The Relation Between Job Demands and Safety Attitudes among staff Nurses | ||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 6, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2022, Pages 57-66 PDF (655.44 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2022.259001 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Lamees El-zohery1; Nehad El-wkeel2; Ahlam El-shaer2 | ||
| 1B.Sc.in Nursing, 2Lecturer of Nursing Administration-Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||
| 2Nursing Administration-Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nursing is the backbone of the healthcare sector. They work hard inspite of job demands that cause tension and stress. These demands effect on nurses performance and on their safety. The management should treat staff nurses as a human, give them rest as possible and provide appropriate assignments according to their abilities to help < br />them cope with job demands and achieve safety attitudes. So, the study aimed to investigate the relation between job demands and safety attitudes among staff nurses. Method: descriptive correlational design was used and a convenient sample of (319) staff nurses was included, whom working at Dikirnis General Hospital by using two tools as: job demands and safety attitudes questionnaire. Results: the majority of staff nurses reported moderate level of job demands, more than half of staff nurses had negative perception to safety attitudes, and there was highly statistically significant negative relation between total job demands and total safety attitudes as perceived by staff nurses. Recommendation: Applying of training program for staff nurses continuously on safety issues, how to deal in critical situation, cultural difference and on their area of practice. Development of a favorable work environment by providing sufficient nursing staff and resources to enhance nurses’ ability to deal with work demands and decrease safety risks on nurses | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Job demands; Safety attitudes; Staff Nurses | ||
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