Projects / Programmes
Implementing a Quality Assurance program, a Patient Classification System
Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
3.08.00 |
Medical sciences |
Public health (occupational safety) |
|
Code |
Science |
Field |
B685 |
Biomedical sciences |
Hospital science and management |
University Medical Centre Ljubljana, intensive care unit, nursing care, nurse, stress, stress factors, self-assessment questionnaire
Researchers (8)
no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
1. |
19479 |
Mojca Dolinšek |
Cardiovascular system |
Researcher |
1999 |
56 |
2. |
19477 |
Alenka Krist |
Cardiovascular system |
Researcher |
1999 |
20 |
3. |
19482 |
PhD Andreja Kvas |
Public health (occupational safety) |
Researcher |
1999 |
520 |
4. |
19478 |
Jožica Mastnak |
Cardiovascular system |
Researcher |
1999 |
12 |
5. |
19481 |
Jolanda Munih |
Microbiology and immunology |
Researcher |
1998 - 1999 |
58 |
6. |
04437 |
PhD Primož Rode |
Cardiovascular system |
Head |
1999 |
61 |
7. |
19480 |
Miroslava Straunik |
Cardiovascular system |
Researcher |
1999 |
14 |
8. |
19483 |
PhD Irma Urh |
Educational studies |
Researcher |
1999 |
47 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
Occupational exposure to stress is related to factors such as management, personal relations, method of work, prospects for promotion, pay and satisfaction derived from work.The present study exploring nurses'' exposure to stress was carried out in the year 1998 as a part of the research project entitled: The development of a quality assurance programme and a patient classification system for nursing care. The study was conducted in seven intensive care units of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana, the Golnik Hospital and the Department of Psychiatry in Ljubljana, which offer two different levels of intensive care. The nursing staff were asked to complete a self-assessment questionnaire comprising 190 questions, which had been used with success in many previous surveys assessing occupational exposure to stress. A total of 146 completed questionnaires were available for analysis. The results revealed no significant differences between the nursing staff of the units offering the higher and the lower levels of intensive care. Very potent stress factors were identified in all the units surveyed. The present results, along with the results of two other studies evaluating the workload and the quality of work in the field of nursing, will serve as the basis in planning organisational changes designed to improve the working conditions for nurses and the quality of service for patients. We will try to reduce the exposure of nurses to stress by implementing special anti-stress programmes developed in collaboration with colleagues from the Department of Psychiatry.