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Implementing a Quality Assurance program, a Patient Classification System

Research activity

Code Science Field Subfield
3.08.00  Medical sciences  Public health (occupational safety)   

Code Science Field
B685  Biomedical sciences  Hospital science and management 
Keywords
University Medical Centre Ljubljana, intensive care unit, nursing care, nurse, stress, stress factors, self-assessment questionnaire
Evaluation (rules)
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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)
no. Code Research organisation City Registration number No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.  0312  University Medical Centre Ljubljana  Ljubljana  5057272000  77,498 
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.
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