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Sulz, Sandra, Langhammer, Kristina, Becker-Peth, Michael ORCID: 0000-0002-4496-7702 and Roth, Bernhard (2017). What drives perceived work intensity in neonatal intensive care units? Empirical evidence from a longitudinal study. J. Adv. Nurs., 73 (10). S. 2441 - 2450. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1365-2648

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Abstract

AimTo investigate the drivers of perceived work intensity among neonatal intensive care unit nurses. BackgroundThe consequences of high work intensity have been studied extensively, yet setting-specific drivers have received less attention. DesignProspective, longitudinal and monocentric study design. MethodsThe study combined data from standardized diary surveys and passive observations of study nurses. Data were collected over a period of 6months in 2015. We considered two scenarios: (1) the perception of normal work intensity relative to non-normal work intensity; and (2) the perception of high work intensity relative to non-high work intensity. Perceived work intensity was then analysed using mixed-effects probit regression models. ResultsWe found that when direct and indirect care were provided more frequently than administrative and other duties were performed, the evaluated nurses perceived their work intensity to be higher. We also found that nurses who more frequently provided care for sick and preterm infants were less likely to perceive their work intensity as normal and this effect was stronger among nurses who cared for infants under mechanical ventilation than nurses who cared for infants receiving non-invasive respiratory support. ConclusionIn the interest of both nurses and infants and the pursuit of a reduction in perceived work intensity and the provision of better neonatal care, caution must be applied when assigning infants to nurses. Further research is needed to validate these findings using a multicentre study design.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Sulz, Sandra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Langhammer, Kristina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Becker-Peth, Michael UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4496-7702 UNSPECIFIED Roth, Bernhard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-217107
DOI:	10.1111/jan.13301
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Adv. Nurs.
Volume:	73
Number:	10
Page Range:	S. 2441 - 2450
Date:	2017
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1365-2648
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language NURSING WORKLOAD; PRETERM INFANTS; NURSES; VALIDATION; OUTCOMES; STRESS; RATIOS; BIRTH Multiple languages Nursing Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21710