Work and health of nurses in Europe: results from the NEXT-Study
"The European NEXT-Study is assessing premature departure from the nursing profession in ten European countries. A large amount of data has been collected, with more than 56,000 nurses participating in NEXT, opening the unique possibility to compare nurses’ work on an international level with r...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Wuppertal
2006
University of Wuppertal |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19294916124910121989-Work-and-health-of-nurses-in-e.htm |
| Summary: | "The European NEXT-Study is assessing premature departure from the nursing profession in ten European countries. A large amount of data has been collected, with more than 56,000 nurses participating in NEXT, opening the unique possibility to compare nurses’ work on an international level with respect to socioeconomic background, working conditions and relevant outcomes such as health. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of key indicators of nursing work in Europe and to deliver a basis for a debate on nursing among stakeholders in all participating countries. The results show that there are substantial differences in working conditions for nurses between the different countries. Some of them were expected (e.g. higher job insecurity in Poland and Slovakia), whilst others seem rather surprising (e.g. the often adverse scores for German and Italian nurses). To increase the mutual understanding of nursing work in Europe and to make this document more informative and lively, we are collecting feedback from key persons within nursing from each participating country. These comments are currently being collected and continuously updated in the internet version of this document. As a result, last week’s text version may vary slightly from this one. For reasons of space and comparability, we had to limit the current analysis to registered nurses working in hospitals. At the same time, we are well aware of the increasing importance of the situation in nursing homes and home care in Europe. Additional analyses and documentations of nurses working here are planned."
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| Physical Description: | 22 p. Digital |