title: [Tasks of caregivers in a nursing home. A study of tasks and reactions of caregivers].
abstract: This paper describes a study on the task perceptions of enrolled nurses in a nursing home and the relationships between task perceptions and reactions such as burnout, job satisfaction, experienced job significance and absenteeism (Harmsen, 1991). In our study a comparison is made on the one hand between the task perceptions of three different functions in the nursing home, namely the unit heads, the graduated and the student nurses, and on the other hand between the task perceptions of enrolled nurses working on two types of wards, namely somatic and psycho-geriatric wards. Concerning the relationships between task perceptions and reactions, the results of our study show that activities regarding the 'nursing record', the 'nursing report', the 'stimulation of self-care' and 'social contact' usually have a positive relationship with the experienced job significance of enrolled nurses. On the contrary, activities concerning daily care are evaluated negative. Finally, tasks in the area of 'instrumental activities', 'caring for the dying' and 'caring for the privacy of the client' appear to have positive as well as negative effects.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Boumans
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harmsen
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000368:Aged; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009737:Nursing Records; D009743:Nursing, Practical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
vernacular_title: Taken van verzorgenden in een verpleeghuis. Een onderzoek naar taken en reacties van verzorgenden.