Quantifying work-family conflict among registered nurses.
Work-family conflict is challenging for nurses and the nursing profession. Still unclear is how frequently nurses experience work-family conflict and which nurses experience it most frequently. We document the prevalence and frequency of work-family conflict and describe the demographic predictors of frequent work-family conflict. Nurses reported greater work interference with family than family interference with work. Fifty percent of nurses reported chronic work interference with family (occurring at least once a week); another 41% reported episodic work interference with family (occurring less than 1-3 days per month). In contrast, 52% of nurses reported episodic family interference with work, and 11% reported chronic family interference with work. Few demographic characteristics predicted either work interference with family or family interference with work.
Grzywacz
Joseph G
JG
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Frone
Michael R
MR
Brewer
Carol S
CS
Kovner
Christine T
CT
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D016526:Workload