Publications by authors named "Atswei Adzo Kwashie"

Background: Sustainability represents an increasingly vital yet inconsistently implemented topic in nursing education. Formal concept analysis can promote unified conceptualisation to inform sustainability integration in nursing curriculums.

Objective: Analyse the concept of 'nursing education for sustainable development' using the Walker and Avant framework to clarify meaning and application in nursing programmes.

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Background: Adverse event reporting is crucial for improving patient safety and identifying areas for improvement in the emergency department. Many interventions have been employed in that regard, and have been found to increase adverse event reporting rates in various settings. All published research that studied the various interventions and their effectiveness on adverse event reporting in the Emergency Department will be reviewed in this paper.

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Introduction: Globally, hospitals are confronted with major challenges of turnover of nurses. Knowledge of the factors that account for the turnover of nurses will aid in creating strategies that will enhance nurse managers' leadership behaviour and job satisfaction to reduce turnover. The study, therefore, investigated the mediating role of job satisfaction on toxic leadership and turnover intentions of nurses.

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Purpose: This paper aims to examine the leadership competencies of first-line nurse managers (FLNMs) at the unit level in the eastern region of Ghana.

Design/methodology/approach: The paper is a quantitative cross-section design.

Findings: Nurse managers exhibited a moderate level of knowledge and ability to apply leadership competencies.

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Purpose: To explore the staffing practices of nurse managers at the unit.

Design/methodology/approach: Introduction: Ensuring that units are staffed with adequate nurses to render quality nursing care to clients has become increasingly challenging for most hospitals. There is growing evidence linking best patient outcomes and fewer adverse events to the presence of nurses at the bedside.

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