Search for dissertations about: "nursing workforce"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words nursing workforce.

  2. 1. Leadership : person-centred care and the work situation of staff in Swedish nursing homes

    Author : Annica Backman; David Edvardsson; Karin Sjögren; Hugo Lövheim; Anna-Karin Edberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Leadership; organisation; person-centred care; psychosocial climate; work environment; nursing homes; nursing;

    Abstract : Background: Swedish nursing home managers, who constitute the empirical focus of this thesis, hold overall operational responsibility for the nursing homes, which includes the care of residents, direct care staff and work environment. Aged care organisations are also expected to provide person-centred care. READ MORE

  4. 2. Work in eldercare - staying or leaving : Caregivers' experiences of work and support during organizational changes

    Author : Birgitta Fläckman; Högskolan i Gävle; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing home; Caregivers’ experiences and expectations; Organizational climate; Burnout; Education and clinical supervision; Cutbacks and organizational changes; Termination notice; Transition; Nursing workforce; Nursing home; caregivers experiences and expectations; organizational climate; burnout; education and clinical supervision; cutbacks and organizational changes; termination notice; transition; nursing workforce;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the present thesis was to reveal nursing home (NH) caregivers’ work ex-periences when receiving support through education and clinical supervision over a two-year period, while the workplace was undergoing organizational changes. The studies (I-IV) com-bine qualitative and quantitative methods in a longitudinal two-year follow-up project in three Swedish NHs (NH I - III), in which support was given to the staff at NH I-II. READ MORE

  5. 3. Feeling ready and always more to learn : Students' journeys towards becoming a professional nurse

    Author : Susanne Lundell Rudberg; Hanna Lachmann; Margareta Westerbotn; Max Scheja; Hans Hjelmqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sophiahemmet Högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Well-educated competent professional nurses are needed to ensure sustainable healthcare systems and reduce health inequalities. Nursing is a global profession, and the requirements and competences vary between regions regarding both education and professional requirements. READ MORE

  6. 4. Exploring firefighters' health and wellbeing

    Author : Ann Jacobsson; Backteman-Erlanson Susann; Christine Brulin; Annika Egan Sjölander; Eric Carlström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Firefighters; health; well-being; burnout; psychosocial work environment; coping strategies; critical incidents; experiences; discourse analysis; focus groups; focus group discussion; caring sciences in social sciences; omvårdnadsforskning med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning;

    Abstract : Background: This thesis supports the assumption that firefighters’ health and mental well-being is important, in order to cope with the stress that the profession implies. As health is an essential part of everyday life, it seems substantially to understand how an almost exclusively male workforce of firefighters construct their discourse in relation to health and well-being. READ MORE

  7. 5. Attractive Work : Nurses´ work in operating departments, and factors that make it attractive

    Author : Catrine Björn; Malin Josephson; Barbro Wadensten; Dag Rissén; Lotta Dellve; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : attractive work; nursing workforce; personnel turnover; job satisfaction; nurse retention; nurse shortage; operating room; Caring Sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : Background: Previous studies show that nurse retention is one of the most effective strategies to counteract nursing shortages. Few studies have focused on the crucial resource of registered specialist nurses in operating departments. READ MORE