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Nurses as Working Women
Author(s) -
Letvak Susan
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61961-3
Subject(s) - workforce , economic shortage , nursing , work (physics) , medicine , psychology , political science , linguistics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , government (linguistics) , law , engineering
Women today make up nearly half of the nation's workforce. A number of these women have children at home, and women also often are responsible for providing care to older adult family members or friends. The different roles assigned to women in today's society are burdensome, particularly for nurses who deal with the stress of managed care, downsizing, the nursing shortage, caring for increasingly ill patients, long and irregular hours, and daily crises. There are ways that nurses can modify their work situation, however, to help them cope with the rigors of the workplace and the home. AORN J 73 (March 2001) 675–682.