The nurse work environment in Spanish nurses following an economic recession: From 2009 to 2014

Autor: Silvia Esteban-Sepúlveda, Carmen Fuentelsaz-Gallego, María Teresa Moreno-Casbas, María Ruzafa-Martínez
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Nursing Management. 27:1294-1303
ISSN: 1365-2834
0966-0429
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12811
Popis: AIM To detect possible changes in perception of the nurse work environment, job satisfaction and burnout between the years 2009 and 2014 among nurses working in the Spanish National Health System. BACKGROUND The global economic crisis has had a great impact on nurses in the Spanish National Health Service: tougher working conditions, lower pay and a reduction in social benefits. It is not known whether these changes affect the nurses' work environment, job satisfaction and burnout. METHOD Comparative, cross-sectional study performed in seven hospitals in the Spanish National Health System between 2009 and 2014, through 1,454 surveys of nurses working in internal medicine, surgery and intensive care. RESULTS Nurses participating in the second period (2012-2014) were more satisfied with their current job (p = 0.001), perceived their work environment to be more favourable (p
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