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Hospital nurse staffing: Choice of measure matters
(2011-08)
BACKGROUND:
Researchers frequently use nurse staffing measures to examine hospital quality of care. Measure choices include nurse-reported perception of staffing adequacy, nurse-reported patient workloads, and empirically ...
Does it matter where you go for breast surger? Attending surgeon's influence on variation in receipt of mastectomy for breast cancer
(2010-10)
BACKGROUND:
Concerns about the use of mastectomy and breast reconstruction for breast cancer have motivated interest in surgeon's influence on the variation in receipt of these procedures.
OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate ...
Coordinating cancer care: Patient and practice management processes among surgeons who treat breast cancer
(2010-01)
OBJECTIVES:
The Institute of Medicine has called for more coordinated cancer care models that correspond to initiatives led by cancer providers and professional organizations. These initiatives parallel those underway ...
Timeliness and quality of diagnostic care for Medicare recipients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
(2011-04)
BACKGROUND:
Little is known about the patterns of care relating to the diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), including the use of modern diagnostic techniques such as flow cytometry.
METHODS:
The authors ...
Nursing Practice Environment and Outcomes for Oncology Nursing
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012)
BACKGROUND:: It is commonly assumed that oncology nurses experience high job-related burnout and high turnover because their work involves inherent stressors such as caring for patients with serious and often life-threatening ...
The employment of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in breast cancer care
(2010-11)
PURPOSE:
We sought to examine the employment of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in surgical, medical, and radiation oncology practices and to identify correlates of NP and PA employment.
METHODS:
We ...
Referrals for suspected hematologic malignancy: A survey of primary care physicians
(2012-06)
Little is known about referrals from primary care providers (PCPs) for suspected hematologic malignancies, including their clinical triggers and frequency. A random sample of 190 Massachusetts PCPs were presented with a ...
An Exploration of National Policies and Effective Practices for Electronic and Mobile Learning for Nursing and Midwifery Education
(2017-06-12)
The shortages in the global nursing and midwifery workforce are undeniable and untenable. In the quest to scale up the production and deployment of nurses and midwives, various entities have undertaken major initiatives ...
The Modified Erikson Psychosocial Stage Inventory.
(2015-05-28)
The Modified Erikson Psychosocial Inventory (MEPSI) is an 80-item, comprehensive measure of psychosocial development based on Eriksonian theory. It was designed to measure the strength of psychosocial attributes that arise ...