A ward without walls? District nurses’ perceptions of their workload management priorities and job satisfaction

Abstract

More clerical support is required so district nurses can deliver care to patients. District nurses can better represent their workload and how it is managed through expressing the nature of assessing risk and caring for patients as opposed to defining patients care needs by medical diagnoses. Extending the hours of the full district nursing service would benefit patients and staff.

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“…Likewise, Archibald () and Stuart et al. () also reported that nurses were satisfied from the patients' positive outcome. Possible explanations may be due to the strong focus on religion held by the nurses in Iran whereby Islam is the main religion.…”

Patient safety culture in Norwegian home health nursing: a cross-sectional study of healthcare provider’s perceptions of the teamwork and safety climates

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The relationship between nurse practice environment, nurse work characteristics, burnout and job outcome and quality of nursing care: A cross-sectional survey

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