A comprehensive review of the factors affecting the work-life balance of nurses

Alireza Rahmani^{1,* ✉}, Moloud Radfar¹, Afsaneh Azarabadi¹

1 - Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Iran 9 Researcher shows that failure to achieve the right balance between effort and rest leads to a feeling of lack of control over workload and lack of energy to achieve individual goals and commitment, resulting in imbalance leading to fatigue, poor performance and reduced quality of life [9]. There are several definitions of work-life balance, with some studies defining work-life balance as follows: The extent to which an individual's effectiveness and satisfaction in work and family roles are consistent with his or her life priorities. Balancing work and life is one of the most important concerns of employees in organizations today. In other words, the most successful employees are those who can balance work and life [10]. One of the tools to balance work-family life is to create flexible programs in organizations. Hospitals are one of the organizations that have more justification for implementing flexible programs among their employees (nurses) [11]. The purpose of this study is a comprehensive review of the factors affecting the balance between work and life of nurses. LITERATURE REVIEW The Table 1 lists the most important studies conducted in the field of work-life balance. Study specifications Conclusion Table 1: Literature review Clark AJ. Nasica and fides. The Classical Quarterly.
5 - Jan;17(3):907.

Correspondence: Afsaneh Azarabadi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/NOR.0000000000000308.

Received: August 29, 2021

Accepted: October 08, 2021

Abstract:

The field of nursing has a lot of responsibilities and workload and is considered as a hard job. If a person does not have the spirit of being responsible for work or interest in service, he cannot survive in the difficult conditions that exist in the field of nursing, such as fatigue, work shifts, stress. Occupational concerns such as insufficient staff, high workload, long working hours and work pressure make nurses unable to play their role in front of their families. On the other hand, nurses are usually unable to perform their duties in the workplace due to family problems. In this study, related articles from the years 2000-2020 were reviewed. The results of studies showed that due to the importance of work-life balance in nurses, it is recommended that managers create the conditions for creating effective methods and techniques for job flexibility for nurses and help nurses to better perform these approaches with the necessary training. Taking care of nurses living conditions, question and answer sessions and interviews with nurses, establishing kindergartens with long working hours can also be effective in creating balance.