Creating a Healthy Workplace for New‐Generation Nurses

Abstract

Generation Y nurses in Quebec, faced with high levels of psychological distress because of their exposure to difficult nursing work environments, might leave the profession thereby exacerbating an already salient nursing shortage.

Associations between Age, Years in Post, Years in the Profession and Personal Experience of Mental Health Problems in UK Mental Health Nurses

“…Difference in age was not significantly associated with personal experience of mental health problems, in either of the four groups. This contrasts with previous studies in which age differences in prevalence of mental health problems have been found, specifically higher prevalence of mental illness in younger nurses (Morrissy et al, 2013;Arafa et al, 2003;Christensson et al, 2011;Lavoie-Tremblay et al, 2008;Ryan and Quayle, 1999;Letvak et al, 2013).…”

“…Age difference in prevalence of mental health problems in nurses has been found in a number of previous studies Prevalence of mental ill health has been found to be high in studies of younger nurses (43.4% in LaVoie-Tremblay et al, 2008;Ryan and Quayle, 1999). Older nurses (over 60) have been found to have better mental health but higher prevalence of health problems per se than younger nurses (Letvak, Ruhm and Gupta, 2013).…”

Effort-reward imbalance and work-home interference: a two-wave study among European male nurses

“…Extrinsic effort in the nursing profession includes working under time pressure, interruptions, carrying responsibility, working overtime and physical demands. Extrinsic reward includes respect and support from superiors and (close) colleagues, job security, promotion opportunities, fair treatment and pay, and applicability of education and training on the job (Lavoie-Tremblay, Wright, Desforges, Marchionni, & Drevniok, 2008). The ERI model also has an "intrinsic imbalance" component, focusing on personal differences related to employees' job involvement and internally driven personal investments at work.…”

Transfusing our lifeblood: Reframing research impact through inter-disciplinary collaboration between health geography and nurse education

“…One prominent example would be 'work environments'. Studies grapple with issues such as the support, empowerment and opportunity they provide/do not provide (Haugh and Laschinger, 1996;Almost and Spence-Laschinger, 2002;Tourangeau et al, 2009), or their social functioning and what makes them psychologically healthy or unhealthy (Leveck and Jones, 1996;Dendaas, 2004Dendaas, , 2010Lavoie-Tremblay et al, 2008;Vessey et al, 2009), or how their architecture and design features can impact care and outcomes (Williams, 2001;Parker et al, 2004;Becker, 2007;Marquardt and Schmieg, 2009). Similarly, nursing environment has also emerged in discussions of leadership capacity, such as settings for practice enhancement and development strategies (McCormack and McCance, 2011;McCormack et al, 2013), as 'contexts' -with political, economic and social variability -that help or hinder research knowledge translation (Kitson et al, 1998;Rycroft-Malone, 2004;Rycroft-Malone et al, 2013) and in specific forms as high performing and attractive 'magnet' institutions (Scott et al, 1999;Buchan, 1999;Upenieks, 2003).…”