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To assess healthcare professionals' digital health competence and its associated factors.
Cross-sectional study.
The study was conducted from October 2023 to April 2024 among healthcare professionals in Italy, using convenience and snowball sampling. The questionnaire included four sections assessing: (i) socio-demographic and work-related characteristics; (ii) use of digital solutions as part of work and in free time, and communication channels to counsel clients in work; and DigiHealthCom and DigiComInf instruments including measurements of (iii) digital health competence and (iv) managerial, organisational and collegiality factors. K-means cluster analysis was employed to identify clusters of digital health competence; descriptive statistics to summarise characteristics and ANOVA and Chi-square tests to assess cluster differences.
Among 301 healthcare professionals, the majority were nurses (n = 287, 95.3%). Three clusters were identified: cluster 1 showing the lowest, cluster 2 moderate and cluster 3 the highest digital health competence. Most participants (n = 193, 64.1%) belonged to cluster 3. Despite their proficiency, clusters 2 and 3 scored significantly lower on ethical competence. Least digitally competent professionals had significantly higher work experience, while the most competent reported stronger support from management, organisation, and colleagues. Communication channels for counselling clients and digital device use, both at work and during free time, were predominantly traditional technologies.
Educational programmes and organisational policies prioritising digital health competence development are needed to advance digital transition and equity in the healthcare workforce.
Greater emphasis should be placed on the ethical aspects, with interventions tailored to healthcare professionals' digital health competence. Training and policies involving managers and colleagues, such as mentoring and distributed leadership, could help bridge the digital divide. Alongside traditional devices, the adoption of advanced technologies should be promoted.
This study adheres to the STROBE checklist.
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To summarise the effect of mentoring within mentoring programmes on the retention and turnover of newly graduated nurses in healthcare settings.
An umbrella review.
Two independent reviewers screened the titles, abstracts and full texts for eligibility and critically appraised the included reviews using the JBI critical appraisal. The findings were tabulated and synthesised.
The search was conducted in five electronic databases (CINAHL, OvidMedline, ProQuest, Scopus, Cochrane and Medic) in November 2023.
Out of 450 Papers, 13 systematic and integrative reviews were included. Thirteen mentoring programmes were identified and categorised into three groups based on their content: didactic mentoring programmes, interaction-based mentoring programmes and combined mentoring programmes. Across these programme types, retention among newly graduated nurses ranged from 72% to 100% at the 1-year mark and 70% to 98% at 2 years. Turnover rates showed consistent reductions, with post-intervention rates ranging from 3.5% to 20% compared to pre-intervention rates of up to 50%. Several studies reported statistically significant improvements in retention and turnover, particularly in programmes integrating structured education and preceptorship models.
Several different mentoring programmes have been developed to support the transition of newly graduated nurses. Mentoring programmes that provide ongoing support and structured guidance increase retention and reduce turnover among newly graduated nurses.
Effective mentoring programmes are key to ensuring high-quality patient care and a sufficient supply of qualified nurses in the future.
The findings can provide information for developing transition support and mentoring programmes for newly graduated nurses.
This umbrella review adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement.
No patient or public contribution.
The umbrella review protocol was registered in PROSPERO: CRD42023478044.
This study aimed to explore the direct and indirect effects of secondary traumatic stress (STS) on nurses' perceived work ability and the effect of these two variables on job satisfaction, organisational turnover intention and intention to leave the nursing profession.
A cross-sectional study was conducted from June to November 2023.
Data were collected by sending an online survey to a convenience sample of nurses. Instruments for data collection included a 37-item questionnaire divided into three sections: (i) socio-demographics, job satisfaction, organisational turnover intention, and intention to leave the profession; (ii) perceived work ability assessed through the Work Ability Index (WAI); (iii) STS measured with the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale.
Two hundred seventy-one nurses completed the questionnaire. STS negatively and statistically impacted on WAI, and it was a direct determinant of intention to leave the nursing profession. WAI showed a direct, positive and significant impact on job satisfaction and it was a significant partial mediator in the relationship between STS and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction mediated between WAI, the intention to leave the nursing profession, and the organisational turnover intention.
