and formally represented as an ontology. As a result, a validated KBS has been obtained, which can be helpful to experts in ICUs and whose underlying knowledge can be easily shared and reused.

Nurse staffing, quality of nursing care and nurse job outcomes in intensive care units

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 1729-1737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Hyun Cho ◽  
Kyung Ja June ◽  
Yun Mi Kim ◽  
Yong Ae Cho ◽  
Cheong Suk Yoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Nurse Staffing ◽  
Job Outcomes ◽  
Quality Of Nursing
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