Support and resources to promote and sustain health among nurses and midwives in the workplace: A qualitative study
2021 (English)In: Nordic journal of nursing research, ISSN 2057-1585, E-ISSN 2057-1593, Vol. 41, no 3, p. 166-174Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Registered nurses and midwives are in short supply and have among the highest rates of sick leave in the global workforce. The aim of this study was therefore to explore and gain a deeper understanding of how nurses and midwives experience their everyday work, with a view toward promoting and sustaining their work-related health. Nine registered nurses and four registered midwives working in hospitals and community healthcare facilities in Sweden were interviewed. The interviews were analyzed using content analysis. This study is reported in accordance with COREQ. One main category emerged: ‘Quality of organizational and collegial support and opportunities to facilitate recovery, health, and patient care’. From this category, four generic categories describing the overall experiences of registered nurses and midwives could be discerned. Based on these results, it is recommended that employers adopt a systematic health-promotive approach to foster and maintain the workplace health of registered nurses and midwives.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. Vol. 41, no 3, p. 166-174
Keywords [en]
health promotion, occupational health, organization, stress, support, teamwork
National Category
Nursing Work Sciences
Research subject
NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE, Nursing science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-18196DOI: 10.1177/2057158520988452Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85131317291OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-18196DiVA, id: diva2:1638951
Note
This study was funded by internal research grants from the School of Health Sciences, University of Skövde, Sweden
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