Work Stress For Nurses; Nursing
What are nurse’s experiences of stress on the work place?
A literature review
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I would take this chance to show gratitude for my supervisor Professor. Hannabinah Mariane, my colleagues, my family and peers, whose relentless and constant encouragement has been a source of continuous inspiration and guidance.
Abstract
Workplace stress or job stress is a very important phenomenon with enormous economic and social implications. It often results from the working conditions and the nature of work and is described as an imbalance between job demands and the employee’s abilities or skills. Nursing studies indicate that nursing is one of the most stressful careers appreciating that nurses are exposed to many conditions and situations that lead to job stress. This study seeks to explore nurses’ workplace stress and how they handle it. The study achieves this by conducting a literature review study on research reports on workplace related stress on nurses published between 2003 and 2013. There have been numerous studies each exploring a particular phenomenon related to nurses’ workplace stress, but this has not been integrated into a comprehensive report applicable universally. The study reviews these studies to come up with a comprehensive report whose findings cut across different groups of nurses and can be universally applied to any nurse.
During the process of the study, it was found out that nurses experience stress mostly in form of chronic distress. This stress is mostly manifested physically making it dangerous for many nurses. Stress in nurses was found to be emanating from ten main sources including: role overload, role ambiguity, doctor nurse relations, interpersonal relations, death and dying environments, culture diversity, communication problems, family relations, lack of job satisfaction and patients’ profile. This review concluded
A literature review
Name
Institution affiliation
Date of submission
Acknowledgements
I would take this chance to show gratitude for my supervisor Professor. Hannabinah Mariane, my colleagues, my family and peers, whose relentless and constant encouragement has been a source of continuous inspiration and guidance.
Abstract
Workplace stress or job stress is a very important phenomenon with enormous economic and social implications. It often results from the working conditions and the nature of work and is described as an imbalance between job demands and the employee’s abilities or skills. Nursing studies indicate that nursing is one of the most stressful careers appreciating that nurses are exposed to many conditions and situations that lead to job stress. This study seeks to explore nurses’ workplace stress and how they handle it. The study achieves this by conducting a literature review study on research reports on workplace related stress on nurses published between 2003 and 2013. There have been numerous studies each exploring a particular phenomenon related to nurses’ workplace stress, but this has not been integrated into a comprehensive report applicable universally. The study reviews these studies to come up with a comprehensive report whose findings cut across different groups of nurses and can be universally applied to any nurse.
During the process of the study, it was found out that nurses experience stress mostly in form of chronic distress. This stress is mostly manifested physically making it dangerous for many nurses. Stress in nurses was found to be emanating from ten main sources including: role overload, role ambiguity, doctor nurse relations, interpersonal relations, death and dying environments, culture diversity, communication problems, family relations, lack of job satisfaction and patients’ profile. This review concluded
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