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..Healthcare organizations could consider this with the objective of increasing nurses' intent to stay at work and, consequently, retention...

..CONCLUSION: Targeted, unit-based strategies can be an effective means of reducing turnover rates and improving group cohesion and nurse satisfaction...

..It is placed in the context of the modern clinical laboratory, which is faced with employing and managing Generation X knowledge workers. Specific topics and broad content areas of those conversations are outlined...

..This study explores whether there is evidence of an ideological component in the psychological contracts of professional employees, as well as evidence of credible supporting commitments by their employer...

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..In general, the authors found a stronger association with job satisfaction and actual turnover than with intent to turnover...

..To examine sociodemographic, work-related factors and psychological health as predictors of sustained organizational commitment among temporary hospital employees...

..This survey study describes the workplace social support networks of rural hospital nurses in one geographic region of Colorado. This rural sample was compared with data from a sample of urban hospital nurses in Colorado...

..This study suggests that professional commitment is an important factor related to work stress and that health care institutions should be concerned with this issue...

..This paper reports a study testing a hypothesized model of the determinants of nurse intention to remain employed in current hospitals of employment...

..Application of these findings to healthcare administration is discussed, with strategies for building organizational commitment among nurses...

..To determine the long-term retention of rural family physicians graduating from the Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) of Jefferson Medical College...

..Factors underpinning the increased mobility of the nursing workforce and their contribution to nurses' turnover thus merit attention. Understanding nurses' job satisfaction is important, as this is a key factor in nurses' turnover...

..Subsequently, emotional exhaustion had a direct negative effect on commitment. Implications of these findings for nursing administrators are discussed...

..Some people call it the hardest job in health care, and hospitals are pulling out all the stops to make sure they choose the best nurse managers and then help them thrive...

..The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the ageing of the nursing workforce and to explore retention strategies centred on the entire professional life and on all age groups...

..Since the study used a non-Western site in one of Taiwan's health care institutions, its overall findings should contribute to further understanding of the cross-cultural aspects of OCB...

..Staff nurses were only moderately empowered, and 24.1% perceived their work to have more efforts than rewards, according to Siegrist's guidelines...

..Staff turnover in critical care units is a persistent problem. This very brief, pilot study examines the effects of hardiness and its impact on critical care nurses...

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..It also discusses the effects of demographic characteristics such as age and gender on job satisfaction...

..Those who want to improve staff attitudes should focus on creating organizational cultures that promote teamwork and high organizational morale...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate the meaning of work for nursing assistants who stay in long-term care...

..Implications for raising nurses' job satisfaction, reducing turnover, and improving care delivery are discussed...

..New nurse graduates experience a stressful role transition into healthcare organizations, with 30% leaving their first job within 1 year and 57% leaving by 2 years of employment...

..The review did not demonstrate improvement in retention over a seven-year period. The combined evaluation gives mixed findings for mentorship as a retention tool and demonstrates the need for more research on the topic...

..Although these recommendations are touted as "evidence-based" practices, the importance of workplace relationships for physician retention has not been established empirically...

..This research aimed at studying variables of nurses' career commitment and job performance, and assessing the relationship between the two concepts as well as their predictors...

..Voluntary turnover rates are high among staff nurses working in Kuwaiti hospitals. It is a major problem, costly and it is presumed to impact on the quality of nursing care delivered...

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..Career commitment and job performance are complex phenomena that have received little attention in nursing research...

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..Implications for theory and practice, limitations of this study, and directions for future research are also presented...

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..Strategic efforts by employers and government could be used to retain older workers, attract RNs working in nonnursing settings back into nursing, and recruit retired RNs into the nursing workforce...

..According to previous research, young nurses in particular are the most eager to leave-there is, however, no research available as to why this is...

..This study seeks to understand what role managers and the work setting they create play in a nursing facility that seeks to make a transition to person-centered care...

..The knowledge gained from this study can be used by healthcare leaders to develop strategies and policies aimed at recruiting and retaining CNOs and easing the transition for CNOs and others in the organization when CNO turnover does..

