Natężenie stresu i sposoby radzenia sobie z nim w pracy zawodowej pielęgniarek

Analysis of the Level of Stress and Methods of Coping with Stress among the Nursing Staff

“…In the presented work, an attempt was made to analyse the level of stress and ways of coping with it among the nursing staff. In life, stress is aninseparable element of every day; therefore, when examining the impact of sociodemographic factors on the assessment of the intensity of stress, the respondents were asked how they feel and how they cope in nervous situations [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ]. When asked how often in the last month they were nervous, only 1 person did not feel nervous, 92 people sometimes felt nervous, and as many as 83 people felt stress quite often.…”

“…According to the study conducted by Kowalczyk et al, the PSS-10 questionnaire showed that 55.4% of the surveyed male and female nursesfeel high levels of stress, and 31.2% feel average levels. Only 13.4% of respondents were not stressed by their profession [ 25 ]. According to the Śniegocki [ 26 ], the level of stress experienced by 44 nurses working in surgical departments was very similar to the results of Kowalczyk et al [ 25 ].…”

“…Only 13.4% of respondents were not stressed by their profession [ 25 ]. According to the Śniegocki [ 26 ], the level of stress experienced by 44 nurses working in surgical departments was very similar to the results of Kowalczyk et al [ 25 ]. A total of 16% of the respondents presented a low level of stress, 38% anaverage, and as many as 45% of the respondents presented a high level of stress.…”

“…In the study by Kowalczyk et al [ 25 ], the following methods of coping with stress prevailed among the nursing staff: active coping, planning, and seeking emotional and instrumental support. On the other hand, the methods least frequently used by the respondents turned out to be the following: turning to religion, sense of humour, cessation of activities, and taking psychoactive substances.…”

“…In the studies by Kowalczyk I. [ 25 ] et al, nurses with vocational or secondary education more often coped with stress through acceptance and cessation of activities ( p < 0.05). On the other hand, the results presented by Żuralska et al [ 34 ] show that education has no significant impact on the style of coping with stress.…”