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An evaluation of two systems of in‐patient care in a general hospital psychiatric unit II: measures of staff and patient performance
Author(s) -
Long Clive G,
Blackwell Claire C,
Midgley Marie
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01786.x
Subject(s) - absenteeism , psychiatric ward , medicine , job satisfaction , nursing staff , unit (ring theory) , workload , psychiatry , nursing , psychology , social psychology , mathematics education , computer science , operating system
This study reports on a comparison between a single ward and a two‐ward system of acute in‐patient care in a general hospital psychiatric unit It looked at job satisfaction, levels of stress, absenteeism/sickness and work proficiency amongst the staff and also at patients’ level of disturbed behaviour, length of stay and re‐admission rates It was found that a continuous‐care ward was associated with a lower level of behavioural disturbance and was preferred by the majority of staff, with some increase in job satisfaction and a decrease in stress The continuous‐care ward was also associated with shorter admissions However, those who progressed through a two‐ward system were less likely to be re‐admitted within 3 months The implications of these results are discussed