Bernice Skytt

Balancing resources and responsibility: managers' perspectives on promoting infection prevention behaviours in hospital settings

Arvidsson, Lisa; Lindberg, Maria; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Leadership in Health Services, p. 113-127, 2025

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Expanded span of control, leadership and management performance, work-related stress, and job satisfaction among first-line managers: A repeated cross-sectional study

Svanström, Jonas; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, Maria; Lindberg, Magnus

Part of Work, p. 2952-2963, 2025

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"Trust, Responsibility, and Making a Difference": Qualitative Insights into Why First-Line Managers in Healthcare Remain in Their Role

Svanström, Jonas; Lindberg, Magnus; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, Maria

Part of Inquiry, p. 1-9, 2025

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Thoughts on and Motives for Leaving the First‐Line Manager Position: A Qualitative Study

Svanström, Jonas; Lindberg, Magnus; Lindberg, Maria; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, 2025

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Exploring turnover among first-line managers in healthcare: a cohort study of span of control, management performance and stress indicators

Svanström, Jonas; Lindberg, Maria; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, Magnus

Part of Leadership in Health Services, p. 101-112, 2025

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Balancing resources and responsibility: managers' perspectives on promoting infection prevention behaviours in hospital settings

Arvidsson, Lisa; Lindberg, Maria; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Leadership in Health Services, p. 113-127, 2025

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Expanded span of control, leadership and management performance, work-related stress, and job satisfaction among first-line managers: A repeated cross-sectional study

Svanström, Jonas; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, Maria; Lindberg, Magnus

Part of Work, p. 2952-2963, 2025

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"Trust, Responsibility, and Making a Difference": Qualitative Insights into Why First-Line Managers in Healthcare Remain in Their Role

Svanström, Jonas; Lindberg, Magnus; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, Maria

Part of Inquiry, p. 1-9, 2025

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Thoughts on and Motives for Leaving the First‐Line Manager Position: A Qualitative Study

Svanström, Jonas; Lindberg, Magnus; Lindberg, Maria; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, 2025

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Exploring turnover among first-line managers in healthcare: a cohort study of span of control, management performance and stress indicators

Svanström, Jonas; Lindberg, Maria; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, Magnus

Part of Leadership in Health Services, p. 101-112, 2025

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Thriving at work as a mediator between nurses' structural empowerment and job performance, work-personal life benefits, stress symptoms and turnover intentions: a cross-sectional study

Engström, Maria; Björkman, Annica; Silén, Marit; Wahlberg, Anna Carin et al.

Part of BMC Nursing, 2025

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Infection prevention behaviour among hospital nursing staff: Navigating in a complex and shifting work environment

Arvidsson, Lisa; Lindberg, Maria; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Journal of Infection Prevention, p. 114-119, 2025

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First-line managers' experiences of and reflections on structural conditions for management practice in hospital settings

Lundin, Karin; Skytt, Bernice; Silén, Marit; Engström, Maria et al.

Part of Leadership in Health Services, p. 1-15, 2024

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Individual and unit level insights from hospital staff ratings on structural empowerment, leadership-management performance, well-being, and quality of care

Lundin, Karin; Engström, Maria; Skytt, Bernice; Strömberg, Annika et al.

Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2024

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Promoting the person-centred aspects of dignity and well-being: learning from older persons’ experiences of living in residential care facilities

Roos, Charlotte; Swall, Anna; Marmstål Hammar, Lena; Boström, Anne Marie et al.

Part of Working with Older People, p. 219-229, 2023

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A complex challenge with unclear improvement: the need for involvement, contextualization and facilitation when managers implement a leadership model

Lindberg, Maria; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, Magnus; Wijk, Katarina et al.

Part of Leadership in Health Services, p. 236-246, 2023

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Nurses' assessed self-efficacy levels to medical asepsis and their relation to structural empowerment, work engagement and work-related stress

Arvidsson, Lisa; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, Maria; Lindberg, Magnus

Part of Work, p. 501-513, 2023

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An explorative and confirmative factor analysis of the Leadership and Management Inventory-II among staff working in elderly care

Skytt, Bernice; Högberg, Hans; Engström, Maria

Part of Leadership in Health Services, p. 66-83, 2023

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Staff structural empowerment-: Observations of first-line managers and interviews with managers and staff

Lundin, Karin; Silén, Marit; Stromberg, Annika; Engstrom, Maria et al.

