5 research outputs found

    Har organisatoriska förutsÀttningar och ledarskapsstrategier betydelse för att frÀmja lÄg sjukfrÄnvaro inom hÀlso- och sjukvÄrden?

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    Studien syftar till att undersöka om det finns gemensamma organisatoriska förutsÀttningar och ledarskapsstrategier som kÀnnetecknar enheter inom hÀlso- och sjukvÄrden som har lÄg sjukfrÄnvaro. För att undersöka detta intervjuades första linjens chefer, ansvarig för enheten. Urvalet gjordes utifrÄn enheternas sjukfrÄnvaro under Ären 2013-2016. Data analyserades med kvalitativ innehÄllsanalys. Resultatet visar att dessa chefer arbetar under en del organisatoriska krav som de upplever som försvÄrande. De lyckas trots det att skapa förutsÀttningar för lÄg sjukfrÄnvaro och gör det genom ett aktivt ledarskap som har fokus pÄ medarbetarna. De hade tydliga strategier för att förebygga och hantera sjukfrÄnvaro och de var lyhörda och flexibla inför medarbetarnas önskemÄl om att lÀgga tillrÀtta sin arbetssituation. Den övergripande slutsatsen Àr att de intervjuade cheferna tycks vara i en position dÀr de kan pÄverka medarbetarnas arbetssituation och i slutÀndan deras sjukfrÄnvaro. En god idé för överordnad ledning verkar vara att stötta chefer i ett aktivt arbete att stÀrka förutsÀttningar för medarbetare samt att öka chefers inflytande över frÄgor som rör lokala arbetsförhÄllanden.Centrum för vÀlfÀrdsstudie

    Managerial approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave : A qualitative study

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    Aim The aim of this study was to identify first-line managers' approaches for maintaining low levels of sick leave among health care employees. Introduction One challenge in health care is the high level of sick leave among employees. High work demands and conflicting pressures characterize the work situation of both employees and first-line managers, with potential negative effects on work-related health. Method First-line managers at units with low and/or decreasing sick leave were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Results The managers took a holistic approach in meeting their employees' broader needs, and they were balancing high organisational demands through insubordination. To keep sick leave rate low, they created possibilities for the employees to influence their own working life through a present, visible and trustful leadership. Conclusion Managers responsible for units with low sick leave seemed to utilize a holistic approach with focus on their employees and prioritized needs of their employees before organisational demands from top management. Implications for nursing management First-line managers in health care can have impact on sick leave among their employees and create good working conditions, despite pressure from their superiors

    Patient involvement in quality improvement - a 'tug of war' or a dialogue in a learning process to improve healthcare?

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    BACKGROUND: Co-production and co-design approaches to quality improvement (QI) efforts are gaining momentum in healthcare. Yet, these approaches can be challenging, not least when it comes to patient involvement. The aim of this study was to examine what might influence QI efforts in which patients are involved, as experienced by the patients and the healthcare professionals involved. METHODS: This study involved a qualitative design inspired by the constructivist grounded theory. In one mid-sized Swedish hospital's patient process organisation, data was collected from six QI teams that involved patients in their QI efforts, addressing care paths for patients with transient, chronic and/or multiple parallel diagnoses. Field notes were collected from participant observations during 53 QI team meetings in three of the six patient processes. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 patients and 12 healthcare professionals in all the six QI teams. RESULTS: Patients were involved in QI efforts in different ways. In three of the QI teams, patient representatives attended team meetings regularly. One team consulted patient representatives on a single occasion, one team collected patient preferences structurally from individual interviews with patients, and one team combined interviews and a workshop with patients. The patients' and healthcare professionals' expressions of what might influence the QI efforts involving patients were similar in several ways. QI team members emphasized the importance of organisational structure and culture. Furthermore, they expressed a desire for ongoing interaction between patients and healthcare professionals in healthcare QI. CONCLUSIONS: QI team members recognised continuous dialogue and collective thinking by the sharing of experiences and preferences between patients and healthcare professionals as essential for achieving better matches between healthcare resources and patient needs in their QI efforts. Significant structural and cultural aspects of performing QI in complex hospital organisations were considered to be obstructions to progress. Therefore, to sustain learning and behaviour change through QI efforts at the team level, a deeper understanding of how structural and cultural aspects of QI promote or prevent success appears essential

    Swedish nursing students' experience of stress during clinical practice in relation to clinical setting characteristics and the organisation of the clinical education

