Nursing in the European Union

Sondra Z. Koff is professor emerita of political science at the State University of New York, Binghamton, USA. She has been involved with health-care and nursing boards as a public member at the local, state, regional, and national levels and often, in a leadership capacity.

Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of European Union Institutions and Processes

List of European Union Member States and Year of Entry

1 Employment
Introduction
Initial Employment—The First Position
The Hospital
Staffing Ratios
Nursing Care Delivery Models
Audit and Feedback
Shift Handover
Intentional Rounding
Hospital Shortages
Primary Care
Other Community Nursing Sites
Home Care
Palliative Care
Extended Care
Advanced Practice Nursing
Walk-In Centres and Telehealth Nursing
Independent Practice: The Self-Employed
Agency and Bank Nursing
Other Employment Choices
Skill Mix
The Public and Private Sectors
Professional Practice: Work Styles
Professional Practice and the New Social Scene
Turnover
Nurse Employment and the Financial Crisis
The European Union and Health-Care Human
Resources Management

2 Industrial Relations and Payment Mechanisms
Introduction
Trade Unions
Employer Organizations
Collective Bargaining
Basic Wages
Supplements to Basic Wages
Wage Evaluation
Social Security and Pensions
Conclusion

3 The World of Work: Basic Organizational Features
Working Time
Overtime
Part-time
Work Patterns
Annual Paid and Additional Leaves
Public Holidays
Maternity and Parental Leaves
Childcare
Absenteeism
Conclusion

4 The World of Work: Its Environment
Introduction
Physical Conditions
Psychosocial Conditions
Stress
Effort–Reward Balance
Work–Family Balance
Job Insecurity
Professional Relationships
Burnout
Work Ability
Violence: The Physical and Psychological Facets
Job Satisfaction and the Meaning of Work
Job and Organizational Commitment
Intent to Leave the Place of Employment and/or
the Profession
Conclusion

5 Industrial Action
Introduction
Issues Spurring Collective Action
Collective Action Tactics
Alternate Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution and the Courts
Summary and Conclusion

6 Member States, the European Union, and the Workplace

References

Index