Mamdouh El-hneiti
The University of Jordan, Jordan
Title: Nursing Staff Development, Work Conditions, Strain, and Stress in Care of Elderly in Jordan
Biography
Biography: Mamdouh El-hneiti
Abstract
Background: Nursing is a stressful job requiring supportive management and effective interventions using appropriate planning. To change work environments and improve organizations, accurate data are required.
Objectives: To explore the nursing staff stress and strain in relation to elderly care and to examine the association between staff development, work conditions and staff-perceived work stress and strain.
Methods: Cluster random sampling was undertaken to select three hospitals from the 31 private hospitals, in addition to the three governmental hospitals, which are located in Amman, the capital of Jordan. A cross-sectional design was used to recruit the 500 nurses who worked with elderly clients in the study settings.
Results: The most common sources of stress for geriatric nurses in Jordan were unsocial hours and difficult patients; psychological strain arose from working with dementia patients and insufficient time for tasks; physical stress came with cleaning and a single workspace. Predictors for work strain lay in factors of gender, job satisfaction, competence, development skills, and employee development. Stress predictors added work climate to this strain list. Female nurses had more physical and psychological strain and stress than male nurses; and nurses who have a better work climate had less stress.
Conclusion: Employeeship culture ideas could be partially implemented to improve partnership in the workforce within a hospital or between health institutions. Rotating elder care nurse groups through other wards would temporarily replace the stress of dementia patients with a varied workspace, different collegiate and superordinate interaction and different new tasks.