ความสามารถในการทำงานและปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องของบุคลากรพยาบาลวิชาชีพหอผู้ป่วยในของโรงพยาบาลมหาวิทยาลัยแห่งหนึ่งในประเทศไทย

Abstract

Registered nurses working in inpatient departments are generally involve with working overnight which also required a knowledge and skills to perform their duties on patient caring. Uncertain working hours and working conditions are also common. As a result, assessing and maintaining work ability of the nurses working in inpatient departments are important. The objective of this study was to evaluate the level and assess the factors associated with work ability of nurses working in inpatient departments of a university hospital in Thailand. The study was a cross-sectional study. Information of nurses was collected using questionnaire survey. The exposure including heat, light and noise were measured using standard methods. Cluster random sampling were performed to select the study population. The descriptive statistics and the ordinal logistic regression were performed. A total of 374 registered nurses working in the inpatient departments participated in the study. The average work ability index was 32.8 points (SD 3.4) and 78.8% of participants was categorized as having moderate level of work ability. The factors associated with work ability were age of 45 years old and older (ORadj = 3.73, 95%CI = 1.31). – 10.86), average monthly income of more than 50,000 baht (ORadj = 5.31, 95%CI = 1.72 – 16.87) and working beyond self-capacity (ORadj = 0.38, 95%CI = 0.20 – 0.71). To maintain the work ability of registered nurses, the hospital administrative team should consider and readjust the workforce and increase the manpower of registered nurses to ensure the proper distribution of the workload. In addition, policy makers should pay more attention to the new registered nurses to maintain and promote their work ability so that they can continue working effectively and happily.