Construct 1 – Psychological loads
|
361 |
1.83 |
0.90 |
Q22. Excess work resulting from administrative tasks, care delivery, and teaching, research, and extension activities. |
360 |
1.69 |
1.34 |
Q17. Lack of communication or miscommunication due to many people asking for information and difficulties communicating with the staff, students, and professors. |
361 |
1.87 |
1.27 |
Q19. Guide and supervise the preparation of medications during the training of co-workers newly admitted to the unit, undergraduate students, or residents. |
358 |
1.78 |
1.29 |
Q16. Perceiving and/or experiencing difficulties with teamwork, conflicts among workers, and many people in the unit (multidisciplinary teams, residents, students, and professors). |
361 |
1.81 |
1.28 |
Q18. Living in a state of constant alertness when monitoring students performing invasive and non-invasive procedures and advising and developing research. |
359 |
1.45 |
1.25 |
Q21. Witnessing and/or experiencing threats and psychological and/or moral violence on the part of patients, family members, or remaining health workers. |
359 |
1.71 |
1.41 |
Q20. Experiencing tension when developing work due to inadequate staffing and intense and exhausting routines, |
360 |
2.52 |
1.26 |
Construct 2 – Physiological loads
|
361 |
2.53 |
1.12 |
Q14. Handling excessive weight of patients, devices, and equipment. |
359 |
2.34 |
1.29 |
Q15. Transporting patients from stretcher to bed or wheelchair, transporting patients and equipment. |
360 |
2.60 |
1.30 |
Q12. Performing physical effort when moving patients. |
356 |
2.71 |
1.24 |
Q13. Performing physical effort due to understaffing. |
348 |
2.47 |
1.28 |
Construct 3 – Biological loads
|
361 |
3.00 |
0.95 |
Q11. Providing care to patients affected by microorganisms (e.g., viruses, bacteria, fungi) and patients on contact, aerosol, or droplet precautions. |
361 |
3.17 |
1.14 |
Q10. Contact with secretions when changing dressings, tending drains or performing oral, nasal, or tracheal aspiration. |
360 |
2.65 |
1.31 |
Q09. Performing procedures involving contact with body fluids such as feces, urine, or amniotic fluid. |
361 |
3.08 |
1.18 |
Q05. Wearing latex gloves to perform invasive and non-invasive procedures in patients and to handle products. |
361 |
3.13 |
1.20 |
Construct 4 – Mechanical loads
|
361 |
0.92 |
0.94 |
Q06. Experiencing physical violence on the part of companions or patients. |
354 |
0.79 |
1.15 |
Q07. Falling due to wet floors, imperfection, or obstacles in the circulation area. |
358 |
0.65 |
1.02 |
Q08. Experiencing accidents such as torsions, bruises, and sprains due to overload of patients and/or equipment during handling and transportation. |
361 |
1.35 |
1.23 |
Construct 5 – Physical loads
|
361 |
1.39 |
1.06 |
Q01. Working with poor lighting, no natural light, or in the presence of burnt-out lamps. |
357 |
1.30 |
1.19 |
Q02. Working in poor conditions, such as limited physical space, scrapped material, inadequate waste disposal, or exposure to electric shock. |
359 |
1.49 |
1.30 |
Construct 6 – Chemical loads
|
361 |
2.36 |
1.10 |
Q04. Preparing and administering medications such as antibiotics, chemotherapy, anesthetic gases, and antiviral agents. |
361 |
2.00 |
1.40 |
Q03. Handing products to clean and disinfect equipment and material such as formaldehyde, sodium hypochlorite, soaps, peracetic acid, and alcohol. |
357 |
2.72 |
1.25 |