Total rewards preferences: A cross-sectional study among two generations of nurses in rural and remote Thailand.

Background: Nursing and health policy focus on retaining nurses in practice, especially because the world lacks more than 6 million nurses. Rewards are believed to be an effective strategy to attract, retain, and improve the performance of nurses in rural and remote areas where nursing shortages are more severe. However, Generations X and Y have been found to have different preferences for rewards in various settings, so a one-size-fits-all approach may not work for rewarding work.

Factors influencing evidence-based practice among undergraduate nursing students: A cross-sectional analysis.

Objective: This study aimed to describe the current situation of evidence-based practice (EBP) among undergraduate nursing students in Thailand.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. A convenience sample of 470 third- and fourth-year undergraduate nursing students from five public universities across Thailand participated in this study from January 2021 to March 2021.

The relationship between nurse burnout, missed nursing care, and care quality following COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives: To determine the relationship between nurse burnout, missed nursing care, and care quality following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Quality of care and missed nursing care can be consequences of nurse burnout. Little is known about how these factors related to nurse burnout following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Perspectives of nurses regarding total rewards and their preferences in Thailand: A qualitative descriptive study.

Background: In this time of global nursing shortages, investment in nursing is vital, and hospitals need to apply a range of strategies to attract and retain nurses. Rewards are an effective strategy for the retention of nurses and help improve the performance and productivity of hospitals. In rural and remote communities, however, nurses may not have access to the rewards that urban-based nurses have.

Factors predicting coping in older people with dementia: A cross-sectional study.

Coping can buffer the effect of stress on well-being. Information about factors predicting coping is essential knowledge for developing programs to promote effective coping among older people with dementia and serves as basic knowledge for further study. A cross-sectional study design was employed to investigate the associated and predictive factors of coping.

Situational analysis on the recovery of patients who have undergone major abdominal surgery.

Aim: To analyse the recovery situation of patients who underwent abdominal surgery.

Design: A descriptive study.

Method: This study was conducted among 50 participants: 15 postoperative patients, 16 caregivers, 2 surgeons and 17 nurses in a tertiary hospital in Thailand.

Evaluating the impact of an assertiveness communication training programme for Japanese nursing students: A quasi-experimental study.

Aim: To examine the impact of an assertiveness communication training programme on Japanese nursing students' level of assertiveness and intention to speak up when concerned about patient safety.

Design: A quasi-experimental design with two parallel groups was used.

Methods: Third-year nursing students from two Japanese educational institutions were allocated to an intervention and control group.

Experiences of symptoms and health service preferences among older people living with chronic diseases during the last year of life.

Background:: There is limited understanding of the symptoms that older people living with cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic kidney disease experience during the last year of life in Thailand, in addition to their health service preferences.

Aims:: To survey the symptom experiences and health service preferences at the end of life of older people with chronic illnesses from the perspective of bereaved carers.

Methods:: The study used a retrospective post-bereavement approach to collect quantitative data.