Background: Occupational burnout related to stress in the workplace is experienced by
nurses who are regularly confronted with trauma, suffering, and high workloads. Burnout can …

Acute care settings are characterised by patients with complex health problems who are
more likely to be or become seriously ill during their hospital stay. Although warning signs …

This study investigated the relationships between seven workload factors and patient and
nurse outcomes.(1) Background: Health systems researchers are beginning to address …

OBJECTIVES:(1) To describe the levels of implicit rationing of nursing care in Swiss acute
care hospitals;(2) to explore the associations between nine selected potential rationing …

Nurses' judgements and decisions have the potential to help healthcare systems allocate
resources efficiently, promote health gain and patient benefit and prevent harm. Evidence …

saintsing d., gibson lm & pennington aw (2011) Journal of Nursing Management 19, 354–
359 The novice nurse and clinical decision‐making: how to avoid errors Aim The purpose of …

BACKGROUND: The type of cues used during clinical decision-making contexts is not well
understood. Further, there are conflicting findings in relation to how novice and expert …

Decision making by nurses is complicated by the stress, chaos, and challenging demands of
the work. One of the major stressors confronting nurses is perceived time pressure. Given …

For decisions in the wild, time is of the essence. Available decision time is often cut short
through natural or artificial constraints, or is impinged upon by the opportunity cost of time …

BACKGROUND: Global nursing shortages have exacerbated time pressure and burnout
among nurses. Despite the well-established correlation between burnout and patient safety …