Nursing work life in acute care.
The purpose of this project was to explore how acute care nurses in a midwestern state rate the quality of their work life. A simple random sample of 1500 registered nurses was surveyed. Data were collected using Brooks' Quality of Nursing Worklife Survey (Brooks BA. Development of an Instrument to Measure Quality of Nursing Work Life [unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago; 2001). Findings suggested that nursing workload was too heavy, and there was not enough time todo the job well. This study revealed that there remain ongoing and fundamental work life concerns for staff nurses that the profession has neither addressed nor resolved in any meaningful, long-term way.
Department of Public Health, Mental Health, Administrative Nursing College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA. brooksbe@uic.edu
Beth A
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Brooks
Mary Ann
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Anderson
D000208:Acute Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011788:Quality of Life; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology