Concept Analysis of Work Attitudes Affecting Nurse’s Health

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to clarify the structure of “Work Attitudes Affecting Nurses’ Health” and to examine the concept’s applicability.

Methods: The study utilized Rodgers & Knafl’s (2000) concept analysis approach, analyzing 46 references from four databases.

Results: The analysis identified six attributes of work attitudes affecting nurses’ health:, low opinion of oneself, feeling confused about how to be as a nurse, self-deception about one’s true feelings, feeling the pressure of the role, prioritizing others at one’s own expense, and losing oneself in one’s work. Five antecedents and three consequences were identified.

Conclusions: Work attitudes that affect nurses’ health were defined as a state in which nurses are positive, putting patients before themselves out of a sense of responsibility and devoting themselves to their work, but are at risk of choosing a way of working that could affect their own health due to confusion about how to be a nurse, combined with pressure to work due to a low self-esteem. This concept highlights the importance of self-awareness in balancing work and health and is recommended for inclusion in basic nursing education to help students manage their health and foster psychological safety within organizations.