Flow in Nurses

Martínez-Zaragoza, Fermín; Benavides-Gil, Gemma; Martín-del-Río, Beatriz; Castro, Jordi Fernández; Ato-García, Manuel; Puchol, Angel Solanes

doi:10.1097/hnp.0000000000000225

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“…Positive and supportive work environments contribute to a higher degree of employee success (Schaufeli & Bakker, 2003). In addition, leadership is critical to empowering nurses to feel engaged in their work (Martínez-Zaragoza et al, 2017). Leadership behaviors are key to creating employees' positive responses to work; specifically, transformational leadership behaviors encourage greater work engagement (Lewis & Cunningham, 2016), as nurses feel more empowered and have ownership over the success of the workplace.…”

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What Influences Work Engagement Among Registered Nurses: Implications for Evidence‐Based Action

Pericak

Hogg

Skalsky

et al. 2020

Worldviews Ev Based Nurs

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Background: Previous studies evaluating work engagement of nurses revealed work-related factors and nurse demographics affecting work engagement. Low work engagement yields a decrease in productivity, high turnover, loss of revenue, and, most importantly, patient safety concerns. Aim: To investigate the relationship between nurse-related and work-related variables associated with work engagement and provide a model that explains work engagement. Method: This study employed an observational, cross-sectional study design, with 201 registered nurses working in acute care hospitals in the United States participating in the study. Four work-related and five nurse-related variables were evaluated and used in the work engagement model. A standard multiple regression was performed using the work-and nurse-related factors regressed onto work engagement. Structural equation model procedures were performed to examine the association between predictive variables and work engagement.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Influences Work Engagement Among Registered Nurses: Implications for Evidence‐Based Action

Pericak

Hogg

Skalsky

et al. 2020

Worldviews Ev Based Nurs

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“…While nursing is a profession characterized by a high level of job demands in terms of tasks and relationships with suffering patients, it is also an engaging and motivating profession (Bringsén et al, 2011; Martínez-Zaragoza et al, 2017; Zito et al, 2019; Zito, Bakker et al, 2015). The nursing profession is subject to what Csikszentmihalyi (1997) called the “work paradox”: on the one hand, nurses report positive experiences of satisfaction and pleasure related to a high level of motivation; on the other hand, they report fatigue and a desire to quit their work.…”

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“…Nursing profession is attracting the attention of scholars because the health care sector is beset by problems, such as the growing demands of health and an aging workforce, increasing workloads, absenteeism or stress, and the resulting intention to leave the profession (Duhoux et al, 2017; Heinen et al, 2013; Martínez-Zaragoza et al, 2017; Pyrillis, 2013; Zito et al, 2013). Not surprisingly, these are some of the critical issues that can affect workers’ perceptions of well-being and enhance both psychological and physical distress among healthcare workers such as nurses (Chan et al, 2013; Zito et al, 2016; Zito, Colombo et al, 2015).…”

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Passion and Flow at Work for the Reduction of Exhaustion at Work in Nursing Staff

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Passion for work is an important individual factor related to the quality of working life. Flow at work is an optimal experience in which the individual is immersed in, loves and enjoys the work. The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between passion for work (harmonious and obsessive), flow at work (as a mediator) and exhaustion in a sample of Italian nurses. About 270 nurses participated in the study: this profession is characterized by intrinsic motivation but is also subjected to fatigue and distress. The results show that harmonious passion increases flow at work which, in turn, decreases exhaustion; moreover, flow mediates the relationship between harmonious passion and exhaustion. Obsessive passion has no significant effect on flow at work, but directly increases exhaustion. The study shows that harmonious passion and flow at work contribute to alleviate exhaustion, while obsessive passion instead increases feelings of distress.

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“…In a recent study that investigated burnout in nurses, achieving flow states was found to positively influence health and the use of approach coping mechanisms (i.e. respectful confrontation, search for social support, and goal-oriented planning), thus indirectly decreasing burnout [11]. A recent randomized control trial by McGonagle et al [12 ▪▪ ] investigated burnout and wellness in primary care physicians who underwent coaching interventions.…”

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The anatomy of enjoyment: the flow experience and cardiac surgery

Jiang

McQueen

Mobilio

et al. 2021

Current Opinion in Cardiology

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Purpose of reviewIn a time of record levels of physician burnout coupled with a global pandemic, protecting physician wellness is critical. The experience of cognitive flow has been found to enhance both wellness and performance. Although flow has been vastly explored in other fields including elite sport, it has not been deeply investigated or applied in cardiac surgery. Here we discuss flow and flow-promoting techniques employed in other fields that may be beneficial within cardiac surgery. Recent findingsFlow is a prevalent experience among surgeons, amplified during operations. Possible strategies to cultivate flow may be separated into individual skills training, such as mindfulness practice and stress management, institutional changes, such as ensuring adequate resources and protected spaces, and strategies targeting the intersectionality of individuals and systems, such as how workplace culture shapes an individual's experience. These techniques may be applicable within cardiac surgery, especially in training. SummaryFlow has been identified as a key component of a happy and meaningful life, and a potential protector against burnout. Harnessing the benefits of flow may help promote flourishing, particularly in demanding fields, such as cardiac surgery.

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Flow in Nurses

Abstract: How does the experience of flow among nurses influences their health? This question is addressed on the basis of a model of flow, stress, burnout, and coping. The results indicate that promoting flow can be a way to enhance the health of ward nurses in a hospital work context.

Cited by 10 publications

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What Influences Work Engagement Among Registered Nurses: Implications for Evidence‐Based Action

What Influences Work Engagement Among Registered Nurses: Implications for Evidence‐Based Action

Passion and Flow at Work for the Reduction of Exhaustion at Work in Nursing Staff

The anatomy of enjoyment: the flow experience and cardiac surgery

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