The requirements towards nursing professional activities are increasingly rising. The quality of the activities is expected to improve and expand constantly. Nursing is associated with high levels of stress stemming from the specificity of the different professional roles. A study among 191 nurses working in surgical, therapeutic, intensive care units and children's hospital wards was conducted. The aim of the study was to identify factors affecting work efficiency of nurses. Daily nursing activities in hospital wards include implementation of highly intensive tasks. The data show that for a significant proportion of respondents their professional work is very intensive (59.00%), with increased physical (34.50%) and mental (55.80%) workload. Not a small proportion of nurses report being distracted at work. More than half have an alarming sense of omission at the end of the working day (54.70%). Almost half of nurses report frequent cases of headache (44.20%) and (57.70%) sleep disorders. Part of the respondents assess their mood as depressed. These specificities of the profession are a prerequisite for reduced work efficiency and likelihood of medical errors.
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