The effectiveness of a dialogical family guidance intervention regarding child treatment response in families with a child with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Background: Children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) can have emotional and behavioral symptoms affecting not only the child, but the whole family. Since family members have a strong impact on each other, studies highlight the need to offer effective family interventions to strengthen the wellbeing of the family. The aim of the current study is to clarify whether there is a difference between parents` opinions regarding their child`s emotional and behavioral condition immediately after Dialogical Family Guidance (DFG) has ended and after a three and six month follow-up.

Differences between the dispatch priority assessments of emergency medical dispatchers and emergency medical services: a prospective register-based study in Finland.

Background: Responsive and efficient emergency medical services (EMS) require accurate telephone triage. In Finland, such services are provided by Emergency Response Centre Agency (ERC Agency). In 2018, a new Finnish computer-assisted emergency dispatch system was introduced: the Emergency Response Integrated Common Authorities (ERICA).

Challenging and redesigning a new model to explain intention to leave nursing.

Background: It is important to have a full and detailed understanding of the factors that influence intention to leave nursing. It has been shown to be the best predictor of actual turnover, and turnover has a significant financial impact and also on the provision of care.

Aims: The aim is to examine the impact of predictive work environment factors on nurses' intention to leave their position and to explore contributing factors.

Appreciative management assessed by physiotherapists working in public or private sector: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To describe how appreciative management occurs in the working environment of physiotherapists.

Methods: Cross-sectional survey. The data was collected with an electronic questionnaire.

Obstetric patients' health-related quality of life before and after intensive care.

Background: Intensive care admissions during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum period are relatively well investigated. However, very little is known about these obstetric patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) before and after critical care.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess obstetric patients' HRQoL before intensive care admission (baseline) and at 6 months after discharge (follow-up) DESIGN: This was a retrospective database study.

International Nursing: Nurse Managers' Leadership and Management Competencies Assessed by Nursing Personnel in a Finnish Hospital.

The aim of this research was to describe nurse managers' leadership and management competencies (NMLMC) from the perspective of nursing personnel. Nurse managers are responsible for the management of the largest professional group in social and health care. The assessment of NMLMC is needed because of their powerful influence on organizational effectiveness.

Staff experiences of appreciative management in the institutional care of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities - a cross-sectional study.

Purpose/design: This cross-sectional descriptive study describes staff experiences of appreciative management.

Methods: Data were collected by way of e-survey from staff (n = 87) working in the institutional care of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Appreciative Management Scale (AMS 1.

Obstetric admissions to ICUs in Finland: A multicentre study.

In this study, the objective was to describe and analyse reasons for obstetric admissions to the ICU, severity of illness, level and types of interventions, adverse events and patient outcomes. In a retrospective database study, we identified 291 obstetric patients during pregnancy and puerperium from four Finnish university hospitals. Most were admitted in the post-partum period and hypertensive disorders were the main indications for admissions, followed by obstetric haemorrhage.

Workplace culture among operating room nurses.

Aims: To investigate the workplace culture in the Operating Room (OR) environment and the factors associated with it.

Background: In health care, the workplace culture affects the delivery and experience of care. The OR can be a stressful practice environment, where nurses might have occasionally either job stress or job satisfaction based on their competence.