Anxiety/Stress and the Effects on Disclosure between Nurses and Patients

What aspects of the job have most effect on nurses?

“…Nonetheless, the same study did not ® nd diff e rences between the two department types with re g a rd to job satisfaction and the intention to leave the hospital. Similarly, Johnson (1979) and Keane et al (1985) did not ® nd meaningful diff e rences between the work outcomes of ICU and non-ICU nurses. Furthe rmore, contrary to their expectations, Jamal and Baba (1992) and Maloney (1982) found that ICU nurses had better work attitudes than their counterparts in other ward s .…”

Self‐disclosure and coping styles in men with cardiovascular reactivity

“…The final objective of this study was to assess the role of examiner social status on selfdisclosure and coping. High levels of anxiety and the patient's perception of physician incompetence inhibit patient self-disclosure (Johnson, 1979;Young, 1980), and we expected that the "doctor" would inhibit self-disclosure and affect coping processes. In this study, attempts to manipulate the social status of the examiner were unsuccessful.…”

“…In a systematic investigation of the social status effect, Long, Lynch, Machiran, Thomas, and Malinow (1982) demonstrated that subjects interviewed by a high social status examiner ("doctor") showed greater increases in blood pressure than subjects interviewed by an equal status examiner. Because medical situations eliciting high levels of anxiety inhibit patient self-disclosure (Johnson, 1979), the social status of the experimenter (i.e., doctor versus graduate assistant) was manipulated in this study, in order to determine if a discrepancy in social status in the doctor-patient interaction also affects self-disclosure and coping processes.…”

Nursing professionals' anxiety and feelings in terminal situations in oncology

“…This risk of tension is due to the fact that these professionals deal every day with several occupational stressors, such as working in an environment were death and dying are part of their routine (4)(5) , especially for professionals working with patients with severe diseases (5) , with excessive workload and lack of physical, material and human resources (6) . Other variables may maximize this tension; there are investigations that state that oncology nursing is one of the most stressing activities (7) , although there are controversies (8) . The fact is that dealing with cancer patients (9) and with terminality (10) is described as stressful and emotionally demanding for nursing professionals (5,(9)(10) , since death is seen as a failure to…”