Shifting Nursing Care Models as a Solution for the Increasing Demand on Intensive Care Unit Beds During a Pandemic: A Case Study.

Aim: An option appraisal of different nursing care delivery models was presented, which were made in between the first and second COVID-19 waves. The authors wanted to inform colleagues on involving nursing care delivery models in the problem-solving process during a pandemic.

Local Problem: In the pre-COVID-19 hospital practice, the nursing care delivery model of primary nursing was applied in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Analysis of ergonomic occupational accidents and near misses in a large Belgian university hospital.

Introduction: Health-care organizations are facing a high burden of ergonomic occupational accidents, and prevention is a continuous point of interest. In this manuscript, we describe the characteristics of ergonomic accidents in a large Belgian university hospital and discuss the value of near misses.

Methods: Combining databases, we identified the frequency [number of accidents × 10 hours worked per year], severity (number of days off work × 10 hours worked per year), and profile of the victims of occupational ergonomic accidents (with absence from work) or incidents or near-misses (without absence from work).

Are internship experiences during a pandemic related to students' commitment to nursing education? A cross-sectional study.

Background: The predominate role of internships on the retention of nursing students highlights the need to monitor internship experiences during a healthcare crisis like CoViD-19.

Objectives: To explore the relation between internships experiences during a pandemic and student nurses' commitment or intention-to-leave the nursing program; as well as the relation between internship experiences and commitment or intention-to-leave the nursing program.

Design, Setting And Participants: A cross-sectional study using a sample of 1.

Unanticipated admission after ambulatory surgery in the pediatric population: a single-center retrospective analysis.

Introduction: The incidence of adverse events in day surgery is an important quality indicator. This retrospective study investigated factors independently associated with unanticipated admission of pediatric patients after ambulatory surgery.

Patients And Methods: Ambulatory pediatric patients requiring unanticipated admission between January 2016 and December 2018 were compared to ambulatory pediatric patients who were discharged home after a planned surgery.

Patient perspectives on electronic health record accessibility and patient participation: a questionnaire survey.

Objectives To explore patient perceptions on personal comfort with participation in their own care process and on support of this patient participation through electronic health record (EHR) accessibility. Methods Explorative quantitative questionnaire study in ambulatory patients visiting the departments of General Internal Medicine or Head, Neck and Maxillo-Facial Surgery of a Belgian tertiary referral center. Results Patients were recruited by convenience sampling of 438 out of the total of 1270 patients visiting either one of these departments within a time period of two weeks.

Intraorganizational Communication and Job Satisfaction Among Flemish Hospital Nurses: An Exploratory Multicenter Study.

Intraorganizational communication affects job satisfaction and turnover. The goal of this study was to explore relationships between communication and job satisfaction, intention to leave, and burnout among Flemish hospital nurses. A multicenter questionnaire study was conducted in three hospitals using the Communication Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Turnover Intention subscale of the Questionnaire on the Experience and Evaluation of Work, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory.

The patient perspective on the effects of medical record accessibility: a systematic review.

Background: Health care is shifting from a paternalistic to a participatory model, with increasing patient involvement. Medical record accessibility to patients may contribute significantly to patient comanagement.

Objectives: To systematically review the literature on the patient perspective of effects of personal medical record accessibility on the individual patient, patient-physician relationship and quality of medical care.

The effectiveness of an e-learning course on medication calculation in nursing students: a clustered quasi-experimental study.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of an e-learning course compared with a face-to-face lecture on medication calculation.

Background: The current knowledge on medication calculation of nursing students and nurses is insufficient to provide safe care.

Design: A stratified-clustered quasi-experimental study.

Recurrent changes in the work environment, job resources and distress among nurses: a comparative cross-sectional survey.

Background And Objectives: Occupational stress in nursing has frequently been considered in nursing literature. The operationalization of job demands in different work settings and its relation to distress have been discussed to identify significant interactions with job resources. In this study, job demands were defined as recurrent changes in the work environment of nurses (i.

Impact of recurrent changes in the work environment on nurses' psychological well-being and sickness absence.

Aim: This paper is a report of a study of how the occurrence and appraisal of recurrent changes in the work environment of hospital nurses affect psychological well-being (i.e. job satisfaction, eustress and distress) and absence through illness.