Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes

Community nursing is associated with stress and burnout, which can impact heavily on the individual and the NHS both economically and on the quality of patient care. Recent Government publications have called for an increase in workplace health schemes, with the public sector ‘leading by example’. A...

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Main Authors: Blake, Holly, Lee, Sandra
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Published: Mark Allen Healthcare 2013
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39432/
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description Community nursing is associated with stress and burnout, which can impact heavily on the individual and the NHS both economically and on the quality of patient care. Recent Government publications have called for an increase in workplace health schemes, with the public sector ‘leading by example’. As the largest employer in Europe, the NHS is well placed to develop workplace wellness schemes to address the health needs of staff and to indirectly influence primary prevention among patients. Lessons from an innovative employee wellness programme in an NHS hospital setting demonstrates that such schemes may positively alter individual health and attitudes towards the employer. There is scope for development of such schemes to improve health and well-being in community nurses.
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spelling nottingham-394322020-05-04T16:38:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39432/ Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes Blake, Holly Lee, Sandra Community nursing is associated with stress and burnout, which can impact heavily on the individual and the NHS both economically and on the quality of patient care. Recent Government publications have called for an increase in workplace health schemes, with the public sector ‘leading by example’. As the largest employer in Europe, the NHS is well placed to develop workplace wellness schemes to address the health needs of staff and to indirectly influence primary prevention among patients. Lessons from an innovative employee wellness programme in an NHS hospital setting demonstrates that such schemes may positively alter individual health and attitudes towards the employer. There is scope for development of such schemes to improve health and well-being in community nurses. Mark Allen Healthcare 2013-09-27 Article PeerReviewed Blake, Holly and Lee, Sandra (2013) Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes. British Journal of Community Nursing, 12 (6). pp. 263-267. ISSN 1462-4753 Workplace wellness Stress Prevention Physical activity http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjcn.2007.12.6.23774 doi:10.12968/bjcn.2007.12.6.23774 doi:10.12968/bjcn.2007.12.6.23774
spellingShingle Workplace wellness
Stress
Prevention
Physical activity
Blake, Holly
Lee, Sandra
Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes
title Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes
title_full Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes
title_fullStr Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes
title_full_unstemmed Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes
title_short Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes
title_sort health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes
topic Workplace wellness
Stress
Prevention
Physical activity
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