Balancing the scales-Nurses' attempts at meeting family and employer needs in a work-intensified environment

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dc.citation.issue8
dc.citation.volume28
dc.contributor.authorHarvey C
dc.contributor.authorBaldwin A
dc.contributor.authorThompson S
dc.contributor.authorWillis E
dc.contributor.authorMeyer A
dc.contributor.authorPearson M
dc.contributor.authorOtis E
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-14T21:17:59Z
dc.date.available2020-01-28
dc.date.available2023-08-14T21:17:59Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.date.updated2023-08-14T03:38:30Z
dc.descriptionRefer SLs asking for accepted. Penny 15/8/2023en
dc.description.abstractAims This paper describes findings from a survey conducted in New Zealand exploring nurses’ decision-making about when to delay care, delegate care, hand care over or leave care undone. Unanticipated findings identified processes that nurses go through when deciding to take planned/unplanned leave when wards are constrained through budget limitations. Background Missed/rationed care is increasingly the focus of attention in international studies, identifying a complex interplay of organisational, professional and personal factors affecting nurses’ decision-making when faced with limited organisational time, human and material resources to provide care. Methods The survey presented nurses with Likert-scale questions with option for free text comments. This paper reports on the commentaries about work–life balance. Results Nurses described workload pressures that lead to rationing care affected them, and the long-term effect on them as individuals. Nurses verbalized the difficulties and associated guilt about taking leaving and sick leave when wards were short staffed. Conclusions Nurses consider how their absence will affect the workspace and their home first, considering the impact on themselves last. Implications The findings may provide valuable insights for nurse managers in relation to workforce allocations and resources where acknowledgement of work–life balance is considered.
dc.format.extent1873-1880
dc.identifierhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31777129
dc.identifier.citationHarvey C, Baldwin A, Thompson S, Willis E, Meyer A, Pearson M, Otis E. (2020). Balancing the scales-Nurses' attempts at meeting family and employer needs in a work-intensified environment.. J Nurs Manag. 28. 8. (pp. 1873-1880).
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jonm.12913
dc.identifier.eissn1365-2834
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0966-0429
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/28525
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
dc.relation.isPartOfJ Nurs Manag
dc.subjectmissed nursing care
dc.subjectnursing
dc.subjectrationed care
dc.subjectwork intensification
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectNew Zealand
dc.subjectNurse Administrators
dc.subjectWork-Life Balance
dc.subjectWorkload
dc.subjectWorkplace
dc.titleBalancing the scales-Nurses' attempts at meeting family and employer needs in a work-intensified environment
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id438751
pubs.organisational-groupOther
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