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STUDY

Correlation Between Job Related Problems and Job-Related Performance of Staff Nurses in Private and Government Hospitals in Iloilo City

ILLUSTRATION

Burns(2000)
Article: Performance Improvement with Patient Service Care Stated that open and frequent communication with patients helped develop trust and confidence with them. Relevance to the study: Performance of staff nurses can be improved if there is an open and frequent communication from superiors coupled with physician- nurse interaction with patient care.

Forte and Forstrom(1999)

Article: Work Complexity and Assessment Recognized that if work is reconfigured, relationships must be configured and lays out a plan for this new ways of managing both care and relationship. Relevance to the study: work complexity of staff nurses can be minimized if both work and relationships of personnel bind together.

Ponte et al.(February 1998)

Article: Factors Leading to a Strike Vote and Strategies for Reestablishing Relationships State that casual factors contributing to a strike vote by nurses are lack of responsiveness by nurses administrators in solving daily problems met by staff nurses, reduction of benefit of nursing staff nad inequities in salaries between the nursing staff and senior executive officer, nurses administrator and

Relevance to the study: the cause of problems met by staff nurses are due to poor relationships among top, middle and lower managers and staff nurses, lack of responsiveness by nurse executives to the problems of staff nurses, reduction of fringe benefits and low salaries given to staff nuses.

McGuiness(February 1998)
Article: The Change of Employee Loyaltee States that to foster loyalty in the service, there must be effective and open communication among the personnel in the hospital , there must be pay for productive and flexible benefits base on performance Relevance to the study: staff nurses should be given thoughtful linkage between pay and performance inorder to foster greater commitment and loyalty in the service.

Spetz( March 1998)

Article: Hospital Employment of Nursing Personnel State that understanding the relationship between nursing personnel employment and patient care in the hospital is necessary to evaluate performance of nurses and positive changes in staffing pattern. Relevance to the study: understanding by top, middle and lower managers and good rapport between staff nurses and patient care serve as basis in evaluating the performance of staff nurses in performing their duty as well as changes in the staffing pattern.

Murray et al.( June 1998)

Article: Nurse Executives Leadership Roles State that chief nursing officer leave their position due to lack of power, conflict with chief executive officer and inadequate nursing personnel. Relevance to the study: staff nurses performance would be affected if the middle managers or chief nursing officers have conflict with the chief executive officer and with problems met related to their job.

Dobos(1997)
Article: Understanding Personnel Risk Taking Among Staff Nurses State that nurses were often the target of frustrations and exposed to painful emotions because of consistent presence at the bed side. Suggested that to improve the patient care, identification of problems met by nurses must be supported, encouraged and non- threatening.

Relevance to the study: frustrations and painful emotions met by nurses in performing their duty in the hospital are job- related problems which must be identified and given due attention by top , middle and lower managers to improve patient care.