A human factors approach to evaluate predictors of acute care nurse occupational fatigue
| Autor: | Yelena Perkhounkova, Linda D. Scott, Amany Farag, S. Saeidzadeh, Maria Hein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Staffing Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Human Factors and Ergonomics Hospitals Shift work Physical Fatigue Nursing Work Schedule Tolerance Acute care Workforce medicine Humans Sleep Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Construct (philosophy) business Engineering (miscellaneous) Fatigue |
| Zdroj: | Applied Ergonomics. 100:103647 |
| ISSN: | 0003-6870 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103647 |
| Popis: | Nurses function at the point of care and assume a significant role in intercepting errors. They work in a mentally and physically demanding profession that is comprised of shift-work, subjecting nurses to considerable fatigue. Yet, few studies constructed a comprehensive model that integrates personal and occupational factors to explore their relationship with various types of fatigue (acute, chronic, physical, mental, and total). Here, we examine this type of comprehensive fatigue-model, in a report that represents one aim of a larger, mixed-methods study. The study sample comprised of 1137 registered nurses working in eight hospitals in a Midwestern state. Nurses reported higher levels of acute and total fatigue than chronic and physical fatigue. Staffing and resource adequacy, exercise, and sleep were among the strongest predictors. Since fatigue is a multi-faceted construct, a comprehensive fatigue-management strategy that targets both day and night-shift nurses is the optimal way to manage nurse fatigue. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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