Work-Related Stress of Registered Nurses in a Hospital Setting
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal for Nurses in Staff Development
- Vol. 20 (1), 6-14
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00124645-200401000-00002
Abstract
This qualitative, explorative study identified work-related stressors and coping mechanisms of registered nurses (RNs) within a hospital setting. A sample of 10 RNs was interviewed about work-related stressors and observed under normal working conditions. RNs identified stress related to failure to meet patients' needs, self-expectations, workload, and inexperienced colleagues. Staff development implications include education of clinical nurses and administrators in identifying systems barriers to providing patient care, interventional staffing, stress debriefing, patient assessment, and active coping.Keywords
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