Nurses worth listening to
Project report
Title | Nurses worth listening to |
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Report Type | Project report |
Authors | Hegney, Desley (Author), Plank, Ashley (Author), Buikstra, Elizabeth (Author), Parker, Victoria (Author) and Eley, Robert (Author) |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Number of Pages | 249 |
Year | 2005 |
Publisher | University of Southern Queensland |
Place of Publication | Tooowoomba, Australia |
Abstract | [Executive Summary]: In 2001 the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) in conjunction with the Queensland Nurses’ Union (QNU) undertook a study of enrolled and registered nurse and assistant-in-nursing members. In Queensland, registered nurses (RNs) and enrolled nurses (ENs) are qualified to practice nursing and are licensed by the Queensland Nursing Council (QNC), an independent body responsible for the setting and maintaining of nursing standards in the State. Although not licensed by the QNC Assistants in Nursing (AINs) work within a nursing model of care. These workers may also have other titles such as Personal Care Assistants or Carers. Regardless of their title, they work under the direct or indirect supervision of a RN. The study was confined to nurses employed in the public sector (acute hospitals, community health), the private sector (acute hospitals and domicillary nursing) and the aged care sector (government and non-government). In 2004 a similar study was conducted. The major findings of the 2004 study were that nurses believed: While there were some changes between 2001 and 2004 (some could be seen as improvements, others deteriorations), the overwhelming impression one has, especially from the qualitative data, is of a workforce frustrated and unable to provide safe and quality care to their patients/clients within the time allocated. |
Keywords | nurses, workforce, Queensland |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420501. Acute care |
420502. Aged care nursing | |
420599. Nursing not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health |
Department of Mathematics and Computing |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y7v9/nurses-worth-listening-to
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