The Economic Impact of Nurse Staffing Decisions: Time to Turn Down Another Road?

O’Brien‐Pallas, Linda; Thomson, Donna; Alksnis, Chris; Bruce, Shirliana

doi:10.12927/hcq..16795

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“…Previous research provides strong evidence that high nursing workloads at the unit level have a negative impact on patient outcomes. Some studies of nurses have shown that higher levels of dissatisfaction and exhaustion are significantly associated with job demands such as high patient to nurse ratios, overtime and increasing patient acuity (Aiken, 2001;O'Brien-Pallas, Thomson, Alksnis, & Bruce, 2001). As a result, increased workloads and high patient to nurse are resulting in high levels of nurse burnout and dissatisfaction.…”

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Investigation on the Impact of Job Stressors on Nurses in Malaysia

Long¹,

Kowang²,

Ping³

et al. 2014

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Stress can affect individual's performance which in turn can impact an organization's performance. This study was conducted in order to gain a better understanding of what types of situations cause stress in health service providers and how that stress affects job performance especially services that provided to the patients in hospitals. Authors hope to identify the relationship between the job stressors towards job performance of nurses. 300 questionnaires were distributed to qualified nurses in 7 private hospitals across Malaysia. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used as the software to analyze the data and test the hypotheses. Outcomes from a series of hypothesis tests support the researchers' study that each independent variable has significant relationship to job performance of nurses.

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Investigation on the Impact of Job Stressors on Nurses in Malaysia

Long¹,

Kowang²,

Ping³

et al. 2014

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“…Respect also is an important component of collaborative working relationships and a key feature of productive work environments that promote high‐quality patient care (Laschinger 2004, Ulrich et al. 2005, O’Brien‐Pallas et al. 2001, Weinstein et al.…”

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The effects of structural and psychological empowerment on perceived respect in acute care nurses

2008

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Background The recruitment and retention crisis has catalyzed interest in workplace empowerment for nurses. Many nurses feel that they do not receive the respect they deserve in hospital settings; however, there are few systematic studies of respect for nurses. Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between structural and psychological empowerment and their effects on hospital nurses’ perceptions of respect. Method A secondary analysis was conducted of data from a larger study of 500 randomly selected hospital staff nurses. A predictive, non‐experimental survey design was used to test a hypothesized model derived from Kanter’s Work Empowerment Theory. Results Both structural and psychological variables were significant independent predictors of respect, although structural empowerment had considerably greater explanatory power. Conclusions The findings support Kanter’s theory. Hospital nurses who perceive themselves to be structurally and psychologically empowered are more likely to feel respected in the workplace. Implications for nursing management Changing workplace structures is within the mandate of nurse managers in their roles as advocates for and facilitators of high‐quality care. Nurse managers have the influence and resources to facilitate empowering work conditions that can increase nurses’ feelings of being respected. In addition, promoting collaborative inter‐professional and intra‐professional relationships and assuring continuous support to nurses are particularly important strategies for building respect.

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“…Efforts to balance costs and care included a number of staffing strategies to minimize costs, including cutting nurse manager positions and dramatically increasing managerial spans of control (O’Brien‐Pallas et al. 2001).…”

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