Nursing in the European Union

The World of Work

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvSondra Z. Koff

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Nursing in the European Union demonstrates how the European Union (EU) has refashioned the nursing world throughout the Member States via its power in many other policy domains. Volume 1 focused on the EU's impact on nursing education, regulation, and research endeavours. This volume focuses on real-life situations and problems EU nurses face—wages, stress, work environments, and dispute resolution—and places them in a comparative perspective.In this unique work, Sondra Z. Koff develops a profile of nurses' workplaces, highlighting similarities and diversities, challenges, and nurses' opinions. Though it has limited formal authority in the health and health care sectors, the EU has had a significant impact on the working life of these practitioners in areas such as employment options, industrial relations and their outcomes, organizational and environmental features of nurses' workplaces, collective action, and more.New policies and legalities are regulating the production, distribution, practices, and organization of nursing according to supranational standards. Koff helps to fill a gap in the literature, given the dearth of comparative, cross-national, book-length studies of the nursing profession. By adopting a framework focused on an institution, policies, and politics, Koff addresses these topics from the perspective of multiple actors, both national and international.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-11-30
Mått156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt566 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor340
FörlagTaylor & Francis Inc
ISBN9781412863957

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ContentsList of AbbreviationsList of European Union Institutions and ProcessesList of European Union Member States and Year of Entry1 EmploymentIntroductionInitial Employment—The First PositionThe HospitalStaffing RatiosNursing Care Delivery ModelsAudit and FeedbackShift HandoverIntentional RoundingHospital ShortagesPrimary CareOther Community Nursing SitesHome CarePalliative CareExtended CareAdvanced Practice NursingWalk-In Centres and Telehealth NursingIndependent Practice: The Self-EmployedAgency and Bank NursingOther Employment ChoicesSkill MixThe Public and Private SectorsProfessional Practice: Work StylesProfessional Practice and the New Social SceneTurnoverNurse Employment and the Financial CrisisThe European Union and Health-Care HumanResources Management2 Industrial Relations and Payment MechanismsIntroductionTrade UnionsEmployer OrganizationsCollective BargainingBasic WagesSupplements to Basic WagesWage EvaluationSocial Security and PensionsConclusion3 The World of Work: Basic Organizational FeaturesWorking TimeOvertimePart-timeWork PatternsAnnual Paid and Additional LeavesPublic HolidaysMaternity and Parental LeavesChildcareAbsenteeismConclusion4 The World of Work: Its EnvironmentIntroductionPhysical ConditionsPsychosocial ConditionsStressEffort–Reward BalanceWork–Family BalanceJob InsecurityProfessional RelationshipsBurnoutWork AbilityViolence: The Physical and Psychological FacetsJob Satisfaction and the Meaning of WorkJob and Organizational CommitmentIntent to Leave the Place of Employment and/orthe ProfessionConclusion5 Industrial ActionIntroductionIssues Spurring Collective ActionCollective Action TacticsAlternate Dispute ResolutionDispute Resolution and the CourtsSummary and Conclusion6 Member States, the European Union, and the WorkplaceReferencesIndex