Are we making the most of safe staffing research.

guidelines policy safe staffing skill mix and clinical practice workforce

Journal

Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
ISSN: 1547-5069
Titre abrégé: J Nurs Scholarsh
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 100911591

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
30 Aug 2024
Historique:
revised: 04 08 2024
received: 29 02 2024
accepted: 12 08 2024
medline: 31 8 2024
pubmed: 31 8 2024
entrez: 30 8 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The uptake of research evidence on staffing issues in nursing by nursing leadership, management and into organizational policies seems to vary across Europe. This study wants to assess this uptake of research evidence. Scoping survey. The presidents of twelve country specific Sigma Chapters within the European Region answered written survey questions about work organisation, national staffing levels, national skill mix levels, staff characteristics, and education. Seven of the 12 chapters could not return complete data, reported that data was unavailable, there was no national policy or only guidance related to some settings. Enhancing the awareness of nursing research and of nursing leaders and managers regarding staffing level evidence is not enough. It seems necessary to encourage nurse leaders to lobby for staffing policies. Research evidence on staffing issues in nursing and how it benefits health care is available. In Europe this evidence should be used more to lobby for change in staffing policies.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39212124
doi: 10.1111/jnu.13021
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© 2024 Sigma Theta Tau International.

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Auteurs

Alison Steven (A)

Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Rafael A Bernardes (RA)

Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Health (CIIS), Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing (FCSE), Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (UPC), Lisboa, Portugal.

Monica Bianchi (M)

Department of Business, Health and Social Economics, University of Applied Sciences of Italian Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland.

Nicola Cornally (N)

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

Ana Inês Costa (AI)

Escola Superior de Saúde Ribeiro Sanches, Instituto Politécnico da Lusofonia (Lisboa), Lisboa, Portugal.

Katja Pursio (K)

Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.

Marco Di Nitto (M)

Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Milko Zanini (M)

Researcher Department of Health Sciences, School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Marie-Louise Luiking (ML)

Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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