Nurses' organization of work and its relation to workload in medical surgical units: a cross-sectional observational multi-center study

FMP Ferramosca, M De Maria, D Ivziku, B Raffaele… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Work contexts can affect nurses' work and work outcomes. Work context factors
of nurses, patients, or workflow can modulate nurses' organization of work and determine …

What determines physical, mental and emotional workloads on nurses? A cross‐sectional study

D Ivziku, M de Maria, FMP Ferramosca… - Journal of nursing …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim This study aimed to identify determinants of physical, mental and emotional nursing
workloads. Background Workload has a physical, mental and emotional dimension. It …

Defining nursing workload predictors: A pilot study

D Ivziku, FMP Ferramosca, L Filomeno… - Journal of Nursing …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To explore predictors of perceived nursing workload in relation to patients, nurses and
workflow. Background Nursing workload is important to health care organisations. It …

Exploring the relation between modelled and perceived workload of nurses and related job demands, job resources and personal resources; a longitudinal study

WFJM Van den Oetelaar, CAM Roelen, W Grolman… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Aim Calculating a modelled workload based on objective measures. Exploring the relation
between this modelled workload and workload as perceived by nurses, including the effects …

Mapping nurses' activities in surgical hospital wards: A time study

W Van den Oetelaar, HF Van Stel, W Van Rhenen… - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Balancing the number of nursing staff in relation to the number of patients is
important for hospitals to remain efficient and optimizing the use of resources. One way to do …

Nurse leaders' perceptions of workload and task distribution in public healthcare: A qualitative explorative study

M Miller, J Hemberg - Journal of clinical nursing, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Unreasonable workload and work‐related stress can reduce nurse leaders' job
satisfaction and productivity and can increase absence and burnout. Nurse leaders' …

Workload in nursing

J Umansky, E Rantanen - Proceedings of the Human Factors …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Nursing is a high workload profession, and excessive workload has been shown to have an
adverse effect on patient care. Prior research has focused on patient-staff ratios and skill mix …

Work flow analysis: eliminating non–value-added work

T Capuano, J Bokovoy, D Halkins… - JONA: The Journal of …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To evaluate the impact of implemented work environment changes on nursing
and support staff roles. Background: In 1999, the authors identified key drivers of …

Transforming nursing workflow, part 1: the chaotic nature of nurse activities

P Cornell, D Herrin-Griffith, C Keim… - JONA: The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To quantitatively measure workflow and computer use, the activities of 27 medical-
surgical RNs were recorded through direct observation. Background: Previous studies have …

[PDF][PDF] Investigation and Correlation of Workload, Quality of life, Workability, and Contextual Variables in Nurses.

S Sobhani, MS Hosseini, S Tabanfar - Journal of Health & Safety at …, 2023 - jhsw.tums.ac.ir
Introduction: Nurses' high workload may affect their ability to work, cause health problems,
and reduce nurses' quality of life. Considering the important role of nurses in society's …