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Employment conditions, collaborative teamwork and patient safety culture as factors influencing integration of foreign-trained nurses

Conditions
Integration / MigrationCollaborative TeamworkEmployment conditions/Patient safety
Registration Number
DRKS00017465
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum HeidelbergAbteilung Allgemeinmedizin und Versorgungsforschung
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
167
Inclusion Criteria

Foreign-trained nurses

- Being over the age of 18
- have obtained a recognised qualification in nursing in another country and are working as a nurse in the receiving country
- or as nurses who have obtained a recognised qualification in nursing in another country but have not yet obtained a (full) registration to practice in the receiving country
- Having a contract with either the University Hospital Heidelberg or the Thoraxklinik at University Hospital Heidelberg
- Content to participate
- Written and spoken German and/or English language skills

Host nurses

- Being over the age of 18
- Having obtained a recognised qualification in nursing in Germany or having obtained a recognised qualification in nursing another country but have been working as nurse in the German healthcare sector for more than five years
- Having a contract with either the University Hospital Heidelberg or the Thoraxklinik at University Hospital Heidelberg
- Content to participate
- Written and spoken German and/or English language skills

Exclusion Criteria

- Foreign-trained nurses who did not content to participate or who are not able to content to participate
- Foreign-trained nurses who do not fulfil the inclusion specific criteria
- Foreign-trained nurses who have been recruited before the 01.01.2017
- Student nurses
- Nurses who did not content to participate or who are not able to content to participate
- Nurses who do not fulfil the inclusion specific criteria

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
What will be used: Questionnaire measuring Patient safety, collaborative teamwork, employment conditions (SCORE)<br>When: Once, at the beginning of data Collection<br>How: Anonymous Survey
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
WHAT will be used: Interview Guideline with questions regarding perceptions related to integration <br>WHEN: Once, during Phase of data Collection<br>HOW: Semi-structured face to face interviews, tape-recorded<br>
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