Facilitators, barriers and opportunities in workplace wellbeing: A national survey of emergency department staff
Anderson, N., Pio, F., Jones, P. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7672-8397 , Selak, V., Tan, E., Beck, S., Hamilton, S., Rogan, A., Yates, K., Sagarin, M., McLeay, A., MacLean, A., Fayerberg, E., Hayward, L., Chiang, A., Cadzow, A., Cadzow, N., Moran, S. & Nicholls, M. (2021).
Facilitators, barriers and opportunities in workplace wellbeing: A national survey of emergency department staff.
International Emergency Nursing, 57,
article number 101046.
doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2021.101046
Abstract
Introduction
Emergency department (ED) staff face daily exposure to the illness, injury, intoxication, violence and distress of others. Rates of clinician burnout are high and associated with poor patient outcomes. This study sought to measure the prevalence of burnout in ED personnel as well as determine the important facilitators of and barriers to workplace wellbeing.
Method
An anonymous online survey including six open-ended questions on workplace wellbeing was completed by 1372 volunteer participants employed as nurses, doctors, allied health or nonclinical roles at 22 EDs in Aotearoa, New Zealand in 2020.
Responses to the questions were analysed using a general inductive approach.
Results
The three key themes that characterise what matters most to participants' workplace wellbeing are: (1) Supportive team culture (2) Delivering excellent patient-centred care and (3) Professional development opportunities. Opportunities to improve wellbeing also focused on enhancements in these three areas.
Conclusion
In order to optimise workplace wellbeing, emergency departments staff value adequate resourcing for high-quality patient care, supportive and cohesive teams and professional development opportunities. Initiatives in these areas may facilitate staff wellbeing as well as improving safety and quality of patient care.
| Publication Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This article is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license and permits non-commercial use of the work as published, without adaptation or alteration provided the work is fully attributed. |
| Publisher Keywords: | Workplace wellbeing, Emergency Departments, Qualitative research, Survey, Burnout, Humans, Burnout |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Departments: | School of Health & Medical Sciences School of Health & Medical Sciences > Department of Optometry & Visual Science |
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Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives.
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