The influence of personal values and patient intoxication on nurses concerns about opioids: results of a prospective cross-sectional multi-centre study.

Background: Nurses are the main administrators of opioids in hospitals and enjoy some autonomy when using them to manage pain. Nevertheless evidence suggests they exercise this freedom restrictively with the reasons for this self-limitation remaining unclear. Nurses are influenced by personal and professional values and by patients' attributes.

[Hospital nurses' perspective on academic nursing education: a cross-sectional study in hospitals in the northwestern part of Germany].

Unlabelled: Hospital nurses' perspective on academic nursing education: a cross-sectional study in hospitals in the northwestern part of Germany Abstract.

Background: Currently, there is an increasing need for highly qualified nurses in Germany. Against this background, an academic nursing education is frequently demanded in order to meet the high level of competences nurses must fulfil.