Exploring Nursing Professionalism: A Focused Ethnography of Community Nurses in Slovakia.

Professionalism is a multidimensional and dynamic concept that is a fundamental requirement to providing safe, quality nursing care. In the Slovak sociocultural context, professionalism is given only limited attention, and research in this area is completely lacking in community nursing. To explore how community nurses (CNs) working in home care agencies understand professionalism in the context of their practice in Slovakia.

Nursing students' evaluation of patient safety culture in three central European countries: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate and compare the perceptions of nursing students regarding patient safety culture (PSC) during the COVID-19 pandemic in three Central European countries.

Methods: Data were collected from 624 nursing students between April and September 2021 using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

Results: The evaluation of the PSC dimensions did not reach the expected level of 75 %.

Nursing students' perceptions of unfinished nursing care: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence, patterns and reasons for unfinished nursing care as perceived by nursing students.

Background: Unfinished nursing care (UNC) is a frequently observed phenomenon in the acute care setting. To date, studies have focused primarily on the perspective of nurses or patients, but another important perspective is that of nursing students who provide nursing care in all healthcare settings.

Examining the Perspectives of Nurse Managers on Missed Nursing Care in Surgical Units.

Objective: To examine nurse managers' perspectives on missed nursing care (MNC) on surgical units.

Background: The phenomenon of MNC is an important concern for nurse researchers. However, the reality of how it is experienced by clinical nurse managers is largely unexplored.

Missed nursing care as reported by paediatric nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Aims: Missed nursing care (MNC) significantly affects patient safety and quality of care. It is a widely used concept that has been studied in different settings, but research in paediatric care is quite limited. Therefore, this descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to report the prevalence, patterns, correlates, factors and predictors of MNC in paediatric care units in two central European countries.

Trust in healthcare professionals of people with chronic cardiovascular disease.

Background: Trust is an essential phenomenon of relationship between patients and healthcare professionals and can be described as an accepted vulnerability to the power of another person over something that one cares about in virtue of goodwill toward the trustor. This characterization of interpersonal trust appears to be adequate for patients suffering from chronic illness. Trust is especially important in the context of chronic cardiovascular diseases as one of the main global health problems.

Nurses' Perception of Professionalism in Practice: A Review of Qualitative Studies.

Professionalism is a fundamental concept in nursing and a central aspect of nursing care. The review aimed to synthesize evidence presented in qualitative studies related to the perception of professionalism in nursing practice. Six main analytical themes were generated from primary studies included in the literature review: everyday practice, ethical aspects of nursing care, nurses' identity, nurses' professional growth, achieving autonomy, complexity of relationships.

Self-report of Nurse Professionalism and Factors Affecting It: A Cross-sectional Study.

Objective: To evaluate the perception of professionalism by nurses and identify factors that affect the evaluation of professionalism.

Background: Professionalism is conceptualized as the set of beliefs related to the autonomy of the profession. Lack of professional respect, a disruptive work environment, and suppression of progressivism in the profession are identified as factors that lead to leaving the profession.

Involvement of Proteasomal and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Neurodegeneration After Global Brain Ischemia.

A brief period of transient global brain ischemia leads to selective ischemic neurodegeneration associated with death of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons days after reperfusion. The mechanism of such selective and delayed neurodegeneration is still uncertain. Our work aimed to study the involvement of proteasomal and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in ischemic neurodegeneration.

Face Validity, Content Validity, and Psychometric Testing of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Among Undergraduate Nursing Students.

Nursing students have an essential role in patient safety. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the face validity, content validity, and psychometric properties of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture for Nursing Students (HSOPS-NS). The cross-sectional study was carried out between January and October 2021.

Nurses' Perception of Patient Safety Culture in Primary Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Results.

Investigation of nurses' perceptions of patient safety culture (PSC) might be beneficial in identifying safety areas that need improvement, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study reports on the PSC in primary care from the nurses' perspective during the pandemic. Nurses (n = 117) evaluated teamwork (87.

Factors Contributing to Rationed Nursing Care in the Slovak Republic-A Secondary Analysis of Quantitative Data.

Rationed nursing care is a significant problem in healthcare facilities worldwide. Awareness of contributing factors to rationed care might support the development and implementation of strategies for reducing this phenomenon from clinical practice. The study examined the association between selected hospital, unit, and staff variables and the prevalence of rationed nursing care.

Sleep quality assessment in intensive care: actigraphy vs. Richards-Campbell sleep questionnaire.

Introduction: It has been repeatedly shown that sleep of intensive care unit (ICU) patients is fragmented and its architecture is impaired. As sleep disorders have numerous negative effects on the organism, there have been efforts to implement sleep-promoting strategies into practice. When comparing the effectiveness of such measures, sleep quality assessment itself is a considerable problem.

