The relationship between job burnout and job performance of clinical nurses in Shiraz Shahid Rajaei hospital (thruma) in 2016

Background and aims: Nursing is one the critical job in society and nurses pass an important part of their life in close relation with people and patients and optimal job operation guarantees health and improving many patients and people of society. So, identifying the effective factors on performance of nurses and trying to promote and improve them is so important. This study has been aimed to determine the interrelationship of job burnout and job performance of clinical nurses. Methods: The current study is interrelation study type which is performed by sectional method and the research society is all the nurses of Shiraz Shahid Rajaei hospital. 150 persons of the nurses were entered to the study by method of head counting and according to the criterions of entry. In order to collect data, three questioners of Demographic characteristics, Maslach Burnout Inventory and Paterson Job Performance were used. Validity and reliability (0.90) and (0.84) of the two tools were confirmed in the similar studies in the country. The data were analyzed by SPSS statistical software and by using statistical independent T-test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results: The findings show the frequency and intensity of job burnout respectively, with average of 21.37±1.55, 22.3±0.29 and job performance of nurses with average of 45.86±7.15. The results of Pearson’s correlation coefficient show that there is a negative and significant relation between job burnout and job performance of nurses (r=-0.52, P≤0.001). Conclusion: The results of this study show that there is a negatively significant and direct relationship between job burnout and job performance of nurses and as high rate of job burnout can lead to a reduction in job performance. So, it is recommended to improve their job performance and increase the patients’ satisfaction and finally enhance nursing care by adjusting the causes of job burnout

The study of the correlation between medication adherence and quality of life of Rheumatoid Arthritis patients

Background and aims: Patient adherences with therapeutic regimens reduce the severity of desease negative complications and its non-adherence as a barrier to achieving the medical. The aim at this study was to determine the correlation between medication adherence and quality of life of Rheumatoid Arthritis patients in Shariati hospital in 2016. Methods: This study was descriptive-correlational that population consisted of all Arthritis patients in Shariati hospital in Tehran. 252 patients were recruited by convenience sampling. Three questionnaires were used to collect data including the demographic characteristics questionnaire, the medication adherence “CQR” and SF-36. The validity and reliability of SF-36 in similar studies and the validity and reliability of CQR by researcher was approved. Data were analyzed by SPSS. Results: The results showed the levels of medication adherence with an average of 65.86±5.85 and the quality of life of patients with an average of 51.96±9.73. Spearman correlation coefficient showed that no significant correlation between medication adherence and quality of life of patients (P=0.663, r=0.02). Medication adherence had a significant correlation between energy/fatigue subscales of quality of life (P=0.035, r=0.13). Conclusion: Due to the fact that medication adherence was not a predictor of quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Therefore, it cannot be poured programs for these patients to improve their quality of life due to medication adherence

The Study of Nursing Personnel, s Workload Caused by Patient Transferring

Background and aims: One of the nursing staff’s responsibilities is patient transferring. The disproportionate burden imposed on the person according to his ability is the most important causes of occupational accidents and injuries. This study was aimed to evaluate nurseschr('39') workload caused by patient transferring in khatam ol anbiya hospital (s) in Tehran. Methods: This was a descriptive- analytic study. Its research community is all Khatam (s) nursing staff 260 of which were selected using convenience sampling and Morgan table. Using patient transfer assessment index (PTAI), the staff’s scores were calculated in terms of transfer and finally the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (average and standard deviation), inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient, Anova) and SPSS. Results: The people involved in the study had the average age (35.40±6.65yrs), work experience (11.36±5.71yrs), hight (1.73±5.79m) and weight (73.82±8.72kg), and body mass index (24.57±2.4). Statistical test results showed that none of the participants uses relocation equipment when transferring patients and based on PTAI, workload at danger level equaled to 0% at level 1, 8.07% at level 2, and 91.93% at level 3. Besides, nurse and nurse aid’s average PTAI score was equal to (32.83±17.14) and (42.25±12.46), respectively, which was significantly related to workload (P=0.001). Conclusion: The results showed that the workload caused by patient transferring in nursing personnel is at a high risk. Thus, it is recommended to teach proper ergonomics principles and to use transfer equipment (non-mechanical and mechanical) in order to reduce the workload caused by patient transferring

The relationship between organizational commitment and nursing care behavior

Introduction: Nursing care encompasses physical, emotional, mental and social needs, in order to improve a patient’s health and wellbeing. Caring is the central core and the essence of nursing. The important issue of care is access to proper care and increasing patients’ satisfaction. Job performance of nurses is affected by many factors including organizational commitment. This study aimed to determine the relationship between organizational commitment and nurses caring behavior. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 322 nurses from selected Hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran were randomly selected and enrolled in the study in 2015. The self-reported data by nurses were collected through demographic characteristics questionnaire, Meyer & Allen organizational commitment model and Caring Behavior Inventory (CBI). Data were analyzed with SPSS statistical software version 20, using t-test and ANOVA. Findings: The majority of nurses (63%) were female. The mean score and standard deviation of organizational commitment and caring behavior of nurses were 74.12±9.61 and 203.1±22.46, respectively. The results showed a significantly positive correlation between organizational commitment and caring behavior (p=0.001). Conclusion: In this study the caring behavior of nurses with higher organizational commitment were significantly better than the others. Managers and nurse leaders should pay more attention to improve organizational commitment of nurses, in order to improve nurses’ performance