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Workload In The Nursing Profession

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter covers the background of study, problem statements, research objectives, research question, research hypothesis, significance of study, scope of study, limitations of study, operational definition and conceptual framework.

1.2 BACKGROUND OF STUDY

Nursing personnel are consistently ranked among the top occupations with the highest rate of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs). According to the bureau of labor statistic (2008), nurses, nursing aides and attendants reported the highest MSDs incidence rate of requiring days away from work in 2007. This is because the nursing profession is one of the most physically demanding jobs in industries. Working in the same positions for long …show more content…

A research by Anap, Iyer, & Rao (2013) which was conducted among 212 nurses in rural hospital Maharashtra, India show that the WMSDs was highest in the low back which is 48.2%. Their research was supported by other researches such as that by Tinubu et al. ( 2010) among 118 nurses in Ibadan, South-west Nigeria which is show that the WMSDs occurred mostly is the low back which is 44.1%.

MSDs are a serious problem among the nursing staff. Meanwhile, workload is the major cause of MSDs among nursing staff. The heavy workload of hospital nurses is a major problem for the health care system. WRMSDs among nurses have been reported to have associations with tasks involved in handling patients, in particular lifting patients and have been studied from both the physical and ergonomic viewpoints (Ando et al., 2000). Most of these WRMSDs among nursing personnel are back injuries, although they also include neck, shoulder, arm, wrist and knee disorders (Daraiseh et al., …show more content…

This study will give benefits to Ministry of Health and hospital administration. It will be used as a guideline to other hospital to improve their working environment. Thus, by knowing the condition faced by nurses, the hospital administration can work onto taking actions and to equip the work area with all the measures needed to maintained and improve the level of safety in nurses workplace. Moreover, this study will be significant in promoting good work environment in the workplace and motivations towards nurses. Besides that, the duty of nurses will affect their body regions and they will be able to take precaution to reduce the severity of injury towards themselves. This study also can give better understanding about symptoms of WRMSDs, psychosocial workload factor and ergonomics risk among

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