VIOLENCE EXPERIENCED BY NURSES WORKING IN ACUTE CARE PSYCHIATRIC WARDS AT A GAUTENG HOSPITAL

Of all hospital staff, nurses are the most exposed to violence in the workplace that can cause long-term negative effects. The purpose of this study is to increase the understanding of violence against nurses in acute care psychiatric wards in a Gauteng hospital to promote the nurses’ mental health. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual research design was used by purposively sampling nurses who had experienced violence. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted. Nurses had experienced physical, sexual and psychological violence and perceived the risk factors of violence to be mental health care user-related. They described the physical and emotional effects of the violence they experienced. Recommendations are made to prevent violence and manage incidents after their occurrence to promote nurses mental health.

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Sharp-Device Injuries to Hospital Staff Nurses in 4 Countries

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ◽

10.1086/513445 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 473-478 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Sean P. Clarke ◽

Maria Schubert ◽

Thorsten Körner

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Acute Care ◽

Acute Care Hospital ◽

Hospital Staff ◽

The United States ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Injury Rates ◽

The Past ◽

Hospital Staff Nurses

Objective.To compare sharp-device injury rates among hospital staff nurses in 4 Western countries.Design.Cross-sectional survey.Setting.Acute-care hospital nurses in the United States (Pennsylvania), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario), the United Kingdom (England and Scotland), and Germany.Participants.A total of 34,318 acute-care hospital staff nurses in 1998-1999.Results.Survey-based rates of retrospectively-reported needlestick injuries in the previous year for medical-surgical unit nurses ranged from 146 injuries per 1,000 full-time equivalent positions (FTEs) in the US sample to 488 injuries per 1,000 FTEs in Germany. In the United States and Canada, very high rates of sharp-device injury among nurses working in the operating room and/or perioperative care were observed (255 and 569 injuries per 1,000 FTEs per year, respectively). Reported use of safety-engineered sharp devices was considerably lower in Germany and Canada than it was in the United States. Some variation in injury rates was seen across nursing specialties among North American nurses, mostly in line with the frequency of risky procedures in the nurses' work.Conclusions.Studies conducted in the United States over the past 15 years suggest that the rates of sharp-device injuries to front-line nurses have fallen over the past decade, probably at least in part because of increased awareness and adoption of safer technologies, suggesting that regulatory strategies have improved nurse safety. The much higher injury rate in Germany may be due to slow adoption of safety devices. Wider diffusion of safer technologies, as well as introduction and stronger enforcement of occupational safety and health regulations, are likely to decrease sharp-device injury rates in various countries even further.

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Investigation of depression, anxiety and stress levels of health-care students during COVID-19 pandemic

Mental Health Review Journal ◽

10.1108/mhrj-10-2020-0070 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Obay A. Al-Maraira ◽

Sami Z. Shennaq

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Self Report ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Psychological Counseling ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type ◽

Health Care Students ◽

Stress Levels

Purpose This study aims to determine depression, anxiety and stress levels of health-care students during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic according to various socio-demographic variables. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional study was conducted with 933 students. Data were collected with an information form on COVID- 19 and an electronic self-report questionnaire based on depression, anxiety and stress scale. Findings Findings revealed that 58% of the students experienced moderate-to-extremely severe depression, 39.8% experienced moderate-to-extremely severe anxiety and 38% experienced moderate-to-extremely severe stress. Practical implications Educational administrators can help reduce long-term negative effects on students’ education and mental health by enabling online guidance, psychological counseling and webinars for students. Originality/value This paper is original and adds to existing knowledge that health-care students’ depression, anxiety and stress levels were affected because of many factors that are not yet fully understood. Therefore, psychological counseling is recommended to reduce the long-term negative effects on the mental health of university students.

