The Influence of Supportive and Ethical Work Environments on Work-Related Accidents, Injuries, and Serious Psychological Distress among Hospital Nurses

Abstract

The healthcare industry in Japan has experienced many cases of work-related injuries, accidents, and workers’ compensation claims because of mental illness. This study examined the influence of supportive and ethical work environments on work-related accidents, injuries, and serious psychological distress among hospital nurses. Self-reported questionnaires were distributed to nurses (n = 1114) from 11 hospitals. Valid responses (n = 822, 93% women, mean age = 38.49 ± 10.09 years) were used for analyses. The questionnaire included items addressing basic attributes, work and organizational characteristics, social capital and ethical climate at the workplace, psychological distress, and experience of work-related accidents or injuries in the last half year. The final model of a multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that those who work less than 4 h of overtime per week (OR = 0.313), those who work on days off more than once per month (OR = 0.424), and an exclusive workplace climate (OR = 1.314) were significantly associated with work-related accidents or injuries. Additionally, an exclusive workplace climate (OR = 1.696) elevated the risk of serious psychological distress. To prevent work-related compensation cases, which are caused by these variables, strengthening hospitals’ occupational health and safety is necessary.

A contemporary understanding of nurses’ workplace social capital: A response to the rapid changes in the nursing workforce

“…The essence of a scientifically valid concept analysis pivots on identifying these defining attributes. Numerous characteristics of social capital have been identified in nursing publications (Andersen et al, ; Chang, Huang, Chiang, Hsu, & Chang, ; Chang, Chu, Liao, Chang, & Teng, ; DiCicco‐Bloom et al, ; Ernstmann et al, ; Firouzbakht et al, ; Hofmeyer, , ; Hofmeyer & Marck, ; Hsu et al, ; Jafari, Pourtaleb, & Khodayari‐Zarnaq, ; Kowalski et al, ; Laschinger, Read, Wilk, & Finegan, ; Middleton et al, ; Norikoshi, Kobayashi, & Tabuchi, ; Pesut, ; Read, ; Read & Laschinger, ; Sheingold, Hofmeyer, & Woolcock, ; Sheingold & Sheingold, ; Shin & Lee, , ; Tei‐Tominaga & Nakanishi, ; Vagharseyyedin et al, ; Van Bogaert, Kowalski, Weeks, & Clarke, ; Vardaman et al, ) (Appendix A). However, five of these characteristics, Relational Network, Trust, Shared Understanding, Reciprocity and Social Cohesion, are the most frequently stated in the literature; thereby, these attributes have been considered as the essential determining attributes of nurses’ workplace social capital (Walker & Avant, ).…”

“…Social exclusion has been defined as prevention or denial of accessing to rights, opportunities and resources that are available to members of a tightly bonded group of individuals (Béland, ). Findings from several research suggest that social capital can lead to social exclusion due to over strong bonding among nursing staff (Hofmeyer & Marck, ; Tei‐Tominaga & Nakanishi, ).…”

“…We have identified an array of empirical referents from the literature and have classified them under the five core attributes (Appendix B). For instance, under the theme of ‘Trust’, we have included the following behaviours: ‘It's safe to ask others for assistance or information’ (Hofmeyer, , p. 13), ‘expose self‐vulnerability based on the belief that their peers will not take advantage of them’ (Hsu et al, , p. 1,386) and ‘nurses can rely on co‐workers at the workplace’ (Tei‐Tominaga & Nakanishi, , p. 10 of 13). These empirical referents elaborate the occurrence of the concept of ‘nurses’ workplace social capital’ and its five attributes.…”

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“…Regarding the psychological load demanded, a closer look at these workers is essential, since in addition to the occupational risks described above, they are surrounded by an unpredictable environment and emotional stresses which can increase the risk of mental problems and psychosomatic complaints (8) . In addition, these professionals deal with an inhumane reality which demands an attitude from them, but they are limited to modifying it due to obstacles such as the lack of working conditions, a network of non-systematized care and the lack of preparation of some professionals (16,23) .…”

The Impact of Understaffing on Delaying Early-Stage SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Detection

“…Employee does gets rewards for overloaded work. In case the rewards monetary may not satisfy the requirement of workers, work conflicts could also rise [7]. All these working conditions put workers into psychological problems and then potential disasters are no longer well controlled by workers in services, which in turn could cause injuries [8].…”