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Occupational Precariousness of Nursing Staff in Catalonia’s Public and Private Nursing Homes

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  • Ana Mari Fité-Serra

    (Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain)

  • Montserrat Gea-Sánchez

    (Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
    Group for the Study of Society Health Education and Culture, GESEC, University of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
    Health Care Research Group, GRECS, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain)

  • Álvaro Alconada-Romero

    (Group for the Study of Society Health Education and Culture, GESEC, University of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
    Health Care Research Group, GRECS, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain)

  • José Tomás Mateos

    (Health Care Research Group, GRECS, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
    Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante 03690, Spain)

  • Joan Blanco-Blanco

    (Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
    Group for the Study of Society Health Education and Culture, GESEC, University of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
    Health Care Research Group, GRECS, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain)

  • Eva Barallat-Gimeno

    (Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
    Group for the Study of Society Health Education and Culture, GESEC, University of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
    Health Care Research Group, GRECS, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain)

  • Judith Roca-Llobet

    (Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
    Group for the Study of Society Health Education and Culture, GESEC, University of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
    Health Care Research Group, GRECS, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain)

  • Carles Muntaner

    (Faculty of Nursing, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, Canada)

Abstract

Nursing staff who provide care in the nursing homes of Catalonia have more precarious work conditions, including more demanding schedules and work overload, than those in other areas of care. This situation entails two major problems: Detrimental health results for nurses who face psychosocial and physical risks and a negative impact on the care provided to patients, with a decrease in the quality of care. This study aimed to describe the precarious employment situation of nursing staff in nursing homes. We carried out a descriptive study based on the employment precariousness scale (EPRES), which was administered to a sample of 239 nurses and nursing assistants working in public and private nursing homes in Catalonia. The highest level of job insecurity occurred among nursing assistants and in privately managed nursing homes. The precariousness of the working conditions of nursing staff poses a risk both to the workers themselves and to the people they tend to. For this reason, there is a need for greater knowledge on the scale of the problem and the implementation of appropriate legislative measures to alleviate it.

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  • Ana Mari Fité-Serra & Montserrat Gea-Sánchez & Álvaro Alconada-Romero & José Tomás Mateos & Joan Blanco-Blanco & Eva Barallat-Gimeno & Judith Roca-Llobet & Carles Muntaner, 2019. "Occupational Precariousness of Nursing Staff in Catalonia’s Public and Private Nursing Homes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:24:p:4921-:d:294479
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