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Nurses experiences regarding staffing patterns in the surgical wards of a private hospital in Gauteng South Africa
- Source :
- Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 0, Pp 325-332 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- AOSIS, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background: Staffing patterns refers to the number and types or categories of staff assigned to the particular wards in a hospital. Staffing patterns that accommodate imbalanced patient to nurse ratios can affect nursing staff negatively. The negative experiences increased emotional stress, physical exhaustion, high nurse turnover and consequences of poor patient outcomes. The high patient to nurse ratios and the profitability factor of private hospitals virtually dictates the type of staffing patterns that are used in these wards. As such, the current staffing patterns appear to require nursing staff to work longer shifts as well as overtime work without a choice, the consequences of which are the effects highlighted above.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe nurses' experiences regarding staffing patterns in the surgical wards of a private hospital in Gauteng in order to develop recommendations for staffing patterns in these wards.Methodology: A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was used. Data was collected by means of in-depth semi structured individual interviews from a purposive sample of professional nurses working in the surgical wards of this hospital. Data was analysed using Tesch's method of qualitative thematic analysis. Principles of trustworthiness and ethical principles to ensure the protection of human rights were applied throughout the study.Results: The findings of the study revealed one central theme which reflected that participants experienced the staffing patterns of the surgical wards negatively. Two main themes emerged as, nurses had negative experiences in the surgical wards as well as negative emotional experiences related to the staffing patterns.Conclusion: It is evident from the findings of the study that nurses are experiencing staffing patterns negatively.
- Subjects :
- Research design
Nursing staff
030504 nursing
Experiences
Health Policy
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Staffing
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Surgical wards
Nurses
Staffing patterns
lcsh:RA1-1270
Overtime work
Affect (psychology)
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Trustworthiness
Nursing
Physical exhaustion
030212 general & internal medicine
Thematic analysis
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Private hospital
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Afrikaans
- ISSN :
- 20719736 and 10259848
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....21480392d5116bc0738eecdf55043520