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在晚班期间增加护士助理对护士在感知工作需求、工作资源和幸福感方面的影响
Author(s) -
Scheepers Renée A.,
Smeulders IlseMarita,
van den Broek Thijs
Publication year - 2021
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/jan.14698
Subject(s) - evening , workload , staffing , nursing , clarity , autonomy , task (project management) , baseline (sea) , job performance , psychology , medicine , job satisfaction , computer science , social psychology , management , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , oceanography , astronomy , political science , law , economics , geology , operating system
Aim Workloads and other job demands jeopardize nurses’ well‐being, especially during evening shifts when there are less resources than during the day. The current study aims to shed light on how the addition of a nurse assistant to ward staffing during evening shifts has an impact on nurses’ perceptions of job demands, job resources, and well‐being. Design We performed a pre‐post pilot study, whereby we compared nurses’ perceptions of job demands, job resources, and well‐being before and after the addition of a nurse assistant to ward staffing during evening shifts. Methods All nurses at the ward of a top‐clinical hospital ( N = 28) completed a baseline and follow‐up survey including validated measures on job demands (workload and physical demands), job resources (autonomy and task clarity), and well‐being (recovery from work and sleep problems). Results Compared with baseline, nurses reported fewer job demands (lower workloads and fewer physical demands) and sleep problems at follow‐up. No statistically significant changes in job resources (autonomy and task clarity) and recovery difficulties were found. Conclusions We found preliminary evidence that the addition of a nurse assistant during evening shifts could reduce workloads, physical demands, and sleep problems among nurses. Impact This study highlighted that heavy job demands and sleep problems associated with evening shifts may be addressed by adding a nurse assistant to the nursing team. Future studies with larger samples and a control group are needed to provide better estimates of the magnitude of the beneficial effects and of the cost‐effectiveness of an intervention of this kind.