An Ergonomic Surgical Instrument Initiative to Foster a Healthy Work Environment

AORN Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 112 (5) ◽  
pp. 554-554
Author(s):  
Lisa Ravinal ◽  
Shannon O’Donnell ◽  
Ellen Barth
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Surgical Instrument ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work

Compassion Fatigue and the Healthy Work Environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesly Kelly ◽  
Michael Todd
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
American Association ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Compassion Satisfaction ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work

Background:Burnout is a concern for critical care nurses in high-intensity environments. Studies have highlighted the importance of a healthy work environment in promoting optimal nurse and patient outcomes, but research examining the relationship between a healthy work environment and burnout is limited.Objective:To examine how healthy work environment components relate to compassion fatigue (eg, burnout, secondary trauma) and compassion satisfaction.Methods:Nurses (n = 105) in 3 intensive care units at an academic medical center completed a survey including the Professional Quality of Life and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ Healthy Work Environment standards.Results:Regression models using each Healthy Work Environment component to predict each outcome, adjusting for background variables, showed that the 5 Healthy Work Environment components predicted burnout and that meaningful recognition and authentic leadership predicted compassion satisfaction.Conclusions:Findings on associations between healthy work environment standards and burnout suggest the potential importance of implementing the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ Healthy Work Environment standards as a mechanism for decreasing burnout.

scholarly journals Leadership Connection to Emotional Intelligence and Stress at Workplace

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadeem Ahmed Bashir
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Intelligence Quotient ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Stress At Work

<p>Emotional intelligence has gained huge attention of practitioners and researchers over the last decade. This paper aims to highlight the relatively less focused, but the key domain of stress at work and its linkage with the emotional intelligence of leadership. Based on previous studies, this study accumulated the issues regarding emotional intelligence of leadership and its capacity to handle the stress more effectively. Though intelligence quotient is necessary for leaders, emotional intelligence of leadership is identified as most significant to cope with stress at work and create a healthy work environment. Specifically, the level of leaders’ emotional intelligence sets for how subordinates respond, to perform more effectively at different stressful circumstances. </p>

Authentic Leaders Creating Healthy Work Environments for Nursing Practice

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria R. Shirey
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Nursing Workforce ◽  
Healthcare Delivery System ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Healthy Work Environments

Implementation of authentic leadership can affect not only the nursing workforce and the profession but the healthcare delivery system and society as a whole. Creating a healthy work environment for nursing practice is crucial to maintain an adequate nursing workforce; the stressful nature of the profession often leads to burnout, disability, and high absenteeism and ultimately contributes to the escalating shortage of nurses. Leaders play a pivotal role in retention of nurses by shaping the healthcare practice environment to produce quality outcomes for staff nurses and patients. Few guidelines are available, however, for creating and sustaining the critical elements of a healthy work environment. In 2005, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses released a landmark publication specifying 6 standards (skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, and authentic leadership) necessary to establish and sustain healthy work environments in healthcare. Authentic leadership was described as the “glue” needed to hold together a healthy work environment. Now, the roles and relationships of authentic leaders in the healthy work environment are clarified as follows: An expanded definition of authentic leadership and its attributes (eg, genuineness, trustworthiness, reliability, compassion, and believability) is presented. Mechanisms by which authentic leaders can create healthy work environments for practice (eg, engaging employees in the work environment to promote positive behaviors) are described. A practical guide on how to become an authentic leader is advanced. A research agenda to advance the study of authentic leadership in nursing practice through collaboration between nursing and business is proposed.

Confirmation of a Healthy Work Environment

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlene Kramer ◽  
Claudia Schmalenberg
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work

Three Structures for a Healthy Work Environment

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-100
Author(s):  
Robert L. Dent ◽  
Cori Armstead ◽  
Brenda Evans
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work

Reducing Worker Fatigue to Create a Healthy Work Environment

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 326-329
Author(s):  
Nancy Blake ◽  
Kay Gilmore ◽  
Phan Dang ◽  
Dan Villareal
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work Environment ◽  
Healthy Work
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