Research Article

Nurses’ Experiences of Nonpatient Factors That Affect Nursing Workload: A Study of the PAONCIL Instrument’s Nonpatient Factors

Table 1

Nonpatient factors that affect total NWL, described as categories and subcategories.

Organization of work
458 comments
Working conditions
396 comments
Self-control
396 comments
Cooperation
101 comments

The substitute nurse situation (211 c*)Working environment (148 c)Control of own work (266 c)Cooperation with physicians (47 c)

Nurse manager’s organization of work (12 c)Telephone traffic (148 c)Hurry/rush (66 c)Cooperation with other staff (30 c)

Introduction of new staff (47 c)Information technology (68 c)Mental stress (39 c)Cooperation with own group (24 c)

Planning of work schedules (29 c)Interruptions (32 c)Own work capacity (25 c)

Meetings and training events (25 c)

Nursing students (25 c)

c: comments.