DOI: 10.5176/2315-4330_WNC18.194
Authors: Aki Muraoka, Mayumi Sato
Abstract:
This study aims to identify details of use of a Shortened Working Hours option for nurses raising preschool children and the relationship between its use and burnout. A questionnaire survey was administered at 6 university hospitals to 317 nurses who are mothers of preschool children. The study found that 58.8% of the nurses used the Shortened Working Hours option, and that there was no statistically significant relationship between utilizing this option and burnout. There were more nurses making use of the shortened working hours option than not making use of this option who reported: the age of the youngest child less than 3 years old, not working night-shifts, and feelings that the workplace makes arrangements to complete allotted duties within regular working hours. Results of a multiple regression analysis show the strongest relationship between having no confidence in childcare and burnout. The findings suggest the necessity to establish practical measures to assist nurses to be able to confidently provide childcare, as well as to encourage the use of the shortened working hours option.
Keywords: sense of coherence; childcare; work-life balance; burnout; stress; workplace environment
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