Nurses' sick leaves and promotion of healthy diet in workplace
Garsila, Daiga (2019)
Garsila, Daiga
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201904034319
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201904034319
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Nursing profession requires a lot of demands and responsibilities, which leads to burnout, stress and lack of time. In consequence, nurses oftentimes develop unhealthy snacking habits and lack proper nutrition. Therefore, it is important to promote and develop healthy lifestyle in workplace by increasing nurse nutrition knowledge and motivate them to reach their goals. The aim of the research is to explore how unhealthy diet, that is linked to obesity and its associated diseases, relates to nurse sick leave. In addition, the research examines general nurse nutrition knowledge and explores ways to promote healthy diet in work-place, using theoretical framework based on Nola J. Penders’ ‘’Health promotion model’’(1982). The research material consists of 10 reliable academic articles, which are analyzed using inductive qualitative method. Articles being used are contracted from scholarly databases, such as Science direct, Research gate and PubMed. The results reveal no strong link between unhealthy diet and nurse sick leave, however psychosocial influences are found to be a major factor in nurse absenteeism. Furthermore, the research outlines environmental factors, that lead nurses to optimize health in workplace. The limitations for the research include lack of quantitative data and exclusion of fee-request articles. The researcher recommends including mental well-being strategies for promoting healthy life-style in workplace and better nutrition education for nurses.