Sagherian Knar, Cho Hyeonmi, Steege Linsey M
Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Sagherian), College of Nursing, The University of Tennessee Knoxville; Part-time Lecturer (Dr Cho), College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea; and Professor (Dr Steege), School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
J Nurs Adm. 2023 May 1;53(5):277-283. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001283.
This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the characteristics, content, and context of rest breaks taken by hospital nurses.
Nurses often miss, skip, or take interrupted breaks. To improve the quality of breaks and promote within-shift recovery, it is important to understand current rest break practices including break activities and contextual challenges around them.
Survey data from 806 nurses were collected between October and November 2021.
Most nurses did not take regular breaks. Rest breaks were often interrupted, spent being worried about work, and rarely resulted in a relaxed state. Common break activities were having a meal or a snack, and browsing the Internet. Regardless of workload, nurses considered patient acuity, staffing, and unfinished nursing tasks when deciding to take breaks.
Rest break practices are of poor quality. Nurses mainly consider workload-related factors when taking breaks, which warrants the attention of nursing administration.
本横断面研究旨在探讨医院护士休息时段的特点、内容及背景情况。
护士常常错过、跳过或休息被打断。为提高休息质量并促进轮班期间的恢复,了解当前的休息习惯,包括休息活动及其周围的背景挑战非常重要。
于2021年10月至11月收集了806名护士的调查数据。
大多数护士没有规律休息。休息常常被打断,休息时还担心工作,很少能达到放松状态。常见的休息活动是吃饭或吃零食以及上网。无论工作量如何,护士在决定休息时会考虑患者病情严重程度、人员配备情况和未完成的护理任务。
休息习惯质量较差。护士休息时主要考虑与工作量相关的因素,这值得护理管理层关注。