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A Review Of The Effect Of Occupational Experience Of Patient Death And Death Situations On Nurses, Rhoda Suubi Muliira, Joshua Kanaabi Muliira
A Review Of The Effect Of Occupational Experience Of Patient Death And Death Situations On Nurses, Rhoda Suubi Muliira, Joshua Kanaabi Muliira
Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences
Background: Impacts of regular occupational exposure and experience of patient death on nurses’ professional quality of life and well-being. Despite the impacts, it has not yet been adequately addressed by professional training, research and by employers of nurses. Purpose: To analyze the impacts of occupational exposure, experience of patient death and death situations on nurses’ professional quality of life and recommend strategies to curtail them. Methods: Studies were retrieved from three databases CINAHL, SCOPUS, MEDLINE and reference lists of relevant journal publications. Results: The findings show that the impact of experience of patient death on nurses positively or negatively depending …
Performance Measurement Processes In Uganda: Role Of Nurse Administrators, Godfrey Katende
Performance Measurement Processes In Uganda: Role Of Nurse Administrators, Godfrey Katende
Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences
The concept of performance measurement is relatively new with inadequate documentation in Ugandan health sector. Worldwide, nursing professionals still represent the largest health workforce although their involvement in the policy formulation and development remains minimal. Despite the limited involvement in policy development, the performance measurement and transparency programs continue to target at nursing for quality care improvement. The objective of this paper was to examine performance measurement in the current policy arena with Uganda in order to recommend for use in other developing countries. The paper presents evidence based solutions and strategies for integration of performance measurement when developing standards …