[Solved]: culture of presenteeism and an inability to take…

culture of presenteeism and an inability to take time off many nurses continue to work when they feel unwell. Cathy Comer ford reports. TOO BUSY TO BE SICKAlmost half of health workers have postponed visiting doctors because they are unable to take time off, a survey has found.Nurses were among 81% of health workers who go to work feeling too unwell to do their job. Nearly half of the 1,300 people polled by the British heart foundation said workload has prevented them from keeping hospital and doctor appointments.RCN senior employment relations adviser Kim Sunley says employers using more punitive management approaches to sicknesses absence has resulted in presenteeism among health workers meaning they are coming to work when they are unwell.Staff shortages also meant nurses were reluctant to take time off.MS Sunley says: if nurses do not seek treatment they end up with burnout, long-term absence and being unwell Nurses’ insights into their own health could also put them off seeing a doctor, according to lucy Kenyon at association of occupational health nurse practitioners, Nurses may decide to priorities work over doctor’s appointment she says. RCN counselling coordinator Tanya Koch says a culture change is needed so that employers encourage nurses to practice selfcare echo Steve Boorman’s 2009 review, which found that the NHS could save £555 million each year in sickness absence if employers looked after staff health.Nurses are expected to cope, so even though they are unwell.they may be asked to continue working, she says. We feel that if nurses could access support services, recoverytimes could be shorter.Taking it seriouslyLarge multi-site makes it hard for staff to attend occupational health appointments,according to Jil Maben, director of the National Nursing Research Unit at Kings college London. If we really wanted to take staff health care seriously, it should be offered where staff are, she says NHS employer’s assistant director of employment services Ruth Wardensays the onus is online managers to talk to nurses about their health and wellbeing. Wesometimes don’t find know that someone is struggling, it cannot be addressed How does the specific social,historical and cultural context of this text affect your understanding of the meaning of the text?