The top eight issues Queensland Australia's aged-care nurses and assistants-in-nursing worried about outside their workplace: a qualitative snapshot
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Article Title | The top eight issues Queensland Australia's aged-care nurses and assistants-in-nursing worried about outside their workplace: a qualitative snapshot |
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ERA Journal ID | 14087 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Tuckett, Anthony (Author), Hegney, Desley (Author), Parker, Deborah (Author), Eley, Robert M. (Author) and Dickie, Robyn (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Nursing Practice |
Journal Citation | 17 (5), pp. 444-454 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
ISSN | 1322-7114 |
1440-172X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-172X.2011.01966.x |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=1322-7114&site=1 |
Abstract | The attainment of a work–life balance is an important issue for recruitment, retention and workforce planning. This paper aims to report on the free text data provided by the aged-care sector nurses around perceptions of important work–life issues. Data were written responses of aged-care nurses to the open-ended request at the end of a survey, which asked them to list up to five political, social, environmental issues concerning them outside of their work. For aged-care nurses,when asked to list political, social, environmental issues they were concerned about outside of work in late 2007, there emerged considered issues around work and life. Among the top eight themes there is an intriguing balance between the themes work, industrial relations, aged care/elder care and health-care services compared with the themes environment,water, societal values and housing. Qualitative insights into the political, social, environmental issues aged-care nurses are |
Keywords | aged care; environment; nursing; older people; work and life balance |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 500315. Philosophy of mind (excl. cognition) |
420599. Nursing not elsewhere classified | |
520105. Psychological methodology, design and analysis | |
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Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
National University of Singapore | |
Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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