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    AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To describe nursing students' experience of stress during clinical practice and evaluate the risk of stress in relation to the clinical setting characteristics and the organisation of the clinical education. BACKGROUND: Stress during clinical practice is well documented, but there is a lack of knowledge concerning whether the clinical setting characteristics and the organisation of the education make a difference. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study with evaluative design. METHODS: Data were collected by means of a numerical rating scale for the assessment of stress and questions about the clinical setting characteristics and the organisation of the education. One hundred and eighty-four students who had completed their final year on the nursing programme at three universities in Sweden were included. RESULTS: Nearly half of the students (43%) experienced high level of stress during clinical practice. Measured by decision in the tree analysis, the absolute risk of stress was 57% in students with placements in hospital departments, as compared to 13% in students with placements in other clinical settings. The risk of stress increased to 71% if the students with placement in a hospital took the national clinical final examination. Performance of practice in a hospital department overcrowded with patients was also associated with increased risk of stress. The organisation of supervision and number of students at the clinical placement had an effect on the experience of stress, but did not prove to be risk factors in the analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The risk of stress in nursing students during their clinical practice differs depending on clinical setting characteristics. The taking of the national clinical final examination could be a source of stress, but this requires further investigation. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: It is important that supervisors are aware that students in hospital departments overcrowded with patients are at risk of stress and may have increased need of support

    Ledarskap i Àldreomsorgen : att leda integrerat vÀrdeskapande i en röra av vÀrden och förutsÀttningar

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    Det övergripande syftet med denna rapport Ă€r att beskriva chefers etiska vĂ€rderingar, dilemman och organisatoriska förutsĂ€ttningar för att bedriva ett vĂ€rdebaserat ledarskap i sĂ„vĂ€l kommunal som privat Ă€ldreomsorg. Det empiriska materialet bestĂ„r av en omfattande enkĂ€tstudie till nĂ€stan 500 studerande inom ramen för den nationella ledarutbildningen för chefer inom Ă€ldreomsorgen vid Högskolan i BorĂ„s under perioden 2013 till 2015. Utbildningen gavs pĂ„ uppdrag av Socialstyrelsen och omfattade 30 högskolepoĂ€ng med tvĂ„ Ă„rs studier pĂ„ kvartsfart. Samtliga studerande var yrkesverksamma som chefer och ledare inom kommunal eller privat Ă€ldreomsorg i södra Sverige. Metoder som anvĂ€nts i bearbetning och analys av materialet Ă€r deskriptiva, jĂ€mförande och analytiska med regressionsmodeller och SEM-analys. Resultatet visar pĂ„ att cheferna – oavsett utbildningsbakgrund, vĂ€rderade följande etiska vĂ€rden högst: att inte skada, respekt för individen och rĂ€tten till konfidentialitet. VĂ€rdedilemman i chefsarbetet Ă€r dock vanligt och sammanlĂ€nkat med andra utmaningar i arbetet, sĂ€rskilt med utmaningar som rör hantering över organisationsnivĂ„er (buffertproblem och containerproblem) och av olika ansvarsomrĂ„den (logikkonflikter). Inom privat verksamhet skattade de medverkande cheferna vĂ€rdekonflikter och andra utmaningar i lĂ€gre grad Ă€n chefer inom kommunal verksamhet. De flesta chefer var nöjda med hur de kunde fullfölja sitt ansvar för utveckling av verksamheten avseende vĂ€rdegrund, kvalitet, processer, dagligt arbete, brukarmedverkan, brukarsĂ€kerhet och arbetsmiljö. De flesta skattade ocksĂ„ att de arbetade i mycket hög grad med strukturering och utveckling av dessa frĂ„gor. Stödresurser minskade upplevelsen av vĂ€rdekonflikter, men det fanns skillnad i betydelsen relaterat till chefers grundprofession. Det organisatoriska stödet var ocksĂ„ tydligare för chefer inom privat verksamhet. Organiserade stödresurser hade stor betydelse för hĂ„llbart integrerat och vĂ€rdeskapande ledarskap samt för aktiva ledningsstrategier. Även sambandet mellan hĂ„llbart ledarskap och aktiva ledarstrategier modererades av grundprofession, dĂ€r sambandet var moderat negativt för chefer med social grundutbildning. Det tycks sĂ„ledes finnas ett utbildningsbehov bland Ă€ldreomsorgens chefer och behov av ett utvecklat stöd frĂ„n arbets- HÖGSKOLAN BORÅS HÖGSKOLAN BORÅS 15 givaren dĂ„ det varierar avseende omfattning, inriktning och nivĂ„ mellan kommunal och privat verksamhet. Sammanfattningsvis har chefer i Ă€ldreomsorgen mĂ„nga olika vĂ€rden, pĂ„ olika nivĂ„er och utifrĂ„n olika perspektiv att förhĂ„lla sig till i sitt ledarskap. Att hantera och utveckla förstĂ„else för dessa Ă€r utmanande i chefskapet och vĂ€rdedilemman Ă€r vanliga. Majoriteten av cheferna i denna studie beskriver dock generellt en aktiv och god hantering och organisering av dessa. Konstateras att en integrerad förstĂ„else och hantering, samt goda organisatoriska stödresurser tycks bidra till mer hĂ„llbart och vĂ€rdeskapande ledarskap
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