Redistribution of nursing staff during the covid-19 epidemic and it\u27s effect on the workplace satisfaction of operating room nurses

Pojava epidemije in pandemije covid-19 sta od zdravstvenih organizacij zahtevala prilagoditev delovnih procesov in organizacijo dela. Sledile so spremembe namembnosti trenutnih oddelkov in posledično prerazporejanje kadra zdravstvene nege, med katerimi so bile tudi operacijske medicinske sestre. Namen magistrske naloge je bil predstaviti pomembnost upoštevanja trenutnega znanja zaposlenega pri prerazporejanju zdravstvenega kadra in vpliv prerazporeditve zaposlenih s specialnimi znanji brez predhodnega usposabljanja na možen pojav negativnih čustev in nižjo stopnjo zadovoljstva. Pri izdelavi teoretičnega dela smo se naslonili na izbrano znanstveno in strokovno slovensko, angleško in hrvaško literaturo. Opredelili smo delovanje zdravstvenih organizacij v času epidemije in pandemije, prerazporejanje zaposlenih in timsko delo ter dejavnike, ki vplivajo na zadovoljstvo in nezadovoljstvo na delovnem mestu. V empiričnem delu je bila uporabljena kvantitativna metodologija. Za zbiranje podatkov v raziskavi smo uporabili anketni vprašalnik. V raziskavo so bile vključene operacijske medicinske sestre (n = 21) zaposlene na Kirurški kliniki Centralnega operacijskega bloka v Univerzitetnem kliničnem centru in so bile v času epidemije ali pandemije covida-19 prerazporejene na drugo delovišče. Raziskava je potekala od 25. januarja 2023 do 20. februarja 2023. Podatki so bili analizirani v programu SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). Z raziskavo smo ugotovili, da ima pomanjkanje občutka kompetentnosti v času prerazporeditve med zaposlenimi velik vpliv na pojav stresa, občutek časovnega pritiska pri izvajanju aktivnosti zdravstvene nege ter tudi na pojav etičnih dilem, povezanih z delom. Operacijske medicinske sestre so bile zadovoljne z vodenjem vodij (M = 3,76), kljub temu pa so bile mnenja, da je prerazporejanje zaposlenih s specialnimi znanji brez predhodnega usposabljanja zelo neustrezno (47,5 %), 33,3 % pa jih meni, da je neustrezno. Eden od ključnih dejavnikov obstanka kadra je njihovo zadovoljstvo na delovnem mestu, zato se je v bodoče, ko bo potrebno kader zopet nadomeščati, smiselno osredotočiti ne le na zadovoljevanje kadrovskih potreb, temveč tudi na trenutno znanje zaposlenih in jim tako omogočiti netravmatično menjavo začasnega delovišča.The emergence of the Covid-19 epidemic and pandemic required healthcare organizations to adapt work processes and work organization. This was followed by changes in the current departments and the consequent reassignment of the nursing staff, which included operating room nurses. The purpose of the master\u27s theses was to present the importance of taking into account the current knowledge of the employee when reassigning medical staff and the impact of redistributing employees with special skills without prior training on the possible appearance of negative emotions and a lower level of workplace satisfaction. In the preparation of the theoretical part, we relied on selected scientific and professional Slovenian, English and Croatian literature. We defined the functioning of healthcare organizations during epidemics and pandemics, redistribution of employees and teamwork, as well as factors that influence satisfaction and dissatisfaction in the workplace. Quantitative methodology was used in the empirical part. We used a survey questionnaire to collect date in the research. Operating room nurses (n = 21) employed at he Surgical Clinic, Central Operating Block in the University Clinical Center and who were reassigned to another workplace during the Covid-19 epidemic or pandemic were included in the research. The research took place from 25 January 2023 to 20 February 2023. The data was analyzed in the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) program. Through research, we found that the lack of a sense of competence during redistribuyion among employees has a great impact on the accurrence of stress, the feeling of time pressure when performing nursing activities, and has an impact on the accurrence of ethical dilemmas related to work. The operating room nurses were satisfied with the managment of the leadership (M = 3.76), however, they were of the opinion that the reassignment of employees with special skills, without prior training, is very inadequate (47,5 %) and 33,3 % of them, that it is inappropriate. One of the key factors in the retention of staff is their position at work, so it makes sense to focus not only on the satisfaction of personnel needs, but also on the current workplace specific knowledge of the employees, and thus enable them to make a non-traumatic change to the temporary workplaces