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Impact of Service Rotations on Nursing Staff

This document describes a study on the factors affecting nursing staff regarding service rotations in a hospital. The general objective is to determine the factors that impact nursing staff in relation to rotations. The specific objectives are to identify the positive and negative factors of the rotations, and to list the activities of the nursing staff in each service. The document justifies the research and describes the functions of the nursing staff and other roles in the hospital.

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Impact of Service Rotations on Nursing Staff

This document describes a study on the factors affecting nursing staff regarding service rotations in a hospital. The general objective is to determine the factors that impact nursing staff in relation to rotations. The specific objectives are to identify the positive and negative factors of the rotations, and to list the activities of the nursing staff in each service. The document justifies the research and describes the functions of the nursing staff and other roles in the hospital.

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INTRODUCTION

The rotation of services generates in humans related changes such as working


with new groups of people which involves adapting to new work environments and
conforming the development of its functions, where the mood plays a fundamental role
of each individual and build a relationship of new teamwork; and generate acceptance
of the same.

It is a topic of much debate and repercussions that led us to investigate this subject and
it puts us in the first person for being employees of the chosen hospital to carry out the thesis
investigative. A description of the chosen problem will be made along with its respective justification,
formulating objectives that are desired to be achieved and proposals as possible solutions.

The profile of the nurse is a topic of great importance that allows us to understand the attitude
and the actions of the staff as the object of study. The advantages and disadvantages will be explained that

involves changing from one service to another.

And finally, as a theoretical framework, a complete description of the chosen institution is made.

as a research universe. The survey was my tool used to obtain answers


taking into account age, sex, work seniority, level of education, and
questions about the topic in question, the service rotations. And the observations of
The cross-referencing of data from some of them helped draw conclusions of great importance.

The Rotations The term 'rotation' is used to define the fluctuation of people.
between an organization, defining it as the volume of people that enter and leave a
service in determined periods.

We can compare rotation to feedback, control mechanisms


(feedback) capable of self-control and self-regulation to ensure a dynamic balance and
constant.

That the staff, not having a specific service, must move from one service to another.
At certain times, having experiences in all units has a benefit and
how to mitigate the risk of not being able to provide quality care.
For years, nursing staff have been subject to frequent shift changes.
and services, being a shadow of the feelings and thoughts of people to rotate.

Component of the Nursing department:

Head of the Nursing Department.


Deputy Head of Nursing
Coordinator of Nursing Education.
Service Heads.
Specialist Nurses
General Nurses
Auxiliary Nurses
Advantages of rotations and positive attitudes:

Helps to prevent stagnation by constantly introducing new positions.


in different departments.

Test the staff in training and help identify strengths and


the weak.

Acceptance: consider the rotation as an opportunity to learn and grow


professionally.

Enthusiasm: joy in performing daily activities

Increase in creativity: has skills to organize group participation and


thus allowing mutual integration.

• Professional growth: continuous job proposals that benefit the


productivity when presenting a change of attitude.

• Motivation: stimuli that encourage a person to take actions where...


they constitute important achievements and positive results.

• Skills and abilities: process of reception, signal and information of skills


to process them and act based on the obtained information.

• It helps to identify new attitudes and thoughts: change helps to perceive and to
to experience conflicting thoughts and attitudes based on experiences.

Adaptation to new work groups.

Enrichment in interpersonal relationships: Many changes create new


links with other members of the group or organization that complement, expand and
they enrich existing relationships.
A new activity: Change gives the individual the opportunity to learn and
to develop professionally and personally.

An opportunity to have and put into practice new ideas, to master a new medium.

A personal identity: New roles often confer a more vibrant status.


that change offers opportunities to achieve new challenges.

The theme of this topic is mainly based on the personal experiences of the staff.
of nursing that currently works in the institution and how it affects the field
work and personal.

The nursing work is one of the activities that stands out the most in the Hospital due to
to have as a mission:

Provide the necessary care for their recovery

Establish a comfortable environment to meet their altered needs.

Provide verbal containment through nurse-patient communication.

The years that a nurse works in a particular service improve their skills.
communication with colleagues, greater adaptation to the work routine, progress of the
intellectual capacity, progress in patient care, and strengthening of techniques. The
the rotation from one service to another completely different impacts the nurse accustomed to a
daily routine.

In humans, any change in the usual work pattern disrupts their balance.
It is common for emotions and attitudes to be involved in those circumstances.
workers.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

Determine factors that affect nursing staff regarding rotations for


the services.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Identify positive factors (enthusiasm, professional growth, etc.) and aspects


negatives (rejection, demotivation, etc.).

List the activities of the nursing professional in the assigned service.

JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM

Organizations are forced to make various changes to maintain a pace


dynamic and active to improve the quality of service, but it is important to highlight the concerns
internal staff issues in the face of these changes, rejection, work stress, and unease are some of the
great attitudes that are perceived in the face of negativity.

It is also known that a change in the daily routine is essential for improvement.
communication, increase in interpersonal relationships and strengthening of skills
professionals.

But what happens with the internal feelings and emotions towards the rotations, it seems like
little importance when making a change since it is an organizational function and that is why
that in this thesis the behavior of colleagues is investigated when they feel in the first person a
rotation to another service.

This research would be significant for the authors and also for colleagues who
they provide transparency on opinions and attitudes towards this relevant topic for the profession's work
nurse.

To focus on the topic of discussing health, occupational health and how it affects these
the rotations of services end. The profile of the psychiatric nurse is an important topic
to detect the characteristics that benefit the most and which are the most affected.

Health, according to the World Health Organization, has a concrete definition: it is


complete state of physical and social well-being that a person has. Doctor Floreal Ferrara took
the definition of the WHO and tried to complement it, confining health to three distinct areas:
Physical health, which corresponds to a person's ability to maintain exchange and
to resolve the proposals that are raised.

This is explained by the history of adaptation to the environment that man has, which is why his
States of health or disease cannot be outside of that interaction.

Mental health, optimal performance within the capabilities one possesses, related
with the environment that surrounds it. Health lies in the balance of the person with their surroundings.
way, which implies a possibility of resolving the conflicts that arise.

Social health, which represents a combination of the previous two: to the extent that the
a man can coexist with a psychodynamic balance, satisfying his needs and
also with their aspirations, enjoys social health.

Another Member of the Health Team

The Camel Driver

Oblationalist

the Secretary

Dentist

Cleaning

the doctor

Pharmacy

Emergency physician

Describe the function of each nursing position:


CONCLUSION

The nursing approach as human capital reaffirms that in the functions of


this profession should not only take into account knowledge and technical skills, but also
also the development of ethical, cultural, human, and solidarity values.

Nursing in its transition from vocation to profession went through various stages.
successive on the basis of social practice and in the pursuit of its body of knowledge it
they have built concepts and theories to describe and explain it, in which it appears as
central element the definition of its functions.

According to the nursing concepts and theories recognized to date, the main function of
The profession is care, understood as being responsible for protection, well-being, or maintenance.
of the health of individuals, families, or groups, from which the care dimension of the
functions and to achieve the completeness of these professionals, the dimension is included
administrative, teaching, and research.

These four dimensions were used in this research in coincidence with the
author with these terms. The methodological algorithm to produce the research is
consider transformer in terms of the definition of functions as it was based on the laws of
the dialectic, due to its spiral growth, the participatory nature and the verification in the
practice, which also makes it transferable to be used in other professions.

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