Stress in the Psychiatric Nursing
Authors:
V. Ječná 1; L. Hosák 2; E. Čermáková 3
Authors‘ workplace:
Univerzita Pardubice, Fakulta zdravotnických studií, Pardubice
; děkan fakulty prof. MUDr. A. Pellant, DrSc.
Psychiatrická klinika LF UK a FN, Hradec Králové
1; přednosta prof. MUDr. J. Libiger, CSc.
Oddělení výpočetní techniky, Ústav lékařské biofyziky LF UK, Hradec Králové
2; vedoucí ústavu doc. Ing. J. Hanuš, CSc.
3
Published in:
Čes. a slov. Psychiat., 105, 2009, No. 1, pp. 27-31.
Category:
Original Article
Overview
Working in the health care is generally associated with a higher level of stress in comparison with most other vocations. An independently operating nurse has to manage difficulties in communication with the patients, adapt to new technical facilities, continuously self-educate, adjust to a non-sufficient financial appreciation of her work, and get used to an irregular way of living. The aim of the study was to assess frequency and intensity of occupational stressors as well as frequency and efficacy of anti-stress measures in psychiatric versus non-psychiatric hospital nurses using a questionnaire. One hundred and twelve nurses from mental hospitals Jihlava and Havlíčkův Brod, and sixty-eight nurses working at somatic clinics in the University Hospital Hradec Králové were enrolled into the survey. The main result of the study is that psychiatric nurses are better at coping with occupational stress than their counterparts at non-psychiatric hospital wards (P<0.05, Fisher’s exact test). This is probably due to a better knowledge of mental hygiene principles, relaxation techniques, efficient communication skills, and assertive behavior in psychiatric nurses. This finding can be used in a prevention of stress and burn-out syndrome of a nursing staff especially at somatic wards of general hospitals.
Key words:
medical nurses in psychiatry, stress factors, eustress, distress, nursing care.
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