Undergraduate nursing students' experiences of rationed nursing care - A qualitative study.

Background: Nursing students are required to spend a significant portion of their educational preparation in clinical practice. Because of the prevalence of missed or rationed care, it seems irrefutable that students are exposed to rationed care during their practice placement, or that they contribute to its prevalence either actively or passively.

Objectives: The study aimed to discover how nursing students interpret the concept of rationed care, and their experiences of rationing in practice.

Sleep-disrupting effects of nocturnal nursing interventions in intensive care unit patients: A systematic review.

Patients staying in the intensive care unit (ICU) require constant monitoring and numerous nursing interventions performed as needed, irrespective of daytime or night-time. The disturbing effect of nocturnal nursing interventions and their contribution to sleep disruptions are unclear. The review analysed nocturnal nursing interventions, and their character, frequency and effects on sleep quality.

Assessment of patient safety climate by nurses in Slovak Public and private hospitals.

Aim: To examine variations in the safety climate reported by nurses in Slovak hospitals and to analyse the association between dimensions of the patient safety climate and demographic and organisational factors.

Background: A deeper understanding of how safety climate varies across hospitals can be useful in determining areas with a potential for improvement. Staffing and non-punitive response to errors were identified in recent research syntheses as the weakest dimensions of safety climate that require strengthening.

Exploring the meaning of night shift placement in nursing education: A European multicentre qualitative study.

Background: An appropriate clinical learning environment has been identified as pivotal in nursing undergraduate education and should be planned responsibly. Specifically, night shifts placements have been documented as an important opportunity for developing a full understanding of the nursing profession and the whole process of nursing care. However, night shifts during placement have been reported to be stressful and anxiety-provoking, so their usefulness for nursing students is still debated.

Night shifts as a learning experience among nursing students across Europe: Findings from a cross-sectional survey.

Background: Organising clinical placements during nights has been reported as an additional opportunity to introduce students to the whole picture of their future responsibilities. However, studies in this field are still lacking.

Objectives: To describe and compare (a) the night shift experience of nursing students across Europe, (b) the patient-related problems that they face during night shifts, (c) the night care activities nursing students are called to perform, and (d) the perceived effects of night shift work on learning outcomes.

Psychometric testing of perceived implicit rationing of nursing care (PIRNCA).

Aims: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Perceived Implicit Rationing of Nursing Care (PIRNCA) instrument and to report the prevalence of rationed care at university and faculty hospitals.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: The study was carried out at two university and five faculty hospitals in the Slovak Republic.

Missed, rationed or unfinished nursing care: A scoping review of patient outcomes.

Aims: To collate evidence about patient outcomes resulting from the phenomenon of incomplete nursing care described in the literature variously as missed, rationed, or unfinished nursing care.

Background: Nursing care which is not completed is known to have a negative impact on patients. However, to date, there has been no thorough exploration of the extent and potential seriousness of patient outcomes.

An interpretative phenomenological analysis of dignity in people with multiple sclerosis.

Background: Dignity is a fundamental concept in healthcare. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis have a negative effect on dignity. Understanding of lived experience of dignity in people with multiple sclerosis is crucial to support dignity in practice.

Unfinished nursing care in four central European countries.

Aim: The main aim of the research was to describe and compare unfinished nursing care in selected European countries.

Background: The high prevalence of unfinished nursing care reported in recently published studies, as well as its connection to negative effects on nurse and patient outcomes, has made unfinished care an important phenomenon and a quality indicator for nursing activities.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was undertaken.

Factor analysis, validity of the perceived implicit rationing of nursing care instrument and prevalence and patterns of unfinished nursing care in Slovakia.

Aim: The aim of the study was to adapt and validate the perceived implicit rationing of nursing care instrument in the Slovak nurse work environment and to evaluate the prevalence of unfinished nursing care in acute care hospitals.

Background: The measurement of unfinished nursing care could be assumed as a proxy indicator of nurse staffing adequacy or higher risk of adverse events.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was used.

Evaluation of the Clinical Learning Experience of Nursing Students: a Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study.

The purpose of the cross-sectional descriptive study was to explore and compare the students' experiences of the clinical environment and supervision in Slovakia. Students' clinical learning experience were measured by the valid and reliable clinical learning instrument. A higher frequency of successful supervisory experience was found in the universities which provided accredited mentor preparation programmes or courses and individualised supervisory approaches.

The effects of mechanical ventilation on the quality of sleep of hospitalised patients in the Intensive Care Unit.

Aim: To examine the effects of mechanical ventilation on the quality of sleep in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) using recent and relevant literature.

Methods: To verify the examined objective, the results of the analysis of available original scientific works have been used including defined inclusion/exclusion criteria and search strategy. Appropriate works found were analysed further.