Background Nurses constitute a crucial professional group within the healthcare system. Job satisfaction and opportunities for professional development directly impact the quality of medical services provided and help prevent burnout. The study aimed to assess the preferred career model, the level of job satisfaction, and determine the type of work-related behavior presented by Polish nurses. Material and Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 795 nurses after the COVID-19 pandemic. Three standardized scales were used: My Career questionnaire to access the preferred career model, the Job Satisfaction Scale, and Work‑Related Behavior and Experience Patterns (Arbeitsbesorgenes Verhaltens und Erlebenmuster – AVEM) questionnaire assessing types of work-related behavior. Descriptive statistics, Spearman’s correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression were used for analysis of data. Results The results concerning the relationship between the types of work-related behavior, job satisfaction, and the preferred career model revealed that type G (healthy) was significantly and positively correlated (p < 0.05, r > 0) with the Challenge subscale of the career model (r = 0.095, p = 0.007) and job satisfaction (r = 0.136, p < 0.001). The higher the score on the Challenge subscale and greater job satisfaction, the more pronounced type G personality. The multiple linear regression models explained only 2.5 to 5% of the variability of studied questionnaire outcomes but indicated that significant, independent predictors for the My Career questionnaire subscales and AVEM raw scales for each type were additional qualifications, level of education, work experience, and place of work. Significant predictors of the job satisfaction scale were employment in private healthcare facilities and a master’s degree. Conclusions Nurses experience job satisfaction, but the workload, demanding daily tasks, and the sense of responsibility can lead them to feel fatigued and burnt out. The preferred career model involves Security and Stability, as well as Service and Commitment to other domains. Only a small percentage of the variability in the results of the analyzed dependent variables was explained by the explanatory variables included in the model.
Przedmiotem niniejszego opracowania jest przedstawienie obecnie obowiązującego stanu prawnego w Polsce dotyczącego rozszerzenia uprawnień pielęgniarek i położnych o możliwość wypisywania recept. Zgodnie z nowymi przepisami pielęgniarki i położne będą mogły wystawiać recepty od 1 stycznia 2016 roku na podstawie uchwalonego projektu ustawy, wniesionego przez rząd. Ponadto przedstawiono kr ótką charakterystykę doświadczeń innych kraj ów. Funkcjonowanie systemu wypisywania recept przez pielęgniarki zostało om ówione na przykładzie 10 państw: Irlandii, Wielkiej Brytanii, Holandii, Szwecji, Stan ów Zjednoczonych, Botswany, Australii, Nowej Zelandii, Kanadzie i Republiki Południowej Afryki. Pozytywne doświadczenia innych państw w przedmiotowej kwestii mogą służyć jako przykład utworzenia i doskonalenia rozwiązań w Polsce.
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The aim of this paper is to demonstrate a current legal status in Poland in reference to expanding the scope of practice of nurses and midwives to writing prescriptions. According to the new regulations, nurses and midwives will be able to write prescriptions from 1 January 2016 on the basis of a bill motioned by the government. Additionally, there was included a brief characteristic of experience of other countries in that matter. The functioning of the system of writing prescriptions by nurses has been discussed based on example of 10 countries: Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, The United States, Botswana, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Republic of South Africa. Positive experience of other countries in this subject may serve as an example for creating and developing such solutions in Poland.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in restrictions in most countries. One of them was to replace traditional education in schools with online learning. Such a change could provoke a build-up of negative feelings due to insecurity and loneliness. In addition, reducing daily physical activity and closing sports venues can have a detrimental effect on health. The article presents the results of the study of the impact of distance learning on the daily physical activity and condition of physical education teachers in Poland, as well as the subjective perception of physical and mental health in this professional group. Google forms were used to collect the data. The research tool was a questionnaire. The analysis showed that distance learning had a significant negative impact on the physical and mental health of the study group. The impact of distance learning on physical and mental health is gender independent. Teachers more often negatively assessed their physical and mental health compared to the studies in previous years. Daily physical activity of the subjects decreased, and most of them increased their body weight. Less than 3% of the surveyed teachers during the blockade felt happy and full of life.
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