Background Preventable harm continues to be one of the leading causes of patient death.
Each year about 400,000 patients die from sepsis, hospital acquired infections, venous …

Background: More than 1 million nurses are expected to retire in the next 10 to 15 years.
Retaining new nurses is important to help decrease turnover, vacancies, and organizational …

Purpose This study explored the role of several psychological factors in professional quality
of life in nurses. Specifically, we tried to clarify the relationships between several dimensions …

Objectives To measure nurse-perceived electronic health records (EHR) usability with a
standardized metric of technology usability and evaluate its association with professional …

Background The health of critical care nurse work environments has been shown to affect
patient care outcomes as well as the job satisfaction and retention of registered nurses. The …

Objective This study explored nurse suicide in the United States. Methods Characteristics
were compared between occupations using 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System …

Aims The main goal of this study was to explore the relationships between empathy,
empathy-based pathogenic guilt and professional quality of life (burnout and compassion …

Objectives To describe sleep duration and work characteristics among registered nurses
(“nurses”) across health care settings and unit types and determine the association between …

Registered nurses suffer from depression at almost twice the rate of individuals in other
professions. Major depression affects both employees and organizations. Depression is …

Abstract Background Black/African American nurses (BAANs) in the United States (US)
experience barriers to career advancement. Aim The specific aims of this study were to a) …