STS negatively impacted nurses' work ability, influencing their job satisfaction through the mediation of WAI, whereas job satisfaction independently affected nurses' organisational turnover intention. Moreover, STS was a positive and direct determinant of the intention to leave the nursing profession.
Nurses, as helping professionals, are exposed to extreme stressful events resulting from the traumatic experiences of patients. STS in nurses can lead to emotional exhaustion, turnover intention, job dissatisfaction and reduced work ability. The findings from this study offer insights that can help shape organisational health policies aimed at reducing STS, preserving nurses' work ability, enhancing job satisfaction and mitigating turnover intentions within and outside the nursing profession.
This study followed the STROBE checklist guidelines for cross-sectional studies.
No Patient or Public Contribution.
To develop and test a Family and Community Nursing—Advanced Practice Scale.
A cross-sectional and methodological scale validation design, following classical test theory.
Three phases, the first of which involved scale development, including item generation. Phase two assessed the content validity index. The third phase involved a cross-sectional survey to establish construct validity, content validity, internal consistency reliability, and exploratory factor analysis.
The Family and Community Nursing Advanced Practice Scale has good construct validity, with the final scale consisting of 5 domains and 27 items. This was confirmed by both the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach's Alpha is very good, suggesting that the scale is reliable. When comparing family practice advanced practice nurses with those working in the community, the results show that scores are similar except for clinical reasoning and health promotion, which consistently showed statistically significant higher scores among the family practice nurses. While community nurses scored higher on items in the leading practice domain reflecting their role in a wider team of nurses.
This study developed and psychometrically tested the Family and Community Nursing—Advanced Practice Scale. The scale has good reliability, and analysis of the construct validity reveals five domains of advanced practice among this practitioner group.
The study suggests that advanced practice nurses working in community roles perform similar activities to those working in family practice in the United Kingdom. However, activity related to research was less evident.
The study examined the scope of the advanced practice nurse role in family and community nursing. The study illustrated practice across five domains: clinical care, leading practice, clinical reasoning, health promotion, and ethics. The family practice and wider community roles were largely homogenous, with only two items showing a statistically significant difference in scores.
STROBE guidelines for cross-sectional studies.
No patient or public contribution.
The current study aimed to identify digital health literacy levels among nurses with respect to their education, role and attitude towards digital technologies.
Cross-sectional study.
Through convenience sampling, all Registered Nurses, managers/leaders and nurse researchers employed in Hospitals, University Hospitals and Districts were recruited and surveyed using an online questionnaire. The data collection tool assessed: (I) demographics, (II) Digital Health Literacy (DHL) with the Health Literacy Survey19 Digital (HLS19-DIGI) instrument including DHL dealing with digital health information (HL-DIGI), interaction with digital resources for health (HL-DIGI-INT) and use of digital devices for health (HL-DIGI-DD); (III) attitudes on the use of digital technologies in clinical practice. The multiple correspondence analysis was applied to identify three clusters for the education/professional role (A, B, C) and three for digital technologies' use (1, 2, 3). The one-way nonparametric analysis of variance (Kruskal–Wallis test) was applied to compare HL-DIGI, HL-DIGI-INT and the HL-DIGI-DD scores among clusters.
Among 551 participants, the median scores of the HL-DIGI, the HL-DIGI-INT and the HL-DIGI-DD questionnaires were 70.2, 72 and 2.00, respectively. The distribution in the clusters ‘educational/professional role’ was A, (58.8%); B, (16.5%); and C, (24.7%). Nurses in a managerial or coordinator role and with a postgraduate degree used digital resources with greater frequency. The distribution in the clusters ‘use of digital technologies’ was: 1, (54.6%); 2, (12.2%); and 3, (33.2%). The HL-DIGI-DD and HL-DIGI scores of clusters 1, 2 and 3 differed significantly.
DHL among nurses is strongly influenced by the education level, professional role, habits and attitude towards digital technologies. Nurses with coordinator roles used digital technologies with greater frequency and had a higher level of DHL.
The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines were used for reporting.
No Patient or Public Contribution.
Trial Registration: Local Ethical Committee of the Polyclinic of Bari (code: DHL7454, date: 21/09/22)
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