dc.contributor.author | Bekker, Monique | |
dc.contributor.author | Knobloch Coetzee, Siedine | |
dc.contributor.author | Klopper, Hester C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ellis, Suria M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-12T10:11:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-12T10:11:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bekker, M. et al. 2015. Non-nursing tasks, nursing tasks left undone and job satisfaction among professional nurses in South African hospitals. Journal of nursing management, 23:1115-1125. [https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12261] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0966-0429 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1365-2834 (Online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/18644 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jonm.12261 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12261 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aim:To investigate the relationship between non-nursing tasks (NNTs), nursing tasks left undone (NTLU) and job satisfaction among professional nurses (PNs) in South Africa (SA).
Background: This study adds to the international debate about the relationship between non-nursing tasks, nursing tasks left undone and job satisfaction by studying the variables at individual nurse and hospital unit level.
Method: A cross-sectional survey design of 1166 PNs in 60 medical and surgical units in 55 private hospitals and seven public hospitals.
Results: Nationally, the three main non-nursing tasks performed were clerical duties (M = 1.81), arranging discharge referrals and transport (M = 1.38) and performing non-nursing care (M = 1.31), while the main nursing tasks left undone were comfort/talk with patients (62.2%), educating patients and family (57.9%) and develop/update nursing care plans/pathways (51.6%). Nursing tasks left undone were only related to three non-nursing tasks, and job satisfaction correlated most highly with nursing tasks left undone.
Conclusion: Professional nurses conduct many non-nursing tasks, and leave several important nursing tasks left undone. Nursing tasks left undone cause the greatest degree of job dissatisfaction amongst professional nurses.
Implications for nursing management: Role overlapping and work performed by professional nurses below their skill level should be identified and re-organised; support services should be employed and efficiently used. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | job satisfaction | en_US |
dc.subject | non-nursing task | en_US |
dc.subject | nursing tasks left undone | en_US |
dc.subject | professional nurse | en_US |
dc.title | Non-nursing tasks, nursing tasks left undone and job satisfaction among professional nurses in South African hospitals | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 20710798 - Bekker, Monique Christine | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 11089016 - Klopper, Hester Catharina | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 12862231 - Knobloch Coetzee, Siedine | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 10188908 - Ellis, Susanna Maria | |