Relationship between Nursing Work Environment Satisfaction, Use of Body Mechanics and Nurses Reported of Fatigue | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 27, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 365-376 PDF (240.01 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.252327 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mona Abd El- Rahman1; Elsaida Gamal Aly Baghdady2; Noha Mohammed Ibrahim Ibrahim2 | ||
| 1Assistant professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port-Said University, Egypt. | ||
| 2Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port-Said University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Background: The appropriate application of body-mechanics principles during direct and indirect patient care can reduce fatigue and musculoskeletal injury. Aim: The present work investigated the relationship between nursing work environment satisfaction, use of body mechanics, and nurses reported of fatigue. Design: This descriptive comparative study recruited nurses who worked in the medical and surgical units across two hospitals in the Suez Canal region of Egypt. Method: The sample comprised 160 nurses. The tools of the study included Nurses' characteristic questionnaire, Observational checklist about use of body-mechanics principle, nurses’ knowledge questionnaire, fatigue severity scale, and nursing work-environment satisfaction questionnaire. Results: It was shown that most nurses properly employed the body mechanics concepts. The study also revealed a significant strong association between nurses’ knowledge and application of the principles of body mechanics in both groups. There was a considerable moderate positive association between fatigue severity scores and both scientific and applied scores of body mechanics among nurses in both hospitals. There was a mild negative correlation between nursing work- environment satisfaction scores and scientific and applied scores of body mechanics and fatigue severity scores among nurses at the Suez Canal University Hospital. Conclusion: The results revealed a negative correlation between the nursing work environment, applied body mechanics, and fatigue severity. Strategies to mitigate fatigue and preserve the nurses’ energy were used by environmental and occupational health authorities. Management should support work environment- related activities that are associated with fatigue among Egyptian nurses to reduce and eliminate its occurrence. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| body mechanics; fatigue; nursing work environment satisfaction | ||
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