An Empirical Study to Assess Stress among nurses working in surgical care setting and elderly care setting.
Gautam, Jentil; Gautam, Popular; Farzanmehr, Hamed (2016)
Gautam, Jentil
Gautam, Popular
Farzanmehr, Hamed
Yrkeshögskolan Novia
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016121119847
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In recent years, occupational stress has been area of research in psychology, and in the bigger areas of social and medical sciences. There also has been growing number of studies conducted on occupational stress between nurses and their coping strategies. However qualitative studies targeting specific care settings are scarce in number. That’s why this qualitative research aimed to identify the stress among nurses working in surgical care setting and elderly care setting. The Job Demands–Control (JDC) work design model and Salutogenic paradigm were used as our theoretical background for this study.
Our findings from this study reveal that high demand of work, shortage of staff, lack of knowledge and lack of co-operation among health professions are sources of job stress among the nurses. Also, control over work plays crucial role in the management of stress at work. This study is applicable for developing the coping mechanism and organization policies to deduce the work stress among the nurses in various caring settings. From this study we can prevent the major stress factors and promote the good stresses at work in the respective nursing settings.
Our findings from this study reveal that high demand of work, shortage of staff, lack of knowledge and lack of co-operation among health professions are sources of job stress among the nurses. Also, control over work plays crucial role in the management of stress at work. This study is applicable for developing the coping mechanism and organization policies to deduce the work stress among the nurses in various caring settings. From this study we can prevent the major stress factors and promote the good stresses at work in the respective nursing settings.