..While the notion of employee empowerment is by itself noble, for it to succeed, health care organizations must promote a culture of psychological safety to ensure a genuine commitment exists in its mission and strategies...

..In order not to exacerbate the current nursing shortage, employers must find ways to ensure adequate staffing to keep staff nurses satisfied and on the job...

..To identify the extent values are associated with age group and job stage; job satisfaction, productivity, and organizational commitment; as well as education, generation, ethnicity, gender, and role...

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..Further reports of the findings will be necessary...

..Viewing nursing from the perspective of nonlinear dynamics can create new strategies for effective and efficient nursing services...

..To examine factors affecting the job satisfaction of registered nurses (RNs)...

..This paper explores issues surrounding intimidation in the nursing workforce and looks at how one major teaching hospital in Australia attempted to address the problem...

..Differences in satisfaction and commitment across job settings begin to explain work participation behavior of nurses, as distinct from organizational behavior...

..Despite employees' diminished loyalty to health care organizations, you can earn their devotion and transfer the benefits to the organization...

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..By offering better internal opportunities for career development, the bank was able to stanch much of the hemorrhaging in personnel. Its solutions required only modest investments, which in the end saved the company millions of dollars...

..Seven organizations are doing just that with strategies that range from the ambitious to the mundane...

..The identification of this relationship informs and challenges existing theories of retention and turnover of workers...

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..The concept of "duty" is explored particularly as it applies to disaster nursing...

..Union instrumentality was related to union commitment, but the relation was completely mediated by perceived union support...

..In terms of commitment, while staff members were committed primarily to their job and not the organization, commitment to the organization produced effective teamwork in the clinics...

..More important, they realize that their employees always come first...

..The implications of these findings for educators and professional bodies are discussed...

..Finally, the article provides suggestions for increasing employee commitment and engagement through identifying meaning and purpose in work...

..This was the first empirical study undertaken that investigated the impact of organizational commitment on the strategic involvement-strategic consensus relationship...

..The results also indicate that a higher learning goal orientation among nurses was associated with the performance of both observable customer-oriented behavior and organizational-citizenship behavior...

..It illustrates that there are no typical wards; each ward functions differently. The importance of nursing leadership at the ward level to job satisfaction, satisfaction with nursing and intention to leave, cannot be overstated...

..Allied health professionals are integral to the effective delivery of hospital-based health care, yet little is known about the working conditions associated with the attitudinal and health outcomes of these employees...

..The aim of this study is to analyze the retention and career paths of such specialists in Japan...

..These results highlight the importance of examining the nomological network of psychological contract breaches from a change perspective...

..The robust relationship between counterfactual origins and commitment was found across a wide range of companies and countries, with undergraduates and M.B.A. students, and for attitudes and behaviors...

..This set is useful for evaluating safety interventions aimed at young workers and studying safety-related behavior in a vulnerable work population...

..Although many health care providers find their work satisfying, they often consider leaving their jobs because of the stress. Are there ways to improve this situation?..

..More work is required to evaluate its long-term effectiveness...

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..Nevertheless, vacancy and turnover rates in the hospital setting for all professions were comparatively modest. Implications for policy and research methods are detailed...

..It is the aim of this review article to explore the links between attraction and retention factors and strategies, with a particular focus on the organisational diversity and location of decision-making...

..There was no support for a relationship between psychological ownership and behavioral outcomes. The authors discuss the limitations of the study and the implications of psychological ownership...

..Conceptual implications are discussed, and suggestions for future research are made...

..Both activities must be going on simultaneously to create a loyalty link that ensures customer satisfaction and retention through employee service, satisfaction and retention...

..Long-term relationships require honest, two-way communication and learning. Exemplary leaders break through the cynicism of the times by showing they believe that an organization thrives when its partners and customers do...

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..Affective and, to a lesser extent. normative commitment were related to intention to participate in professional activities. Continuance commitment had no significant relationship with intention to participate in professional activities...

