Business Research Questions 2022

RESEARCH BUSINESS 1
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RESEARCH BUSINESS 2
Research questions
1) What are the workplace issues regarding recruitment and retention that rural area nurses in
Tasmania face?
2) How do the various workplace issues regarding the nurses affect the care provided to
consumers?
3) What is the impact of the human resource management on improving the wellbeing of the
nurses working in hospitals in Tasmania?
Research hypothesis
Based on the literature review the following research hypotheses have been formulated:
Hypothesis 1:
H0: Null hypothesis: Workplace issues affecting nurses do not have an impact on care provided
to the rural consumers
H1: Alternate hypothesis: Workplace issues affecting nurses do have an impact on care provided
to the rural consumers
Hypothesis 2:
H0: Null hypothesis: Hospital management does not affect the wellbeing of the nurses working
in hospitals in Tasmania
H1: Alternate hypothesis: Hospital management does affect the wellbeing of the nurses working
in hospitals in Tasmania

RESEARCH BUSINESS 3
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Patient’s safety and satisfaction primarily depends on the caregiver’s ability to perform their
tasks productively. In the rural and remote areas of Tasmania nurses have challenges sticking to
their jobs or applying for the jobs due to various reasons. The challenges include work injury,
work related disability, extended work absence due to workplace health and safety issues and
increased workload. This in turn affects the quality of care that the consumers in Tasmania
receive. However the human resource management plays an important role in protecting nurses.
All these factors affect the health sector in Tasmania.
1) WORK INJURY
This refers to the consequences encountered as a result of poor work ergonomics, high patient to
nurse rations which unfortunately contributes to overstraining of the nurses. This may translate to
physical injury such as intense back ache, emotional injury such as burnout and breakdown. Also
mental health may be deteriorated due to intense workload(Cho,Chin, Kim & Hong, 2016)
2) WORK RELATED DISABILITY
Risks involving fires may result in life threatening disability for example irreversible
contractures. Nurses may also have persistent back pain which may limit them from performing
activities of daily living. Accidental falls may result in fractures which is a limitation for the
nurses in their work and personal lives. Depression can easily result due to fatigue and caregiver
inability to create healthy work boundaries.
3) EXTENDED WORK PLACE ABSENCE