Introduction: Distance learning seems to have a crucial impact on the social and emotional life of students. Within the framework of distance learning at the Open University of Cyprus, the "Healthcare Management" department ...

Background and aims: Increased nurse-physician collaboration is a factor in improved patient outcomes. Limited autonomy of nurses has been proposed as a barrier to collaboration. This study aims to explore nurse-physician ...

Introduction: Mobbing in the workplace occurs when someone repeatedly, for a long time is exposed to negative behaviors and may have difficulty in defending himself. In the nursing profession, labor intimidation is common. ...

Background: The shift from asylum to community care for mental health patients has burdened the providers of primary health care and, more than all, families. As a result, numerous studies [Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr ...

Background: Medical errors have been highlighted in recent years by different agencies, scientific bodies and research teams alike. We sought to explore the issue of medical errors in Cyprus using data from the Eurobarometer ...

Despite the magnitude of mental health problems worldwide, many cases of deinstitutionalization have failed to achieve their targets for a number of reasons including lack of appropriate community psychiatric services and ...

Introduction: The Greek public is currently not represented at any level of the healthcare system’s organizational structure. This study aimed to investigate the opinions of Greek citizens as well as doctors regarding their ...

To ερωτηματολόγιο «Nurses Attitudes Towards Computerization» με το οποίο αποτυπώνονται οι απόψεις των νοσηλευτών γιa τη χρήοη της πληροφορικής στα νοσηλευτήρια, μεταφράστηκε στα ελληvικά.Σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας είναι ...

Τα νοσηλευτικά ιδρύματα, ως πολύπλοκοι και συνεχώς εξελισσόμενοι οργανισμοί, έχουν ως απαραίτητη προϋπόθεση αποτελεσματικής λειτουργίας την ύπαρξη συστηματοποιημένης διαχείρισης /διοίκησης. Δύο βασικές συνιστώσες της ...

Background: Patient safety is considered an antecedent of quality of hospital care. The explicit need to focus on quality of care underpins the aim of the study to evaluate the safety culture and teamwork climate in the ...