Gender and ergonomics: a case study on the ‘non-formal’ work of women nurses

Salerno, Sergio; Livigni, Lucilla; Magrini, Andrea; Talamanca, Irene Figà

doi:10.1080/00140139.2011.637134

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“…Assuming this finding is applicable to the Australian setting, it could provide an explanation for female nurses paying closer attention to health promotion as part of an overall greater focus on care delivery. Other work has found female nurses are more likely to provide support to patients than males (Salerno, Livigni, Magrini, & Talamanca, 2012) and health promotion activities might be seen as part of this more supportive approach to client care. However, given the paucity of literature in this area, research examining the impact of gender on nursing functions is warranted, particularly in the mental health setting, where there is a higher proportion of males than in most other clinical practice settings (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2011; Gough & Happell, 2007) and the subsequent impact on care provision is likely to be felt more strongly.…”

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Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Consumers with Mental Illness in Australia

Happell

Platania‐Phung

2015

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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People with serious mental illness (SMI) have increased risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death, yet research on nurse-provided health promotion in mental health services remains under-developed. This paper informs efforts to improve the nursing role in physical health of consumers with SMI by establishing what nurse perceptions and background influence their care. Members of the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing were invited to participate in an online survey on their views on physical health care in mental health services. Survey questions included: (a) nurse-consumer collaboration in preventative care and (b) sub-sections of the Robson and Haddad Physical Health Attitude Scale to measure nurse perceived barriers to encouraging lifestyle change of consumers with SMI and frequency of nurse physical healthcare practices. Structural equation modelling was applied to investigate antecedents to physical health care, as well as relationships between antecedents. A national sample of 643 nurses reported regular engagement in health promotion (e.g. advice on diet). There was statistical support for a model depicting perceived consumer-nurse collaboration as a dual-determinant of nurse perceived barriers and self-reported health promotion to consumers with SMI. Perceived barriers to consumer lifestyle change did not predict health promotion. The effects of nurse-consumer collaboration were significant, but small. Perceived consumer-nurse collaboration in preventative care may positively influence the amount of health promotion by nurses in mental health. Perceived barriers to consumer adherence with a healthy lifestyle did not have an impact on nurse-delivered health promotion.

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Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Consumers with Mental Illness in Australia

Happell

Platania‐Phung

2015

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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“…Yet while women enact and establish their motherhood through physical care for their children, the daily repetitive physical tasks of care and nurture which are critical in mothering are mentioned much less often (Maher, ). Although such embodied labour is little discussed, it is often physically demanding and can create significant bodily and resulting psychological pressures (Habib, El Zein, & Hojeij, ; Messing, ; Salerno, Livigni, Magrini, & Figà Talamanca, ). It is notable that the physical aspects of mothering attract attention most often when concerns about good and appropriate motherhood are raised for mothers with disability.…”

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Working mothers, injury and embodied care work

Maher

Charles

Wolkowitz

2018

Gender Work & Organization

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In this article, we examine how mothers respond when injury interrupts maternal care, using the lens of embodied care, which we conceptualize as a form of 'body work'. We draw on findings from a qualitative research project with two organizations in Australia that help people with injuries to return to work, examining the experiences of workers who are also mothers of dependent children. Mothers' inability to care for children during periods of injury was a significant concern for our interviewees; constraints on physical labour and physical affection were particularly troubling, indicating the importance of embodied maternal caregiving to maternal roles. Yet, while these mothers inhabited the spheres of paid work and unpaid care work simultaneously, service providers did not consider embodied care work or its relevance to injured women's ongoing needs for support. While our findings reflect the experiences of injured women, they also suggest the need for a materialist analysis of the ways that both paid work and care activities are deeply enmeshed in and through the bodies of those doing the work. Employers and service organizations still fail to recognize maternal 'body work', and this may be typical of social attitudes more widely. KEYWORDS body work, embodied care work, maternal employment, women's injuries

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“…The nursing profession is challenged with high physical loads, high mental loads and special organizational factors such as shift work. These factors lead to high physiological and psychological burden in nurses all over the world 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ) .…”

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“…Currently there are many studies about the workload of nurses in different countries 22 , 23 ) . Some of them found correlations of work schedules and self-reported physical workload to MSDs, others just reported the workloads of nurses in many different countries 3 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ) . Caruso and Waters 1 ) noticed, physiological data are still missing.…”

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Trapezius Muscle Load, Heart Rate and Time Pressure during Day and Night Shift in Swiss and Japanese Nurses

Nicoletti

Müller²,

Tobita

et al. 2014

Ind Health

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The aim of the present study was to analyze the activity of the trapezius muscle, the heart rate and the time pressure of Swiss and Japanese nurses during day and night shifts. The parameters were measured during a day and a night shift of 17 Swiss and 22 Japanese nurses. The observed rest time of the trapezius muscle was longer for Swiss than for Japanese nurses during both shifts. The 10th and the 50th percentile of the trapezius muscle activity showed a different effect for Swiss than for Japanese nurses. It was higher during the day shift of Swiss nurses and higher during the night shift of Japanese nurses. Heart rate was higher for both Swiss and Japanese nurses during the day. The time pressure was significantly higher for Japanese than for Swiss nurses. Over the duration of the shifts, time pressure increased for Japanese nurses and slightly decreased for those from Switzerland. Considering trapezius muscle activity and time pressure, the nursing profession was more burdening for the examined Japanese nurses than for Swiss nurses. In particular, the night shift for Japanese nurses was characterized by a high trapezius muscle activity and only few rest times for the trapezius muscle.

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Gender and ergonomics: a case study on the ‘non-formal’ work of women nurses

Cited by 9 publications

References 26 publications

Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Consumers with Mental Illness in Australia

Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Consumers with Mental Illness in Australia

Working mothers, injury and embodied care work

Trapezius Muscle Load, Heart Rate and Time Pressure during Day and Night Shift in Swiss and Japanese Nurses

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