Laura Pekkarinen

Summary

Affiliation: National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
Country: Finland

Publications

  1. ncbi Work stressors and the quality of life in long-term care units
    Laura Pekkarinen
    STAKES, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Outcome and Equity Research, Helsinki, Finland
    Gerontologist 44:633-43. 2004
  2. ncbi Nursing working conditions in relation to restraint practices in long-term care units
    Laura Pekkarinen
    National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health STAKES, Helsinki, Finland
    Med Care 44:1114-20. 2006
  3. ncbi Drug use and pressure ulcers in long-term care units: do nurse time pressure and unfair management increase the prevalence?
    Laura Pekkarinen
    National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland
    J Clin Nurs 17:3067-73. 2008
  4. ncbi Productivity and employees' organizational justice perceptions in long-term care for the elderly
    Tarja Heponiemi
    National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, P O Box 220, 00531 Helsinki, Finland
    Res Nurs Health 30:498-507. 2007
  5. ncbi Resident care needs and work stressors in special care units versus non-specialized long-term care units
    Laura Pekkarinen
    National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland
    Res Nurs Health 29:465-76. 2006
  6. ncbi The moderating effect of employee hostility on the association of long-term elderly care unit's negative resident characteristics to employee stress and well-being
    Tarja Heponiemi
    National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland
    J Occup Health Psychol 11:157-68. 2006

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Work stressors and the quality of life in long-term care units
    Laura Pekkarinen
    STAKES, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Outcome and Equity Research, Helsinki, Finland
    Gerontologist 44:633-43. 2004
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  2. ncbi Nursing working conditions in relation to restraint practices in long-term care units
    Laura Pekkarinen
    National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health STAKES, Helsinki, Finland
    Med Care 44:1114-20. 2006
    ..This study examined the effects of nursing working conditions on the use of physical restraints and antipsychotics as restraints in long-term care units for elderly residents...
  3. ncbi Drug use and pressure ulcers in long-term care units: do nurse time pressure and unfair management increase the prevalence?
    Laura Pekkarinen
    National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland
    J Clin Nurs 17:3067-73. 2008
    ..This study examined the associations between nurse working conditions (time pressure and perceived unfair management) and quality indicators (prevalence of antianxiety or hypnotic drug use and pressure ulcers) in long-term care units...
  4. ncbi Productivity and employees' organizational justice perceptions in long-term care for the elderly
    Tarja Heponiemi
    National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, P O Box 220, 00531 Helsinki, Finland
    Res Nurs Health 30:498-507. 2007
    ..Unit size and resident turnover were negatively and registered nurses percentage positively associated with procedural justice perceptions...
  5. ncbi Resident care needs and work stressors in special care units versus non-specialized long-term care units
    Laura Pekkarinen
    National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland
    Res Nurs Health 29:465-76. 2006
    ..Work stressors may be reduced by specializing, so that residents with similar care needs are placed together and care is focused...
  6. ncbi The moderating effect of employee hostility on the association of long-term elderly care unit's negative resident characteristics to employee stress and well-being
    Tarja Heponiemi
    National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland
    J Occup Health Psychol 11:157-68. 2006
    ..Instead, nonhostile employees were sensitive to the depression in the unit. They reported low levels of stress when depression levels in the unit were low and increased stress when depression levels were high...