title: The impact of nurses' health on productivity and quality of care.
abstract: An aging workforce and high-stress environments have led to more nurses working with their own health problems, which in turn affects productivity. To assess this issue, the authors conducted focus groups with nurses and nurse managers. The authors discuss their findings and their implications for more proactively addressing issues that relate to health problems in nurses and the workplace changes that are needed to support nurses with health problems to ensure patient safety and quality care.
authors: School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA. Saletvak@uncg.edu
authors: Susan
authors: S
authors: Letvak
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Ruhm
authors: Susan
authors: S
authors: Lane
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D016272:Occupational Health; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000639:trends; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology