Work-Life Balance for Hospital Staff

This assignment examines the crucial topic of work-life balance within hospitals, particularly focusing on the experiences of nursing staff who often face long working hours and demanding schedules. The report highlights the negative consequences of imbalanced work life, such as sleep deprivation, depression, and decreased motivation, drawing upon research and Australian nursing scenarios. It proposes solutions including mental health support initiatives, reduced working hours, and a four-day workweek trial to improve staff well-being and retention.

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Conclusion

Conclusion
It can be concluded that Work Life balance is significant to be maintained in order to achieve
personal and professional goals. The companies are framing many policies and adopting
practices which helps them to maintain work life balance (Goyal, 2014). The report
focussed on maintaining the work life balance of hospital staff that has longer working hours.
The situation of nursing staff in Australia have been discussed which shows low enrolment in
the nursing courses. The reasons might be the high levels of stress, longer shifts and high
workloads. The body clock of people does not get time to adjust and it also affects their work
performance. The effects of imbalanced work life have been discussed which includes sleep
deprived, depression, decreased motivation, obesity, poor health and more. Also some
recommendation has been given on the basis of the mental health scheme and employee care.
The suggestions involved the appointment of a full time psychiatrist on a trial basis, therapy
sessions for the nurses. It can also be concluded that poor Work Life balance has led to high
turnover of employees. The work life balance is also connected to time. Reduction in the
working hours will improve the balance between professional life and personal life of the
nurses (Skinner & Chapman, 2013). The employees should be given collective off from work
so that they can be calm and stable. Four day Working week contract should be proposed and
the performance of the employees should be evaluated after that. This would help the
organisation to know whether the steps taken by them are fruitful or not.

References
Goyal, B. (2014). Work Life Balance of Nurses and Lady Doctors. International Journal of
Engineering and Management Research.
Skinner, N. J., & Chapman, J. (2013). Work-life balance and family friendly
policies (Doctoral dissertation, ANZSOG-The Australia and New Zealand School o).