Hemşirelerin iş yükü analizi

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 238 - 245, 30.09.2018

Sevinç Mersin İsa İpçioğlu Gözde Koca

Abstract

Giriş: Hemşireler, belirsiz iş tanımı ve onların fazla ve eşit olmayan hemşirelik iş yükü nedeniyle birçok zorlukla karşı karşıyadır. Hemşireler arasında iş yükünün adil dağılımının olmaması, hasta bakımının kalitesini ve hemşirelerin motivasyon düzeyini olumsuz yönde etkilemektedir. Bu nedenle, hemşirelerin iş yükünü analiz etmek çok önemlidir.

Amaç: Farklı kliniklerde çalışan, her hemşirenin iş yükü puanlarının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Yöntem: Bu çalışma, retrospektif ve tanımlayıcı olarak yapılmıştır. Retrospektif veriler, Türkiye'deki bir hastanedeki 341 hastanın dosyalarından elde edilmiştir. Tanımlayıcı veriler için ise, 136 hemşireye “Sosyo-Demografik Form” ve “Likert tipte bir ölçek” (1: en hafif/kolay, 9: en zor/ağır) uygulanmıştır.

Bulgular: Bu çalışmada en fazla iş yükünün, dahili kliniklerde çalışan hemşireler için olduğu belirlenmiştir. En zor/ağır hemşirelik işleminin, yenidoğanın, doğumdan anneye verilmesine kadar geçen sürede yapılan işlemler (7.33 ± 2.25) olduğu, en hafif/kolay hemşirelik işleminin ise, oksijen verme (2,77 ± 2,04) olduğu saptanmıştır.

Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın sonuçları, hemşirelik işlemlerinin sayısal olarak değerlendirilmesi ile ilgili olarak hemşirelik alanına katkı sunmaktadır. Bu sonuçlar, hemşire yöneticiler için, hemşirelerin iş yükünü kolayca değerlendirebileceği bir rehber olabilir. Ayrıca çalışma, hemşireler için kayıt sisteminin önemini de vurgulamaktadır.

Keywords

Hemşirelik işlemleri, profesyonel uygulamalar

Analysis of the workload of nurses

Abstract

Background: Nurses face many challenges due to the unclear job description and the excess and unequal nursing workload on them.  The lack of fair distribution of workload among nurses negatively affect the quality of patient care and motivation level of nurses. Therefore, conducting studies to analyze the workload of nurses is very important.  

Objective: It was aimed to determine the workload score of each nurse in different clinics. 

Methods: This study was conducted retrospectively and descriptively.  The retrospective data of it was collected from the files of 341 patients at the hospital in Turkey. For descriptive data, 136 nurses were applied “Socio-Demographic Form” and  “A Likert Scale (1: the lightest, 9: the most severe)”.  

Results: In the present study, the maximum workload of a nurse was determined in the internal medicine clinics.  While the most difficult nursing procedures were determined the time until the newborn is given to the mother (7.33 ± 2.25), giving O2 (2.77±2.04) were determined the lowest difficult nursing procedures.

Conclusions: The results should be of interest to nursing in the areas of nursing procedure’s numeric values; and also, it may be a guide with which nurse manager may easily evaluate the workload of nurses. In addition, the importance of the record system was emphasized as well.

Keywords

nursing procedures, professional approach

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