Factors Affecting Nurses' Walking Distance: Age, Clinical Ladder Level, Wards, Nurse Calls, Weekend, and Patient-To-Nurse Ratio.

ABSTRACT: In many developed countries, a rapidly aging population has increased healthcare demands and the proportion of older nurses in the workforce. This demographic shift requires nursing managers to have a deeper understanding of the physical demands on staff nurses, particularly older ones. In this paper, we aim to provide valuable insights for developing evidence-based strategies to improve work environments in hospital wards. To achieve this, we conducted a statistical analysis of data on walking distance for day, long-day, and night shifts, obtained from a long-term survey across 14 wards in a large acute care hospital in Japan using automated data collection via mobile devices. Using nonparametric multiple comparisons and multiple regression analysis, we evaluated the impact of factors suc

SUBMITTER: Nakashima K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12411061 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature