Influence of work-related characteristics and work ability on changing employer or leaving the profession among nursing staff

Abstract

Managers should implement strategies that focus on promoting the work ability of nursing staff in combination with improving work-related characteristics in order to prevent unnecessary changes of employment.

Work ability index in Slovenian hospital nurses aged over fifty years

“…A variety of studies have looked into associations between WAI and sick leave, disease (14-16), lifestyle (14,(17)(18), physical activity/exercise (19)(20), quality of life (3,(21)(22), age (23)(24)(25)(26), education (27), work-related stress (27)(28)(29)(30)(31), musculoskeletal disorders (32)(33)(34)(35), work-family conflicts (35), changing employer or leaving the profession (36)(37)(38), night and shift work (22,39), fatigue (40), current work ability (41)(42)(43), menopause (44), migration (45), ethnicity (46), physical work capacity (47), psychosocial hazard (48), successful aging strategies (26,(49)(50)(51), individual factors (4, 52-54), work-related factors, working conditions and workload (4,14,52,54), work injury (52), and job ...…”

Work Ability and Psychological Well-Being in Hospital Staff

“…As mentioned above, low work ability of hospital staff may be cause for staff deciding to leaving the employer or nursing profession, outcomes that are increasing significantly when combined with unfavorable work-related characteristics (Rongen et al, 2014). Unfortunately, the demanding working conditions in hospitals and medical practices are not the only major causes of concern related to low work ability.…”

“…The physically strenuous work and emotionally draining contact with patients can lead to decreased work ability and health status, mostly in the form of mental, neurological, and musculoskeletal disorders (Galatsch, Li, Derycke, Müller, & Hasselhorn, 2013). Furthermore, nursing staff with a low work ability is more likely to either change employer or leave the profession altogether (Derycke, Clays, Vlerick, D'Hoore, Hasselhorn, & Braeckman, 2012;Rongen et al, 2014), and these outcomes can cause a significant strain on the healthcare system. Due to work ability's complex nature, many workplace factors, as well as the worker's own physical and psychological resources, can influence one's work ability.…”

Capacidade para o trabalho e presenteísmo em trabalhadores de enfermagem; propostas de intervençôes gerenciais

“…Portanto, a pesquisa avança na busca de melhor entender o fenêmeno do presenteísmo aplicando a avaliação do índice de capacidade no trabalho. Rongen et al, 2013;Silva et al, 2016).…”

“…As ações são sempre conjuntas e, multiprofissional necessitando de organização por meio do trabalho em equipe com saberes específicos e hierarquizados (Felli, Peduzzi, 2010 (Camerino et al, 2006;Rongen et al, 2013).…”