Abstract: Sickness presenteeism may at best represent a physical presence only but psychological absence in the workplace. The study and research of sickness presenteeism has gained less interest from researchers in comparison to sickness absenteeism. The researchers of the topic seem to have reached a common agreement that employees working in the health care profession or care givers are more vulnerable to sickness presenteeism. Among health care professionals, nurses are highly susceptible to sickness presenteeism adversely affecting delivery of patient care responsibilities. SP in nurses is associated with loss of productivity, an increase in medication errors, patient falls, along with poorer quality of patient care.
Various studies conducted over a period of time confirmed that combination of different factors have causative effects on sickness presenteeism namely: organizational policies, job design and culture of presenteeism. This study has taken into account the findings of the researchers that suggest – what, why – of sickness presenteeism, primarily among nurses and recommends enforcement of policies as solutions how sickness presenteeism can be minimized. The policies should include availability of unrestricted paid sick leaves, systematic approach to screen staff before shifts and to provide adequate staffing. During the study, it was felt that there is scope of further research as to how sickness presenteeism can be minimized without affecting loss of the organization
Keywords: Sickness presnteeism, nurses, presnteeism, Working through illness.
Title: IMPACT OF SICKNESS PRESENTEEISM AMONG NURSES
Author: Dr. Anjanjyoti Sarma, Rajita B. Sarma
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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