The ANA's 2011 Health and Safety Survey has been released, and it identifies causes for concern in nursing safety as well as showcasing areas of improvement. The good news is greater availability of patient lifting devices and needles with safety devices are reducing workplace hazards for nurses. Unplanned or mandatory overtime and the number of nurses working over 40 hours per week have also decreased.
"Overall, a workplace culture promoting nurses' health and safety needs to be instilled in a stronger way. Difficult physical demands, stressful work environments and challenging schedules are all factors cited by nurses as negatively affecting their satisfaction in their jobs. Healthcare employers must ensure a safe and healthy work environment if they wish to recruit and retain nurses, who are key to the delivery of high-quality patient care,” ANA President Karen A. Daley, RN, PhD, MPH, FAAN, said in a news release. “Everyone has a role to play in changing the culture to put safety first. No one should have to go to work and worry that they are putting their health in jeopardy given what we know about prevention strategies.”
Becoming an RN will be more appealing to the next generation of healthcare professionals if a safe, relatively low stress work environment exists. Hopefully the information uncovered by the survey will be taken into account and nursing safety will continue to improve. The information in this post came from an article on Nurse.com.
"Overall, a workplace culture promoting nurses' health and safety needs to be instilled in a stronger way. Difficult physical demands, stressful work environments and challenging schedules are all factors cited by nurses as negatively affecting their satisfaction in their jobs. Healthcare employers must ensure a safe and healthy work environment if they wish to recruit and retain nurses, who are key to the delivery of high-quality patient care,” ANA President Karen A. Daley, RN, PhD, MPH, FAAN, said in a news release. “Everyone has a role to play in changing the culture to put safety first. No one should have to go to work and worry that they are putting their health in jeopardy given what we know about prevention strategies.”
Becoming an RN will be more appealing to the next generation of healthcare professionals if a safe, relatively low stress work environment exists. Hopefully the information uncovered by the survey will be taken into account and nursing safety will continue to improve. The information in this post came from an article on Nurse.com.
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