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Perceptions of registered nurses working with assistive personnel in the United Kingdom and the United States (2000)

McLaughlin, Frank E ; Barter, Marjorie ; Thomas, Sue A ; [et al.]

Melbourne, Australia : Blackwell Science Pty

International journal of nursing practice 6 (2000), S. 0

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ISSN: 1440-172X

Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005

Topics: Medicine

Notes: This study examines registered nurse perceptions of their role in acute care hospitals that use nursing care assistants (NCA) and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). Also studied was registered nurse (RN) satisfaction with nursing care assistants and unlicensed assistive personnel in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA). The purpose of this study is to assist RNs and managers in the re-design of health-care delivery systems by investigating: 1. The differences and similarities of registered nurses in the UK and the USA in the perceptions of changes in the RN role when working with nursing care assistants or unlicensed assistive personnel. 2. The differences between and similarities of registered nurses in the UK and the USA in perceptions of NCA and UAP abilities to perform delegated duties, to communicate pertinent clinical information and to provide more time for professional nursing activities.Registered nurse perceptions in the UK were compared with the findings of a previous study of RN role changes and satisfaction in the USA. Registered nurses in the UK did not perceive a profound change in their role when working with UAP and were more satisfied with their use than were RNs in the USA.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-172x.2000.00206.x

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The effect of status on blood pressure during verbal communication (1982)

Long, Jack M. ; Lynch, James J. ; Machiran, N. M. ; [et al.]

Springer

Journal of behavioral medicine 5 (1982), S. 165-172

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ISSN: 1573-3521

Keywords: blood pressure ; status ; communication ; social distance

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Medicine , Psychology

Notes: Abstract Blood pressures and heart rates of 40 subjects were recorded at 1-min intervals over 35 min during which subjects engaged in a variety of verbal activities with either a high-status or an equal-status experimenter. All subjects showed statistically significant increases in blood pressure and heart rate when speaking compared to when quiet. Blood pressure increases during speaking of the 20 subjects exposed to a high-status experimenter were significantly greater than those of subjects exposed to an equal-status experimenter. While the blood pressure increase was related partly to the act of speaking, the amount of increase was also related to the social distance between experimenter and subject. The results are discussed relative to behavioral interventions for the treatment of hypertension.