The objective of this study was to test a causal model of work wellness for engineers, technicians and electricians in an electricity supply organisation. An ex post facto correlational design was used. The participants included 38 engineers, 86 technicians and 91 electricians in an electricity supply organisation. The Maslach Burnout Inventory – General Survey, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scal...

Compassion fatigue is currently the dominant model in work-related stress studies that explain the consequences of caring for others on child-protection workers. Based on a deterministic approach, this model excludes the role of cognition a priori and a posteriori in the understanding of the impact of caregiving or providing social support. By integrating the notion of professional identity, th...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate our experience with tension-free transvaginal tape (TVT) placement for the management of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women who had previously undergone a failed midurethral synthetic sling (MUS) procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten women underwent retropubic TVT insertion for continued or recurrent SUI following a prior MUS procedure. No attempt was made to remo...

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the nurse professional practice environment of neonatal units and its relationship with levels main sources occupational stress. Method: Cross-sectional descriptive, exploratory, correlational study performed nursing professionals four public hospitals. A sociodemographic/professional questionnaire, Brazilian version Practice Environment Scale, Work Stress Scale we...

BACKGROUND Violence is frequent towards nurses in forensic mental health hospitals. Implications of this high risk environment have not been systematically explored. This paper explores occurrence of symptoms on post traumatic stress and their relationship to professional quality of life. METHODS Self report questionnaires assessing symptoms of post traumatic stress and professional quality o...