Health Institutions, Temporary Work Agencies, and the Mobility Power of Nurses

Knutsen, Hege Merete

doi:10.18291/njwls.v8i4.111927

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“…All in all, this reflects how temporary agency work among nurses has increased lately in Sweden and thus also, some nurses' choice of a temporary work agency over a 'traditional' public employer: municipality or health care region. Similar trends are noted elsewhere such as in Norway (Knutsen, 2019), South Africa (Ronnie, 2020), the UK (Kirkpatrick et al, 2018) and Italy (Cicellin et al, 2015).…”

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Conditions for Workplace Learning Among Professional ‘Temps’: A Qualitative Study of Temporary Agency Nurses in Sweden

Jansson

Engström

2022

Vocations and Learning

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Adopting a theoretical perspective that acknowledges both formal and informal learning as crucial and emphasises reproductive and developmental learning as complementary, this article analyses and discusses temporary agency nurses’ experiences of working and learning, focusing on conditions for workplace learning. This provides opportunities to address questions about conditions for the integration of work and learning in a work situation characterised by flexibilization and individualisation. More specifically, among individuals moving between different organizational contexts rather than working at ‘a’ (single and stable) workplace provided by the employer. By presenting findings based on a thematic analysis of 21 interviews with individual temporary agency nurses working in Swedish health care, both opportunities and challenges for workplace learning is highlighted. While opportunities for informal learning linked to the movement between various client organizations as well as to nursing as common ground and as valued and recognized competence, is identified, at the same time, challenges connected to both formal and informal learning, are also illuminated. Regarding informal learning, challenges in terms of varied and general support and feedback as well as scarce opportunities and low expectations for the temporary agency nurses’ participation in development work in daily work/at client organizations, is identified. The findings thus also illuminate a risk for temporary agency nurses adjusting to prevailing working conditions rather than engaging in developmental learning. Regarding formal learning, challenges in terms of few opportunities for planned learning activities, is identified. All in all, the findings illuminate conditions for workplace learning for temporary agency nurses as clearly dependent not only on the offers of specific temporary work agencies and client organisations, but also on temporary agency nurses’ interest in and views regarding responsibility for learning, and thus highly varying.

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Conditions for Workplace Learning Among Professional ‘Temps’: A Qualitative Study of Temporary Agency Nurses in Sweden

Jansson

Engström

2022

Vocations and Learning

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“…The reasons for temporariness may be caring responsibilities in the family, but a temporary position is also sought when seeking relief from workload, exemption from duties in the workplace, better earnings, and more autonomy in working shift planning. 38,39 Temporary employment might be the only means to regulate stress from work if livelihood is secured, at least to some extent. It might also be that the working conditions of temporary workers are more amenable to the workers.…”

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Health and work well-being associated with employment precariousness among permanent and temporary nurses: A cross-sectional survey

Hult

Halminen

Mattila‐Holappa

et al. 2022

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research

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Nursing is at risk of becoming precarious employment with low wages, poor working conditions, heavy workload and underdeveloped career development possibilities. This study aimed to explore employment precariousness, health and work well-being among permanent and temporary practical nurses and registered nurses. The data were collected from Finnish nurses ( n = 5867) using an online questionnaire in autumn 2020. This cross-sectional study was reported by applying the STROBE guidelines. Temporary nurses perceived their health and work well-being as being better than permanent nurses; however, they also perceived higher employment precariousness. Vulnerability, such as being treated in an authoritarian manner, had the strongest negative association with health and work well-being among permanent and temporary nurses. Practical nurses and registered nurses perceived employment precariousness in several dimensions, but this needs to be further studied because the results of this study are somewhat contradictory. Also, further studies are required to survey post-COVID-19 care work, as the pandemic likely affected the study, resulting in higher experiences of precariousness.

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The evaluation of personnel leasing as a flexible work model in professional satisfaction among nurses and in the quality of provided nursing care

Kolokythas,

Noula,

Nikitara

et al. 2023

Rev. Clin. Pharmacol. Pharmacokinet., Int. Ed.

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Healthcare represents a critical employment sector, recognized for its dynamism in development and future prospects. Continuous evolution in this field necessitates reforms to achieve economically efficient and higher quality health services. Despite the shortage of nursing staff, there is a growing importance of personnel scheduling as a form of employment within the sector. Despite the potential instability associated with this work arrangement, it offers relief from temporary absences from the workplace. However, concurrently, there arises the possibility of negative impacts on the quality of nursing care, especially concerning coherence and coordination in patient care delivery. Methodology: A literature review was conducted by searching data in scientific databases such as PubMed and SpringerLink, seeking information available up until November 2023.

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Health Institutions, Temporary Work Agencies, and the Mobility Power of Nurses

Cited by 3 publications

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Conditions for Workplace Learning Among Professional ‘Temps’: A Qualitative Study of Temporary Agency Nurses in Sweden

Conditions for Workplace Learning Among Professional ‘Temps’: A Qualitative Study of Temporary Agency Nurses in Sweden

Health and work well-being associated with employment precariousness among permanent and temporary nurses: A cross-sectional survey

The evaluation of personnel leasing as a flexible work model in professional satisfaction among nurses and in the quality of provided nursing care

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