Observational study evaluating obstetric anesthesiologist residents' well-being, anxiety and stress in a North American academic program

Effects of the areas of worklife on job embeddedness: a national cross-sectional study among Egyptian nurses

AIM

This study aimed to examine the effects of a person-job match in the six areas of worklife on Egyptian nurses' job embeddedness.

BACKGROUND

Healthcare organizations struggle to embed nurses in their job. However, the antecedents of nurses' job embeddedness are not fully known, especially those related to organizational factors. This study is an initiative to contribute in this field.

METHODS

A national cross-sectional study that enrolled 1003 Egyptian licensed nurses was conducted. Data were collected using an online-based version of the Areas of Worklife Scale and the Global Job Embeddedness Scale and analyzed using the descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis.

RESULTS

Nurses reported a moderate level of job embeddedness with a person-job match in control, reward, and community. Regression analysis showed four of six areas of worklife (value, fairness, community, and control) contributing to nurses' job embeddedness.

CONCLUSION

Nurses who experience a person-job match in the value, fairness, community, and control areas of worklife are more likely to embed in their job. A match in the value area has the great potentials for nurses to embed in their job.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT

Actions aimed at embedding nurses should prioritize on optimizing a person-job match in value, fairness, community, and control.

A Perspective on Wellness in Anesthesiology Residency Programs: A Multi-Strategy Approach

Addressing resident wellness is an important topic given the high risk for burnout and depression in resident physicians compared with the general U.S. population. This article provides an overview of various approaches to help conceptualize and intervene on resident wellness, based on the 9-strategies framework to improve wellness laid out by Shanafelt and colleagues. This article outlines the most relevant literature in each strategy followed by the authors' experience within their anesthesiology residency program.

Effect of Regiosacralis Counterpressure Treatment on the Pain and Interleukin-6 Levels Among Primigravid Mothers During the First Stage Labor

BACKGROUND

Severe pain experienced by mother during the labor can cause fear and anxiety which can interfere with the overall labor process. Controlling pain during the labor process is important. Regiosacralis counterpressure pain management without altering the interleukin-6 (IL-6) level is expected to reduce the pain.

OBJECTIVE

This study was aimed to investigate the effects of regiosacralis counterpressure on the pain and IL-6 levels during the first stage of labor among primigravid mothers.

METHOD

A quasiexperiment method with pretest–posttest control group design was applied. Regiosacralis counter-pressure pain management was applied to all study participants who non-randomly recruited by consecutive sampling methods. A total of 52 primigravid mothers were selected and divided into both the intervention group (n = 26) and the control group (n = 26).

RESULT

The statistical analysis of the intervention on the pain and IL-6 level revealed a significant difference between the pretest and posttest in the intervention group (p < .001; M pretest pain = 8.96 ± .528; M posttest pain = 6.96 ± .774; M pretest IL-6 = 175.539 ± 92.281; M posttest IL-6 = 170,764 ± 70,026).

CONCLUSION

Regiosacralis counterpressure treatment is effective in controlling and reducing the pain level during the first stage labor.