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Occupational Health Hazards of Hospital Staff Nurses

AAOHN Journal ◽

10.1177/216507998903700605 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 37 (6) ◽

pp. 232-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Pamela Klauer Triolo

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Hospital Staff ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Health Hazards ◽

Hospital Staff Nurses

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Burnout and coping strategies among hospital staff nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2648.1989.tb01590.x ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 14 (7) ◽

pp. 553-557 ◽

Cited By ~ 71

Author(s):

Sandra Brown Ceslowitz

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Hospital Staff ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Hospital Staff Nurses ◽

And Coping

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Health problems and violence experiences of nurses working in acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home-based long-term care in Germany: A systematic review

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0260050 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (11) ◽

pp. e0260050

Author(s):

Andrea Schaller ◽

Teresa Klas ◽

Madeleine Gernert ◽

Kathrin Steinbeißer

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Acute Care ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Acute Care Hospitals ◽

Health Problems ◽

Term Care ◽

Home Based ◽

Care Facilities

Background Working in the nursing sector is accompanied by great physical and mental health burdens. Consequently, it is necessary to develop target-oriented, sustainable profession-specific support and health promotion measures for nurses. Objectives The present review aims to give an overview of existing major health problems and violence experiences of nurses in different settings (acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home-based long-term care) in Germany. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed and PubPsych and completed by a manual search upon included studies’ references and health insurance reports. Articles were included if they had been published after 2010 and provided data on health problems or violence experiences of nurses in at least one care setting. Results A total of 29 studies providing data on nurses health problems and/or violence experience were included. Of these, five studies allowed for direct comparison of nurses in the settings. In addition, 14 studies provided data on nursing working in acute care hospitals, ten on nurses working in long-term care facilities, and four studies on home-based long-term care. The studies either conducted a setting-specific approach or provided subgroup data from setting-unspecific studies. The remaining studies did not allow setting-related differentiation of the results. The available results indicate that mental health problems are the highest for nurses in acute care hospitals. Regarding violence experience, nurses working in long-term care facilities appear to be most frequently affected. Conclusion The state of research on setting-specific differences of nurses’ health problems and violence experiences is insufficient. Setting-specific data are necessesary to develop target-group specific and feasible interventions to support the nurses’ health and prevention of violence, as well as dealing with violence experiences of nurses.

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Satisfaction among hospital staff nurses on nurse staffing calculation-performance-oriented calculation based on Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA) on information system

Malahayati International Journal of Nursing and Health Science ◽

10.33024/minh.v3i2.3366 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 124-130

Author(s):

Rani Kawati Damanik ◽

Adventy Riang Bevy Gulo

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Nurse Staffing ◽

Total Sample ◽

Hospital Staff ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Control Group ◽

Nurse Satisfaction ◽

Hospital Staff Nurses ◽

Post Test

Background: The Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA) has a method and tool for staffing calculation-performance-oriented calculation based on information systemPurpose: To identify of satisfaction among hospital staff nurses on nurse staffing calculation-performance-oriented calculation based on Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA) on information systemMethod: The technique of determining the sample using the Cohen effect size (d) formula, the total sample is 30 nurses, divided by two groups, each group comprise 15 nurses the as control group and intervention group 15. The pre-post test done for both groups. The training given to participants for two days and following by measured to identify of satisfaction among hospital staff nurses twice to control and intervention groups using a questionnaire.Results: The Kolmogorov Smirnov normality test and finding the data had abnormally distributed (p <0.05), and following by the Mann Whitney test. The results showed that all the participants showed an increase in nurse satisfaction on nurse staffing calculation-performance-oriented calculation based on Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA)Conclusion: There is a difference in the level of satisfaction between a control group and an intervention with a range of 4.66 points. Using nurse staffing calculation-performance-oriented calculation based on Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA) on information system, it applicable and reasonable to nurses to calculate nurse staffing in the hospital.

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Air Pollution and Long Term Mental Health

Atmosphere ◽

10.3390/atmos11121355 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. 1355

Author(s):

Younoh Kim ◽

James Manley ◽

Vlad Radoias

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Air Pollution ◽

Natural Experiment ◽

Economic Status ◽

Pollution Index ◽

Clinical Depression ◽

Negative Effects ◽

It Education ◽

Pollution Exposure

We study the long-term consequences of air pollution on mental health, using a natural experiment in Indonesia. We find that exposure to severe air pollution has significant and persistent consequences on mental health. An extra standard deviation in the pollution index raises the probability of clinical depression measured 10 years past exposure by almost 1%. Women in particular seem to be more affected, but some effects persist for men as well. Pollution exposure increases the likelihood of clinical depression for women and also the severity of depressive symptoms for both sexes. It is not clear if men are more resistant to pollution or they simply recover faster from it. Education, perceived economic status, and marriage seem to be the best mitigators for these negative effects.

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