..The possibility that similar processes are operating in other feminizing professions with entrepreneurial components, such as dentistry and optometry, should be investigated...

..Our focus is primarily on reducing job dissatisfaction, rather than improving job satisfaction, through practical solutions for those charged with attracting and retaining health care employees during tight labor markets...

..This investigation examines use of agency staff and quality of care. Our results will have implications for policy makers, practitioners, and consumers. ..

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..We will examine the associations between staffing levels, turnover, stability, and use of agency staff and quality, not only for licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and registered nurses (RNs), but also for nurse aides (NAs). ..

..This information will further our development of a standardized incident reporting mechanism recommended by the Institute of Medicine and others. ..

..Fourth, it is significant that this study will take place in pediatric facilities since the complexity of health care delivery is compounded with children. ..

..Fifth, the evaluation will take place in the pediatric intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit, a general medical/surgery unit, and a hematology/oncology unit, providing a clear picture of MSI impacts. ..

..The innovativeness lies in the collaboration between recognized experts in safety engineering and primary care. The investigators have a history of successful collaboration and deliverables in primary care patient safety. ..

..Further, this design, using comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, will allow a critical analysis of the influence of major depression and related psychiatric disorders on outcomes following minor injury. ..

..The analyses will match patients with resistant infections (hospital- and community-acquired) to susceptible patients and to uninfected patients. _^ ..

..We hypothesize that youth and families receiving Outpatient MST will experience significantly greater consumer satisfaction than control youth and families who receive usual services. ..

..These evaluationswill be a focal point of discussion in the Faculty Development Seminar, and suitable program modifications will be implemented by the Leadership Team. ..

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..S. makes geriatric oral health an increasingly important public health issue that this study will address. This study will lead to the development of effective prevention and intervention strategies. ..

..This proposal will be instrumental in the development of a novel PDT drug without long-term restrictions of patients' sun exposure. ..

..This study will improve our understanding of the risks facing home health care workers and allow us to focus our risk management energies and resources appropriately. ..

..These evaluationswill be a focal point of discussion in the Faculty Development Seminar, and suitable program modifications will be implemented by the Leadership Team. ..

..The services are being structured and funded in a way that will ensure they can be sustained in each county, if successful, after the completion of the study. ..

..In the final year, plans for a sustainable Consortium on antimicrobial resistance will be formalized. ..

..If successful, we will expand the tools that can be used to examine work behavior of the whole RN population, and ultimately develop relevant policy. ..

..This study will identify barriers to appropriate implementation of the Guidelines and allow us to focus our energies and resources on specific improvements in order to minimize the risk of infection to exposed employees. ..

..Results will also be useful to policy makers in understanding how recent Medicare reforms have altered HMO premiums, competition, benefit features and the resulting Medicare enrollments. ..

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..Results of this study can be generalized to many clinical settings. ..

..The ultimate goal is to provide accurate risk measures and which will lead to the development of effective delirium intervention strategies specifically designed for the LTC population. ..

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..The results of this study may have important implications for effective health and safety training for nurses. ..

..This project evaluates OPT-A, a treatment that had promising results in NIDA-funded pilot testing, in a rigorous clinical trial. ..

..This project evaluates OPT-A, a treatment that had promising results in NIDA-funded pilot testing, in a rigorous clinical trial. ..

..S. makes geriatric oral health an increasingly important public health issue that this study will address. This study will lead to the development of effective prevention and intervention strategies. ..

..Logistic regression, Liang-Zeger regression, and Chi Square analyses will be used to test differences in rates of transmission of symptoms and changes in quantity, types and resistance patterns of microbial flora of the hands. ..

..Specific Aim 3 The final aim of the proposed research is to provide services that are more acceptable to consumers than are usual services provided in the community. ..

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..The effectiveness of the intervention is assessed by comparing the treatment and control casework units on the quality of their work environments and the outcomes of services provided to 1600 children. ..

..Knowledge of variables that contribute to job retention in home care will provide the information necessary to maintain nursing staff and assure access to quality home healthcare services. ..