护士物理环境压力尺度项目初步开发
Dagmar Rittenbacher1,2, Sheila J Bosch2, Shabboo Valipoor2
1Research & Insights, Gresham Smith, Orlando, FL, USA.
HERD
|April 16, 2024
概括
一个新的尺度,护士.
科学领域:
- 护理 护理 护理
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 重症监护病房 (ICU) 的护士面临着与工作有关的重大压力,原因是诸如重量工作和长时间工作等因素.
- 病房的物理环境可能会导致护士的压力,但缺乏评估这些环境因素的工具.
- 环境设计干预措施显示了减轻护士压力的潜力,突出了评估工具的需要.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个初步的护士物理环境压力表 (NPESS).
- 探索ICU物理环境与护士工作相关压力之间的关系.
- 创建一个工具来识别环境压力因素和支持在ICU设置.
主要方法:
- 为了开发工具,采用了一种探索性的顺序方法.
- 阶段包括对焦组数据和医疗保健文献的定性内容分析.
- 通过采访ICU护士,开发和完善了NPESS初步工具.
主要成果:
- 开发了初步的护士物理环境压力表 (NPESS).
- 该NPESS工具包含七个部分的81个项目:声音,照明,气味,休息空间,工作空间,病房和美学.
- 这些项目涉及ICU设置中的环境压力的潜在调节者.
结论:
- NPESS提供了一种可行的方法来评估ICU环境,以减少护士的压力.
- 该工具可以识别导致或减轻压力的特定环境因素.
- 计划进行进一步的研究,以更大的护士样本验证NPESS的可靠性和有效性.
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