Department of Family Medicine & Public Health, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
The Higher Medical Committee, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
J Nurs Manag. 2022 Sep;30(6):1530-1539. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13432. Epub 2021 Aug 25.
To explore whether different profiles exist in a cohort of nurses regarding demographic and occupational outcomes.
Nurses will face many occupational problems, including workplace bullying, work-life imbalance, burnout and medical errors.
A cross-sectional study included 232 nurses working in a hospital in Oman. Data were collected from December 2018 to April 2019 using convenience sampling. Instruments included work-life balance questions, the Negative Acts questionnaire-revised questionnaire, Oldenburg Burnout Inventory and Stanford Professional Fulfillment Index. Cluster analysis, t test, chi-squared and Fisher's exact tests were used for data analysis.
Cluster 1 (n = 108) was characterized as 'low-risk on medical error, burnout and workplace bullying but high-risk in work-life imbalance' group. Cluster 2 (n = 124) was labelled as 'high-risk on medical error, work-life imbalance, burnout and workplace buying' group.
Two groups of nurses in Oman are facing occupational problems differently. Nurses in Cluster 1 need attention to work-life imbalance. However, nurses in Cluster 2 need attention on all occupational problems.
Findings call on the nursing stakeholders in Oman to identify factors related to occupational problems, to provide consultation services to reduce inter-personnel conflicts, and to review nurses' working hours to avoid burnout and resume a balanced work-life.
探讨护士群体在人口统计学和职业结果方面是否存在不同特征。
护士将面临许多职业问题，包括工作场所欺凌、工作与生活失衡、倦怠和医疗差错。
这是一项横断面研究，纳入了阿曼一家医院的 232 名护士。数据于 2018 年 12 月至 2019 年 4 月间通过便利抽样收集。使用的工具包括工作生活平衡问卷、负面行为问卷修订版、奥尔德姆倦怠量表和斯坦福职业满足感指数。数据分析采用聚类分析、t 检验、卡方检验和 Fisher 确切概率法。
聚类 1（n=108）的特征为“医疗差错、倦怠和工作场所欺凌低风险，但工作生活失衡高风险”组。聚类 2（n=124）被标记为“医疗差错、工作生活失衡、倦怠和工作场所欺凌高风险”组。
阿曼有两组护士面临不同的职业问题。聚类 1 的护士需要关注工作生活失衡。然而，聚类 2 的护士需要关注所有职业问题。
研究结果呼吁阿曼的护理利益相关者识别与职业问题相关的因素，提供咨询服务以减少人际冲突，并审查护士的工作时间，以避免倦怠并恢复平衡的工作生活。