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 403-412, 2022

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Healthcare personnel's working conditions in relation to risk behaviours for organism transmission: A mixed-methods study

Arvidsson, Lisa; Lindberg, Magnus; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, Maria

Part of Journal of Clinical Nursing, p. 878-894, 2022

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Staff Working Life and Older Persons' Satisfaction With Care: A Multilevel, Correlational Design

Engström, Maria; Högberg, Hans; Strömberg, Annika; Hagerman, Heidi et al.

Part of Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 2021

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Continued wearing of gloves: a risk behaviour in patient care

Lindberg, M.; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, M.

Part of Infection Prevention in Practice, 2020

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Nursing student's expectations for their future profession and motivating factors - A longitudinal descriptive study from Sweden

Lindberg, Maria; Carlsson, Marianne; Engström, Maria; Kristofferzon, Marja-Leena et al.

Part of Nurse Education Today, 2020

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Perceptions of Infection Control Practices and the use of Vignettes to Alter Infection Control Behavior: A Feasibility Study

Lindberg, Maria; Skytt, Bernice; Lindberg, Magnus

Part of FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE JOURNAL OF NURSING-FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HEMSIRELIK DERGISI, p. 231-240, 2019

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District nurses experiences of precepting district nurse students at the postgraduate level

Jarnulf, Therese; Skytt, Bernice; Mårtensson, Gunilla; Engström, Maria

Part of Nurse Education in Practice, p. 75-80, 2019

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How do first-line managers in elderly care experience their work situation from a structural and psychological empowerment perspective?: An interview study

Hagerman, Heidi; Engström, Maria; Wadensten, Barbro; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 1208-1215, 2019

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First-line managers dealing with different management approaches

Stromberg, Annika; Engström, Maria; Hagerman, Heidi; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Leadership in Health Services, p. 543-557, 2019

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Relationships between structural and psychological empowerment, mediated by person-centred processes and thriving for nursing home staff

Silén, Marit; Skytt, Bernice; Engström, Maria

Part of Geriatric Nursing, p. 67-71, 2019

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Nursing students' reflections on caring for end-of-life patients in a youth volunteer association

Lian, Zhengmei; Skytt, Bernice; Li, Caifu; Engström, Maria

Part of Nurse Education in Practice, p. 204-209, 2019

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Risk behaviours for organism transmission in daily care activities: a longitudinal observational case study

Lindberg, Magnus; Skytt, Bernice; Wågström, B-M; Arvidsson, L. et al.

Part of Journal of Hospital Infection, 2018

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Risk behaviours for organism transmission in health care delivery-A two month unstructured observational study.

Lindberg, Maria; Lindberg, Magnus; Skytt, Bernice

Part of International Journal of Nursing Studies, p. 38-45, 2017

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Empowerment and performance of managers and subordinates in elderly care: A longitudinal and multilevel study

Hagerman, Heidi; Högberg, Hans; Skytt, Bernice; Wadensten, Barbro et al.

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 647-656, 2017

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An intervention targeting fundamental values among caregivers at residential facilities: effects of a cluster-randomized controlled trial on residents' self-reported empowerment, person-centered climate and life satisfaction

Roos, Charlotte; Silén, Marit; Skytt, Bernice; Engström, Maria

Part of BMC Geriatrics, 2016

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A longitudinal qualitative study of health care personnel's perceptions of simultaneous implementation of three risk assessment scales on falls, malnutrition and pressure ulcers

Skytt, Bernice; Engström, Maria; Mårtensson, Gunilla; Mamhidir, Anna-Greta

Part of Journal of Clinical Nursing, p. 1912-1922, 2016

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A longitudinal study of working life among first-line managers in the care of older adults

Hagerman, Heidi; Skytt, Bernice; Wadensten, Barbro; Högberg, Hans et al.

