Well-being at work: graduating nursing students’ perspective in Finland

Influence of headaches on nurse intentions to leave the profession and the hospital: a cross-sectional survey

Background: Few studies had examined whether headaches impact emotional exhaustion among nurses, and nurses' intentions to leave the hospital (current employer) or nursing profession. Objectives/Aims/Hypotheses: To examine the impact of headaches on nurses' self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion, and nurses' intentions to leave the hospital or the profession. Design: A cross-sectional survey design with proportional random sampling was used to collect data. Methods: This study was conducted in one medical center in Taiwan during February and March 2017. Inclusion criteria were full-time registered nurses. Totally, 570 full-time registered nurses were surveyed. Results: Nurse headaches were positively related to emotional exhaustion, which was positively related to the intention to leave the hospital, further positively related to the intention to leave the profession. Self-efficacy was negatively related to the intention to leave the profession. Impact statement and Conclusions: Our findings advise nurse managers to take actions to reduce nurses' headaches.

Measuring hospital nurses' well-being at work - psychometric testing of the scale

BACKGROUND

Valid and reliable methods to measure nurses' well-being at work are needed. Well-being at work refers to a positive viewpoint and experience in a work context.

AIM

The aim of this study is to test the psychometric properties of nurses' well-being at work-scale (NWB-scale).

METHOD

The NWB-scale was tested in a Finnish hospital (N = 233) using statistical methods.

RESULTS

The NWB-scale consists of 67 items and 12 factors: patients' experience of high-quality care, assistance and support among nurses, nurses' togetherness and collaboration, satisfying practical organization of work, challenging and meaningful work, freedom to express diverse feelings in a work community, well-conducted everyday nursing, status related to the work itself, fair and supportive leadership, opportunities for professional development, fluent communication with other professionals, and being together with other nurses in an informal way. Content validity was good based on expert evaluations. Construct validity of the scale was also very good based on exploratory factor analysis. Reliability (internal consistency) was assessed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which ranged from 0.66 to 0.91.

CONCLUSIONS

Based on psychometric properties, NWB is a valid and reliable scale to measure hospital nurses' well-being at work. Extrapolation to other professionals and settings needs required modification and careful testing.