Compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, burnout, working environments, and musculoskeletal disorders among nurses

AbstractPurposeIt was aimed to determine the perceptions of nurses' working environment and professional quality of life and to compare nurses with and without musculoskeletal discomfort.Design and MethodsIt is a descriptive  and comparative study. The data were collected from 333 nurses working at different units.FindingsThose, who did not have discomfort in their body parts, had a higher mean score in the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index; whereas, those having discomfort in all parts of the body had a higher mean score in the Professional Quality of Life Scale (p <  0.05;p <  0.01;p <  0.001).Practice ImplicationsAttempts to reduce nurses' musculoskeletal discomfort can positively increase perceptions of the working environment and professional quality of life.
Source: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research