Psychosocial work environment and burnout among emergency medical and nursing staff

Escribà‐Agüir, Vicenta; Martín-Baena, David; Pérez-Hoyos, Santiago

doi:10.1007/s00420-006-0110-y

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“…The results showed that the physicians in specialization training perceived many functions of social support in their work. Considering earlier studies [11–13,18,19], it is not surprising that the stress-management function strongly emerged in the data. In several earlier studies, a covariation was revealed between physicians’ coping skills and social support [6–12]; this connection was recognized by the physicians in training as well.…”

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“…It can prevent psychiatric symptoms and common mental disorders [14,15] and has a protective function against possible suicidal intentions [16,17]. Low social support from co-workers is associated with emotional exhaustion [18,19]. Interestingly, when there are low co-worker support and limited possibilities to control one’s job, physicians are more likely to experience poor psychological well-being than other healthcare professionals [20].…”

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Social support in the workplace for physicians in specialization training

Mikkola

Suutala

Parviainen

2018

Medical Education Online

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When becoming a specialist, learning-through-service plays a significant role. The workplace affords good opportunities for learning, but the service-learning period may also impose stress on phycisians in specialization training. In medical work, social support has proved to be a very important factor in managing stress. Social support may afford advantages also for learning and professional identity building. However, little was known about how social support is perceived by doctors in specialization training. This study aimed to understand the perceptions of physicians in specialization training regarding social support communication in their workplace during their learning-through-service period. The study was conducted qualitatively by inductively analyzing the physicians’ descriptions of workplace communication. The dataset included 120 essays, 60 each from hospitals and primary healthcare centres. Physicians in specialization training explained the need of social support with the responsibilities and demands of their clinical work and the inability to control and manage their workloads. They perceived that social support works well for managing stress, but also for strengthening relational ties and one’s professional identity. A leader’s support was perceived as being effective, and both senior and junior colleagues were described as an important source of social support. Also co-workers, such as the individual nurse partner with whom one works, was mentioned as an important source of social support. The results of this study indicate that social support works at the relational and identity levels, which is due to the multi-functional nature of workplace communication. For example, consultation functions as situational problem-solving, but also the tone of social interaction is meaningful. Thus, strengthening one’s professional identity or collegial relationships requires further attention to workplace communication. Abbreviations PiST: Physician in specialization training

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Social support in the workplace for physicians in specialization training

Mikkola

Suutala

Parviainen

2018

Medical Education Online

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“…Además, especialidades tales como cirugía, oncología, cuidados intensivos o urgencias, pueden favorecer situaciones con una alta carga emocional 17,18 . Así pues, el Servicio de Urgencias (SU) puede constituir, por sí solo, un entorno que propicie la aparición de problemas relacionados con su salud física y mental 19,20 . La elevada presión asistencial, las exigencias psicológicas a las que están sometidos, el bajo control sobre el puesto y la inseguridad laboral fruto de la situación económica actual, entre otros, hacen que los individuos sean más vulnerables a las alteraciones de su bienestar físico y psicológico 19 .…”

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“…Así pues, el Servicio de Urgencias (SU) puede constituir, por sí solo, un entorno que propicie la aparición de problemas relacionados con su salud física y mental 19,20 . La elevada presión asistencial, las exigencias psicológicas a las que están sometidos, el bajo control sobre el puesto y la inseguridad laboral fruto de la situación económica actual, entre otros, hacen que los individuos sean más vulnerables a las alteraciones de su bienestar físico y psicológico 19 . Todo lo expuesto, puede agravarse en el caso de los médicos internos residentes (MIR) a quienes, a pesar de su corta experiencia laboral, se les otorga desde el primer momento una responsabilidad que, a menudo, no les corresponde 20 .…”

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Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en una muestra de médicos internos residentes que realizan guardias en un Servicio de Urgencias: una perspectiva de género

Fernández-Prada

González-Cabrera

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Rev. méd. Chile

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“…The environment of the ED has been described as a stressful place to work for nurses and other personnel (1). Caring is the core characteristic of the nursing profession (2) and a concept described as intangible, ambiguous, abstract, and invisible in general nursing (3).…”

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The Meaning of Emergency Care in the Iranian Nursing Profession

Mahmoudi¹,

Mohmmadi²,

Ebadi³

2017

Crit Care Nurs J

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Background: An emergency department (ED) has multiple patients with a wide variety of conditions that receive care simultaneously. Objectives: This study aimed at exploring the meaning of emergency care at a hospital emergency department. Methods: A qualitative research design with content analysis method and purposeful sampling was used to identify the meaning of care. In-depth interviews were conducted with 17 Iranian emergency department nurses from 2 military hospital emergency departments in Tehran, during year 2015. Results: Three main categories emerged from the data. These categories included (1) accuracy, (2) speed, and (3) comprehensive action and caring attention. These 3 main categories represented the contextual meaning of emergency nursing care. Conclusions: It was determined that the meaning of care in the studied context was different from other contexts, thus nurse managers must pay more attention to this diversity.

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Psychosocial work environment and burnout among emergency medical and nursing staff

Abstract: The presence of risk factors derived from work organisation within the work place (psychosocial risk factors) increases the probability of presenting burnout syndrome and, above all, EE.

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Social support in the workplace for physicians in specialization training

Social support in the workplace for physicians in specialization training

Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en una muestra de médicos internos residentes que realizan guardias en un Servicio de Urgencias: una perspectiva de género

The Meaning of Emergency Care in the Iranian Nursing Profession

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