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Occupational safety and health promotion in the context of nurse staffing: A scoping review Abstract. Background: Increasing workload has led to a rise in mental and physical burden among nurses. In order to prevent this, it should be investigated, whether and to what extent aspects of occupational safety and health promotion can be integrated into nurse-staffing ratios. Aims: The objective of this scoping review was to identify ways and approaches of including occupational safety and health promotion into existing nurse-staffing ratios. Methods: A scoping review was conducted. The literature search took place in relevant professional databases. Articles in English and German language published between January 2015 and April 2020 with a focus on (care) organisations, staffing, occupational safety and/or health promotion, and person-related services were included. Results: Fifteen articles met the inclusion criteria. Three main topics were identified: staffing methods, leadership and control, and work organisation and design. No evidence was found regarding the inclusion of occupational health and safety and health promotion in staffing procedures. However, there is a demand for consideration of aspects "beyond numbers". Conclusions: In the further development of staffing-ratios, factors should be included that go beyond quantifiable measures and, by doing so, also address occupational safety and health promotion.
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Salud Laboral , Promoción de la Salud , Humanos , Liderazgo , Recursos Humanos , Carga de TrabajoRESUMEN
Technology commitment in outpatient care Abstract. Background: New technologies are becoming increasingly important in outpatient care. The willingness of professional carers to use new technologies is often considered to be low, especially where older and female carers are concerned who play a large role in outpatient care. However, reliable data on technology commitment in outpatient care are not yet available for German-speaking countries. AIM: This paper aims to provide insights into the state of technology commitment in outpatient care. METHODS: For data collection, the standardised assessment of technology commitment was used, which determines technology readiness via the facets "technology acceptance", "technology competence conviction" and "technology control conviction" (26-2Neyer et al., 2012). A first data collection (2013) concentrated on nursing services in the federal state of Lower Saxony (n = 263), a second data collection (2017) was carried out with a nationwide care service provider (n = 593). RESULTS: For the first time, the results of the present investigations provide differentiated insights into questions of technology commitment in outpatient care in Germany. In particular, there are indications of differences in the willingness to use technology in outpatient care depending on the age group of the interviewees. CONCLUSION: The introduction of new technologies into the everyday life of caregivers requires demographically sensitive concepts for preparing and supporting the users.