Staff nurses' work satisfaction in psychogeriatric wards

Gilloran, Alan; McKinley, Andrew; McGlew, Tom; McKee, Kevin; Robertson, Alex

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20060997.x

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“…(2004) report that nurses working in long‐term care settings were more dissatisfied than those who worked outside long‐term care settings caring for similar categories of patient. Similar to this study, the nursing literature reports the existence of a negative relationship between nurses level of job satisfaction and routine (Blegen & Mueller 1987, Giloran et al . 1994).…”

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confidence: 83%

Job satisfaction in psychiatric nursing

Ward

Cowman

2007

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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In recent years, mental health services across Europe have undergone major organizational change with a move from institutional to community care. In such a context, the impact of change on the job satisfaction of psychiatric nurses has received little attention in the literature. This paper reports on the job satisfaction of psychiatric nurses and data were collected in 2003. The population of qualified psychiatric nurses (n = 800) working in a defined geographical health board area was surveyed. Methodological triangulation with a between-methods approach was used in the study. Data were collected on job satisfaction using a questionnaire adopted from the Occupational Stress Indicator. A response rate of 346 (43%) was obtained. Focus groups were used to collect qualitative data. Factors influencing levels of job satisfaction predominantly related to the nurses work location. Other factors influencing job satisfaction included choice of work location, work routine, off duty/staff allocation arrangements, teamwork and working environment. The results of the study highlight to employers of psychiatric nurses the importance of work location, including the value of facilitating staff with choices in their working environment, which may influence the recruitment and retention of nurses in mental health services.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Job satisfaction in psychiatric nursing

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Cowman

2007

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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“…These findings are supported by those of a study conducted by Gilloran et al . (1994) , who revealed that nurses were frustrated with supervision of their work in a psycho‐geriatric unit.…”

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confidence: 91%

Professional nurses’ perception of nursing mentally ill people in a general hospital setting

Mavundla¹

2000

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The aim of this study was to explore professional nurses' perception of nursing mentally ill patients in a tertiary hospital in Durban. An explorative, qualitative, descriptive and contextual design was followed as the basis for conducting the study. The above-mentioned research design was achieved through field work conducted in an urban-based general hospital. A sample of 12 professional nurses was selected from a population of 800 professional nurses employed in this setting using a purposive sampling technique. This sample size was determined by saturation of data as reflected in repeating themes. Both individual phenomenological semistructured interviews and field notes in the form of observations were used as methods of data collection. The field work was conducted without any preset theoretical framework of reference by using bracketing and intuiting. During interviews, participants were asked only one research question, namely: 'How do you perceive nursing mentally ill patients in your unit or ward?' Communication skills were employed to encourage participants to verbalize their perception of nursing mentally ill patients in a general hospital setting. A tape recorder was used to collect data and the data was transcribed verbatim. Data collected was analysed following the descriptive method of Giorgi (1986). Coding was carried out by the researcher and an independent expert who is a psychiatric nursing specialist and a qualitative research expert. After data analysis, the results were reflected within universal categories of the Nursing for the Whole Person Theory in order to give them structure. The four themes that emerged from the findings are: perception of self, perception of a patient, perception of feelings that hinder nursing the mentally ill, and perception of the environment. The measures for ensuring trustworthiness proposed by Guba (Lincoln Y.S. & Guba E.G. (1985) Naturalistic Inquiry. Sage, Beverly Hills) were used as the basis for ensuring reliable and valid findings. The perception of nursing mentally ill people within a general hospital setting was negative and affected the intellectual and the affective component of the nurses' psychological functioning within their internal environment. It was recommended that nurses' knowledge and skills should be increased and that they should be given emotional support in terms of counselling.

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“…Elovainio & Sinervo (1997) suggest that of all professional groups in social welfare and health care, state enrolled nurses experience most strain. Gilloran et al . (1994 ) maintain that staff working with patients with chronic conditions are frustrated with their work.…”

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Burnout among nursing staff in two Finnish hospitals

2000

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Aim To describe burnout and factors affecting it in nursing staff. Background Burnout is a common phenomenon in nursing staff. We need knowledge of phenomena related to burnout in order to be able to properly direct measures decreasing burnout. Methods A questionnaire measuring burnout was answered by 723 nurses. The data were analysed by means of descriptive statistics and anova. Results Half of the staff had scores which indicated they were frustrated or burnt out. Personal resource variables having an influence on staff burnout were age, vocational education and years of practice. Burnout increases with age, and staff with short work experience in nursing practice experience lower levels of burnout. Staff with a secondary level education working on psychiatric wards experience especially high levels of burnout. Continuous professional education is related to lower levels of burnout if it lasts for more than 10 days over a period of 2 years. Conclusions The results of the study can be generalized only to these two Finnish hospitals. The results indicate that education, both vocational basic education and professional further education, are key factors in preventing burnout among nursing staff.

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Staff nurses' work satisfaction in psychogeriatric wards

Cited by 12 publications

References 11 publications

Job satisfaction in psychiatric nursing

Job satisfaction in psychiatric nursing

Professional nurses’ perception of nursing mentally ill people in a general hospital setting

Burnout among nursing staff in two Finnish hospitals

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