Nursing Workforce Utilization: An Examination of Facilitators and Barriers on Scope of Practice

Abstract

Several reports have highlighted the need to address underutilization of health human resources, but barriers to and facilitators of role optimization for nurses are poorly understood. The purpose in this study was to understand the perceptions of NURSING RESEARCH

Barriers of Research Utilization in Nursing Practices in Public Hospitals in Lahore, Pakistan

“…This credited may be due to the fact that about level of nursing practices asked significant questions in nursing profession. Nurses have difficulties in the description of their nursing profession after providing the list of daily performance for the evidences (Oelke et al, 2008).…”

Perceived roles of oncology nursing

“…It is difficult to find a consistent definition of standards of care for oncology nurses. In general, the term Standards of Care refers to scope of practice, professional competencies, and the legal base of practice or clinical parameters of practice (Baranek, 2005;Oelke et al, 2008;Schuiling & Slager, 2000). The results of a recent study conducted by Bakker et al (2013) regarding the context of oncology nursing indicate that the context of health care practice has been linked with patient, professional, and organizational factors.…”

“…Providing optimal oncology nursing care is directly related to a consistent adaptation to these changes through expanding current roles and developing new ones. Thus far, Canadian research has identified the need to explore more contemporary and innovative oncology nursing roles to meet increasing patient care responsibilities and rapidly advancing complex cancer care (Bakker et al, 2013;Oelke et al, 2008;Wiernikowski, 2007). The Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology (CANO) Standards of Care provides a framework by which nursing roles and responsibilities are described.…”

Licensed Practical Nurses in the PACU

“…Fewer than 20% of LPNs felt they were working to full scope and discussed being frustrated and disrespected. 6 Finally, nurses reported overlap of roles, lack of role differentiation in terms of technical skills, 6 and lack of ability to clearly articulate scope of practice, 8 reflecting that nursing care was primarily viewed as a collection of tasks and activities.…”