Survey on the pressures from night shifts and the countermeasures
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2013.01.06、
- VernacularTitle:儿科护士夜班压力状况调查分析与对策
- Author:
Liping LIU
;
Xiaoyan YUE
;
Shenglin QIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
department of pediatrics;
night shifts;
nurses;
work pressure
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2013;(1):20-22
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the pressures from night shifts among nurses from pediatrics department and find the countermeasures.Methods A self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the pressures from night shifts among 112 nurses from pediatrics department as well as the reasons.Results 110 of the nurses(98.2%) assumed that the pressures from night shifts was intensive.The main reasons for the pressures came out of heavy workload,shortage of staff and stuff and the unsettled balance between job and family.Conclusion Such measures as reasonable distributions of nurses,abound supply of stuff and reduced working links may be effective for the alleviation of the pressures on nurses at night shifts,motivated activeness in them and then the enhancement of nursing quality.