Download or read book Relationship of the Work Schedule Job Satisfaction Turnover and Patient Pressure Ulcers written by Julie Ambrose and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this direct practice improvement project was to determine if or to what extent a relationship existed between self-scheduling and block-scheduling with job satisfaction, turnover, and patient pressure ulcers. The project was based upon the following clinical questions: CQ1: How does self-scheduling compared to block-scheduling impact the job satisfaction of full-time nurses working in an acute care setting? CQ2: How does self-scheduling compared to block-scheduling impact the turnover of full-time nurses working in an acute care setting? CQ3: How does job satisfaction and turnover impact the prevalence of pressure ulcers within the acute care setting? The project implemented a quantitative methodology with a correlational design within an acute care setting in a West Texas hospital. The target population consisted of full-time Registered Nurses, who were surveyed pre- and post-intervention with the McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale. Job satisfaction data was analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test to determine an association between variables. Patterns for turnover and patient pressure ulcers were collected for the three months before and the month after a schedule change. Results for each clinical question consisted of the following: CQ1: Results demonstrated a z-value of -2.147 and a p-value of 0.032, representing a positive correlation. CQ2: Findings revealed a 6.3% increase in turnover rates after a schedule change, indicating a positive correlation. CQ3: Results reflected a 7.3% decline in pressure ulcer rates and demonstrated a negative correlation. Findings support the impact and significance block scheduling had on nursing satisfaction and turnover.