How do PICU nurses spend their time? A pilot study

Relational job characteristics and job satisfaction of public sector employees: When prosocial motivation and red tape collide

“…For half of them, administrative tasks took about two to three hours a day. Recent studies in the UK (Haw and Kotterbova ) and the US (Christino et al ) show similar results. In an earlier study, De Ruyter et al () found that increased regulation resulted in decreased job satisfaction of nurses.…”

“…Other authors have already identified red tape and “the value of service to society as a meaningful work outcome” as two workplace attributes that are more prevalent in the public sector (Davis , p. 75). Although we have not studied it in this article, it has been argued by others that public professionals are increasingly confronted with red tape (e.g., Haw and Kotterbova ). This could make their work environment more demanding.…”

“…First, public professionals traditionally have a high degree of prosocial motivation: a particular motivational desire to expend effort in their job to benefit other people (Grant ; Perry et al ). Second, several studies suggest that public professionals in sectors such as healthcare and education increasingly have to deal with administrative burdens (Noordegraaf and Steijn ; Haw and Kotterbova ). This suggests that public professionals are affected by red tape, for example, unnecessary rules and procedures with a compliance burden that limit their ability to deliver effective public services (Bozeman ).…”

Are health professionals getting too much screen time? Computer‐driven care and its impacts on mental health practice

“…Today spending 30% of one's time with service users, which is about the benchmark for nurses (Haw & Kotterbova, ) is an aspiration for most clinicians and services. While the system ought to tell one how much actual time people spend with people, the “provisions of service” that people enter are widely regarded as works of fiction.…”

Funding for mental health care in England – still the poor relation?

“…On the theme of safety and innovation, Rose & Slack (2016) identify the paucity of research on physical examination of patients post-restraint. They propose guidance on best practice in this neglected area of research.…”