Healthcare and Nursing Annotated Bibliography

 

Article 1: A Systematic Review of Strategies to Address the Clinical Nursing Faculty Shortage.

Wyte-Lake, T., Tran, K., Bowman, C. C., Needleman, J., & Dobalian, A. (2013). A Systematic Review of Strategies to Address the Clinical Nursing Faculty Shortage. Journal of Nursing Education,52(5), 245-252. doi:10.3928/01484834-20130213-02

The article provides a systematic review of approaches to expanding the clinical nursing faculty capacity. This information is relevant to the project, while it allows assessing the models to address the nursing faculty shortages that contribute to the shortage of clinical staff. As the researchers found, insufficient numbers of nursing faculty problem may be solved by applying partnership strategies, expanding use of faculty resources, and increasing program efficacy.

Article 2: Job Satisfaction in Health-Care Organizations.

Bhatnagar, K., & Srivastava, K. (2012). Job satisfaction in health-care organizations. Industrial Psychiatry Journal,21(1), 75-78. doi:10.4103/0972-6748.110959

The article focuses on defining job satisfaction in health-care and assessing its importance in the industry. The material is necessary to include in the project, while level of job satisfaction of clinical staff directly influences quality of health-care services provided by clinicians and determines employee turnover rate. The researchers defined job satisfaction as attitudinal variable dependent on the work itself, quality of management, internal employee relationships, promotion opportunities, and compensation fairness.

Article 3: The Effect of Job Related Stress on Employees’ Satisfaction: A Survey in Health Care.

Trivellas, P., Reklitis, P., & Platis, C. (2013). The Effect of Job Related Stress on Employees’ Satisfaction: A Survey in Health Care. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences,73, 718-726. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.02.110

The article investigates job related stress reasons, importance and effects in health-care industry. The information is relevant to the project, since job stress is one of the most important factors contributing to job dissatisfaction, increasing employee turnover rate and, as a result, personnel shortages in the industry. According to the research, the main stressors affecting clinicians are heavy workload, lack of job autonomy, and conflicts at the workplace.

Article 4: Better Nurse Staffing and Nurse Work Environments Associated with Increased Survival of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients.

Mchugh, M. D., Rochman, M. F., Sloane, D. M., Berg, R. A., Mancini, M. E., Nadkarni, V. M., Aiken, L. H. (2016). Better Nurse Staffing and Nurse Work Environments Associated With Increased Survival of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients. Medical Care,54(1), 74-80. doi:10.1097/mlr.0000000000000456

The article discovers direct correlation between nurse staffing level and survival rate of patients who experience in-hospital cardiac arrest. The material is useful for understanding the importance of the personnel shortage problem, as it provides insights into the connection between high workload of clinicians and increased mortality rate among patients. The researchers found that with assigning one extra patient to a nurse, patients are 5% less likely to survive intra-hospital cardiac arrest.

Article 5: The Prevalence of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout among Healthcare Professionals in Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review.

Mol, M. M., Kompanje, E. J., Benoit, D. D., Bakker, J., & Nijkamp, M. D. (2015). The Prevalence of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout among Healthcare Professionals in Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review. Plos One,10(8). …

 

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