Nejati Adeleh, Shepley Mardelle, Rodiek Susan
Texas A&M University
Cornell University.
Workplace Health Saf. 2016 Feb;64(2):70-7; quiz 78. doi: 10.1177/2165079915612097.
The nursing profession in the United States is on the precipice of a crisis. Nurses are essential to the health care industry, and maintaining quality nursing care is a primary concern of today's health care managers. Health care facilities report high rates of staff burnout and turnover, and interest in the nursing profession among younger students is declining. Health care leaders must improve nurses' job satisfaction, performance, and retention. However, they often overlook the need for nurses' respite and underestimate the value of well-designed staff break areas. An exhaustive and systematic literature search was conducted in the summer of 2014, and all studies found on the topic were reviewed for their relevance and quality of evidence. The existing literature about the main causes of nurses' fatigue, barriers that prevent nurses from taking restorative breaks, and consequences of nurses' fatigue for staff, patient, and facility outcomes demonstrates the pressing need for interventions that improve nurses' working conditions. Additional literature on the restorative effects of breaks and the value of well-designed break areas indicates that efforts to improve breakroom design can play an important role in improving nurses' job satisfaction and performance.
美国的护理行业正处于危机边缘。护士对医疗保健行业至关重要，维持高质量的护理服务是当今医疗保健管理者的首要关注点。医疗保健机构报告称员工倦怠和离职率很高，年轻学生对护理专业的兴趣也在下降。医疗保健领导者必须提高护士的工作满意度、工作表现和留用率。然而，他们常常忽视护士需要休息的需求，并且低估设计良好的员工休息区的价值。2014年夏天进行了全面而系统的文献检索，并对该主题下找到的所有研究进行了相关性和证据质量审查。现有关于护士疲劳的主要原因、阻碍护士进行恢复性休息的障碍以及护士疲劳对员工、患者和机构结果的影响的文献表明，迫切需要采取干预措施来改善护士的工作条件。关于休息的恢复作用以及设计良好的休息区的价值的其他文献表明，改善休息室设计的努力可以在提高护士的工作满意度和工作表现方面发挥重要作用。
