An Integrative Review of the Structures and Processes Related to Nurse Supervisory Performance in Long‐Term Care

Abstract

Background: Understanding the structures and processes related to the supervisor performance of regulated nurses (registered nurses [RN] and registered practical nurses [RPN]) is critical in order to discern how administrators of long-term care (LTC) homes can facilitate and better support nurses given their important contribution to nurse assistants' job satisfaction and resident outcomes.

Outcomes related to effective nurse supervision in long-term care homes: an integrative review

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Systems thinking and incivility in nursing practice: An integrative review

“…The table consisted of categories for author(s), year of publication, research design, research question/hypothesis, sample size and description, tools and psychometrics, and method of analysis and principle outcomes. Next, the Mixed Methods Assessment Tool was used to review research articles for quality (Table ). Ultimately, 38 articles were chosen for this review, as depicted in Figure , resulting in the development of the three models highlighting workplace civility through a systems perspective.…”

“…Flow for study selection MMAT, mixed methods assessment tool used to rate the studies for quality. 27 the three models highlighting workplace civility through a systems perspective.…”

“…Research studies were rated for quality according to the Mixed Methods Assessment Tool. 27 mean age of 45.2 years; employed full-time with a mean tenure with the health system of 11.7 years. Nurses were involved as either perpetrators or targets in all five of the most commonly identified events:…”

Seventy Years of RN Effectiveness: A Database Development Project to Inform Best Practice

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