Part of Applied Nursing Research, p. 7-13, 2016

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Preceptors' reflections on their educational role before and after a preceptor preparation course: A prospective qualitative study

Mårtensson, Gunilla; Löfmark, Anna; Mamhidir, Anna-Greta; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Nurse Education in Practice, p. 1-6, 2016

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Male first-line managers' experiences of the work situation in elderly care: an empowerment perspective

Hagerman, Heidi; Engström, Maria; Häggström, Elisabeth; Wadensten, Barbro et al.

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 695-704, 2015

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First-line managers' descriptions and reflections regarding their staff's access to empowering structures

Skytt, Bernice; Hagerman, Heidi; Strömberg, Annika; Engström, Maria

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 1003-1010, 2015

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MRSA-colonized persons' and healthcare personnel's experiences of patient-professional interactions in and responsibilities for infection prevention in Sweden

Lindberg, Maria; Carlsson, Marianne; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Journal of Infection and Public Health, p. 427-435, 2014

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MRSA-colonized persons' and healthcare personnel's experiences of patient-professional interactions in and responsibilities for infection prevention in Sweden

Lindberg, Maria; Carlsson, Marianne; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Journal of infection and public health, p. 427-435, 2014

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The ward round--patient experiences and barriers to participation

Swenne, Christine; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, p. 297-304, 2014

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District nurses' self-reported clinical activities, beliefs about and attitudes towards obesity management

Engström, Maria; Skytt, Bernice; Ernesater, Annica; Flackman, Birgitta et al.

Part of Applied Nursing Research, p. 198-203, 2013

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The Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Attitude Questionnaire: validity and understanding of responsibility for infection control in Swedish registered district, haematology and infection nurses

Lindberg, Maria; Skytt, Bernice; Högman, Marieann; Carlsson, Marianne

Part of Journal of Clinical Nursing, p. 424-436, 2012

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Attitudes toward patients with multidrug-resistant bacteria: scale development and psychometric evaluation

Lindberg, Maria; Lindberg, Magnus; Skytt, Bernice; Högman, Marieann et al.

Part of Journal of Infection Prevention, p. 196-203, 2011

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Working life and stress symptoms among caregivers in elderly care with formal and no formal competence

Engström, Maria; Skytt, Bernice; Nilsson, Annika

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 732-741, 2011

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Different development programmes: does it make a difference?

Skytt, Bernice; Ljunggren, Birgitta; Engström, Maria; Carlsson, Marianne

Part of Leadership in Health Services, p. 29-50, 2011

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Leadership and management skills of first-line managers of elderly care and their work environment

Abdelrazek, Fathya; Skytt, Bernice; Aly, Magda; El-Sabour, Mona Abd et al.

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 736-745, 2010

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Suffering from meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: experiences and understandings of colonisation

Lindberg, Maria; Carlsson, Marianne; Högman, Marieann; Skytt, Bernice

Part of Journal of Hospital Infection, p. 271-277, 2009

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Psychometric testing of the Leadership and Management Inventory: a tool to measure the skills and abilities of first-line nurse managers

Skytt, Bernice; Carlsson, Marianne; Ljunggren, Birgitta; Engström, Maria

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 784-794, 2008

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The roles of the first-line nurse manager: Perceptions from four perspectives

Skytt, Bernice; Ljunggren, Birgitta; Sjödén, Per-Olow; Carlsson, Marianne

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 1012-1020, 2008

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Patients' experiences of mediastinitis after coronary artery bypass graft procedure

Swenne, Christine Leo; Skytt, Bernice; Lindholm, C.; Carlsson, Marianne

Part of Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal, p. 255-264, 2007

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Reasons to leave: the motives of first-line nurse managers for leaving their posts

Skytt, Bernice; Ljunggren, Birgitta; Carlsson, Marianne

Part of Journal of Nursing Management, p. 294-302, 2007

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How do female first-line managers in elderly care experience their work situation? – an interview study

Hagerman, Heidi; Engström, Maria; Wadensten, Barbro; Skytt, Bernice

First-line Nurse Managers' Preconditions for Practise: The Important Interplay between Person and Organization

Skytt, Bernice

2007

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