Supporting a Healthy Work Environment and Just Culture in the Emergency Care Setting

Healthy work environments and just culture are associated with improved nursing outcomes, such as increased autonomy and control over practice, increased job satisfaction, and decreased nurse burnout, sick time, and turnover (American Nurses Association [ANA], n.d.; Canady& Allen, 2015; Halm, 2019; McHugh et  al, 2016; Shirey, 2017). Characteristics of unhealthy work environments include high workload; low decision authority; low support; poor communication; abusive behavior; disrespect; resistance to change; lack of vision or leadership; distrust; conflict with values, mission, and vision; and loss of understanding of the central purpose of professional duties (Wang et al, 2020).
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: ENA Position Statement Source Type: research