The relationship of positive work environments and workplace injury: Evidence from the National Nursing Assistant Survey

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作者
McCaughey, Deirdre [1 ,2 ]
McGhan, Gwen [3 ]
Walsh, Erin M. [1 ]
Rathert, Cheryl [4 ]
Belue, Rhonda [5 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Hlth Policy & Adm, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Dept Publ Hlth Sci, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[3] Penn State Univ, Sch Nursing, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[4] Univ Missouri, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Management & Informat, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
[5] Penn State Univ, Dept Hlth Policy & Adm, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
employee engagement; health care worker injury; NIOSH; NORA; occupational health; occupational safety; PATIENT SAFETY OUTCOMES; JOB-SATISFACTION; CARE; HOME; BURNOUT; RETENTION; ASSOCIATION; TURNOVER; CLIMATE; NURSES;
D O I
10.1097/HMR.0b013e3182860919
中图分类号
R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
学科分类号
摘要
Background: With estimates of a 51% growth in the number of nursing assistants needed by 2016, there is a critical need to examine workplace factors that negatively contribute to the recruitment and retention of nursing assistants. Studies have shown that high demands, physical stress, and chronic workforce shortages contribute to a working environment that fosters one of the highest workforce injury rates in the United States. Purposes: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between nursing assistant injury rates and key outcomes, such as job satisfaction and turnover intent, while exploring workplace environment factors, such as injury prevention training, supervisor support, and employee engagement, that can decrease the rates of workplace injury. Methodology/Approach: Data from the 2004 National Nursing Assistant Survey were used to examine the negative effects of workplace injury on nursing assistants and the workplace environment factors that are related to the rate of worker injury. Findings: Nursing assistants who experience job-related injuries have lower levels of job satisfaction, increased turnover intentions, and are less likely to recommend their facility as a place to work or seek care services. It was also found that nursing assistant injury rates are related to employee ratings of injury prevention training, supervisor support, and employee engagement. NAs with multiple injuries (>2) were 1.3-1.6 times more likely to report being injured at work than NAs who had not been injured when supervisor support, employee engagement, and training ratings were low. Practice Implications: Evidence that health care organizations can use to better understand how workplace injuries occur and insight into ways to reduce the current staggering rate of on-the-job injuries occurring in health care workplaces were offered in this study. The findings also offer empirical support for an extension of the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety/National Occupational Research Agenda Work Organization Framework for Occupational Illness and Injury.
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