The daily relationships between staffing, safety perceptions and personality in hospital nursing: A longitudinal on-line diary study

Louch, Gemma; O’Hara, Jane; Gardner, Peter; O’Connor, Daryl B.

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.02.010

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“…Fuller details of the study method including more information pertaining to participants, design, procedure and analysis have been published previously [53].…”

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“…To assess whether nurses perceived they were able to practise safety, referred to as safe practitioner measure [53], taking the conditions on shift into account-participants were asked to respond to one statement on a 5-point scale (ranging from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree). A higher score on this outcome represented a more favourable perception.…”

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A Daily Diary Approach to the Examination of Chronic Stress, Daily Hassles and Safety Perceptions in Hospital Nursing

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Purpose 2Stress is a significant concern for individuals and organisations. Few studies have explored stress, burnout and patient safety in hospital nursing on a daily basis at the individual level. This study aimed to examine the effects of chronic stress and daily hassles on safety perceptions, the effect of chronic stress on daily hassles experienced, and chronic stress as a potential moderator. MethodsUtilising a daily diary design, 83 UK hospital nurses completed three end of shift diaries, yielding 324 person days. Hassles, safety perceptions and workplace cognitive failure were measured daily, and a baseline questionnaire included a measure of chronic stress. Hierarchical multivariate linear modelling was used to analyse the data. ResultsHigher chronic stress was associated with more daily hassles, poorer perceptions of safety, being less able to practise safely, but not more workplace cognitive failure. Reporting more daily hassles was associated with poorer perceptions of safety, being less able to practise safely and more workplace cognitive failure. Chronic stress did not moderate daily associations. The hassles reported illustrate the wide-ranging hassles nurses experienced. ConclusionThe findings demonstrate in addition to chronic stress, the importance of daily hassles for nurses' perceptions of safety, and the hassles experienced by hospital nurses on a daily basis. Nurses' perceive chronic stress and daily hassles to contribute to their perceptions of safety. Measuring the number of daily hassles experienced could proactively highlight when patient safety threats may arise, and as a result interventions could usefully focus on the management of daily hassles.

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“…In line with previous research, the two burnout facets of Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalisation were included (Halbesleben et al, 2008). Safety perceptions were used to measure patient safety, as previous research has suggested these are associated with objectively measured patient safety outcomes (Hansen et al, 2011, Hofmann and Mark, 2006, Mardon et al, 2010 and are useful for detecting variations in perceived safety between individual practitioners (Halbesleben et al, 2008, Louch et al, 2016. There were two hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: There will be a direct association between depressive symptoms and patient safety perceptions.…”

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“…Perceptions were reported at both the individual level and the work area/unit level, based on evidence that these measures provide useful and complementary information that vary between nurses in response to stress and individual differences (Louch et al, 2016).…”

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Burnout mediates the association between depression and patient safety perceptions: a cross‐sectional study in hospital nurses

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Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between depressive symptoms, burnout and perceptions of patient safety. A mediation model was proposed whereby the association between symptoms of depression and patient safety perceptions was mediated by burnout. Background There is growing interest in the relationships between depressive symptoms and burnout in healthcare staff and the safety of patient care. Depressive symptoms are higher in healthcare staff than the general population and overlap conceptually with burnout. However, minimal research has investigated these variables in nurses. Given the conceptual overlap between depressive symptoms and burnout, there is also a need for an explanatory model outlining the relative contributions of these factors to patient safety. Design A cross‐sectional questionnaire was distributed at three acute NHS Trusts. Method Three‐hundred and twenty‐three hospital nursing staff completed measures of depressive symptoms, burnout and patient safety perceptions (including measures at the level of the individual and the work area/unit) between December 2015 ‐ February 2016. Results When tested in separate analyses, depressive symptoms and burnout facets were each associated with both patient safety measures. Furthermore, the proposed mediation model was supported, with associations between depressive symptoms and patient safety perceptions fully mediated by burnout. Conclusion These results suggest that symptoms of depression and burnout in hospital nurses may have implications for patient safety. However, interventions to improve patient safety may be best targeted at improving burnout in particular, with burnout interventions known to be most effective when focused at both the individual and the organisational level.

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Identifying Critical Factors of Sustainable Healthcare Institutions’ Indicators Under Taiwan’s National Health Insurance System

Chang

Wang

2017

Soc Indic Res

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The daily relationships between staffing, safety perceptions and personality in hospital nursing: A longitudinal on-line diary study

Abstract: BackgroundThe association between poor staffing conditions and negative patient safety

Cited by 25 publications

References 57 publications

A Daily Diary Approach to the Examination of Chronic Stress, Daily Hassles and Safety Perceptions in Hospital Nursing

A Daily Diary Approach to the Examination of Chronic Stress, Daily Hassles and Safety Perceptions in Hospital Nursing

Burnout mediates the association between depression and patient safety perceptions: a cross‐sectional study in hospital nurses

Identifying Critical Factors of Sustainable Healthcare Institutions’ Indicators Under Taiwan’s National Health Insurance System

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