Physician Flow at Work: Examining Work Absorption, Clinical Flow, Work Fulfillment, and Flow Thieves

Shreffler, Jacob; Huecker, Martin

doi:10.1177/21650799221093772

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“…Flow decreases nurses’ work exhaustion [ 13 ], invigorates their consciousness, and immerses them in their daily work activities [ 42 ], which may reduce errors at work. The current findings support earlier reports that flow is associated with positive job outcomes [ 43 ] and optimal job performance [ 44 ]. To the best of our knowledge, no study has related nurses’ flow at work to IRNC and APE, thus contributing new knowledge to limited studies on nurses’ flow.…”

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How nursing practice environments limit implicit rationing of care and nurse-assessed adverse events: the role of flow at work

El-Gazar,

Abousoliman,

Shawer

et al. 2024

BMC Nurs

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Background The nursing practice environment is beneficial in curbing implicit rationing of nursing care and adverse patient events. However, the underlying mechanisms of these relationships remain unexplored. Aim To test whether flow at work mediates the relationship between the nursing practice environment, implicit rationing of nursing care, and nurse-assessed adverse patient events. Methods This cross-sectional study involved 231 nurses from five hospitals in Port Said, Egypt. The participants completed Arabic-translated versions of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index, the Work-Related Flow Inventory, the Perceived Implicit Rationing of Nursing Care instrument, and the Adverse Patient Events scale. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothetical model. Results The favorable nursing practice environment positively predicted nurses’ flow at work (β = 0.64, p < 0.001), while inversely predicting implicit rationing of nursing care (β = -0.23, p = 0.014) and adverse patient events (β = -0.35, p < 0.001). Nurses’ flow at work inversely predicted implicit rationing of nursing care (β = -0.30, p = 0.002) and adverse patient events (β = -0.29, p = 0.002). Moreover, nurses’ flow at work acted as a mediator, linking the nursing practice environment to the rationing of nursing care and adverse patient events, with 500 bootstrap results for the indirect effects (β = -0.24, p = 0.001, 95% CI: -0.43 to -0.09; and β = -0.44, p = 0.003, 95% CI: -0.79 to -0.16, respectively). Conclusion Nurses working in a favorable nursing practice environment are more likely to experience flow at work, limiting implicit rationing of nursing care and adverse patient events. Implications for nursing management Nursing administrators should strive to create a healthy nursing practice environment to foster nurses’ flow and thereby reduce the frequency of implicit rationing of nursing care and adverse patient events.

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