Nursing stress and patient care: real‐time investigation of the effect of nursing tasks and demands on psychological stress, physiological stress, and job performance: study protocol

Farquharson, Barbara; Bell, Cheryl; Johnston, Derek; Jones, Martyn; Schofield, Pat; Allan, Julia; Ricketts, Ian W.; Morrison, Kenny; Johnston, Marie

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“…For these healthcare professionals, alternative measures able to detect processes either inaccessible to introspection or that the person might want to conceal may be necessary. Such measures include objective physiological manifestation of distress [48] or implicit measurement procedure [49] based on reaction time to assess automatic associations between regret and work.…”

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Validation of the German version of two scales (RIS, RCS-HCP) for measuring regret associated with providing healthcare

Richner

Cullati

Cheval

et al. 2017

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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BackgroundThe regret intensity scale (RIS) and the regret coping scale for healthcare professionals (RCS-HCP) working in hospitals assess the experience of care-related regrets and how healthcare professional deal with these negative events. The aim of this study was to validate a German version of the RIS and the RCS-HCP.MethodsThe RIS and RCS-HCP in German were first translated into German (forward- and backward translations) and then pretested with 16 German-speaking healthcare professionals. Finally, two surveys (test and 1-month retest) administered the scales to a large sample of healthcare professionals from two different hospitals.ResultsOf the 2142 eligible healthcare professionals, 494 (23.1%) individuals (108 physicians) completed the cross-sectional web based survey and 244 completed the retest questionnaire. Participants (n = 165, 33.4% of the total sample) who reported not having experienced a regret in the last 5 years, had significantly more days of sick leave during the last 6 months. These participants were excluded from the subsequent analyses. The structure of the scales was similar to the French version with a single dimension for the regret intensity scale (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.88) and three types of coping strategies for the regret coping scale (alphas: 0.69 for problem-focused strategies, 0.67 for adaptive strategies and 0.86 for the maladaptive strategies). Construct validity was good and reproduced the findings of the French study, namely that higher regret intensity was associated with situations that entailed more consequences for the patients. Furthermore, higher regret intensity and more frequent use of maladaptive strategies were associated with more sleep difficulties and less work satisfaction.ConclusionsThe German RIS and RCS-HCP scales were found valid for measuring regret intensity and regret coping in a population of healthcare professionals working in a hospital. Reporting no regret, which corresponds to the coping strategy of suppression, seems to be a maladaptive strategy because it was associated with more frequent sick day leaves.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12955-017-0630-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Validation of the German version of two scales (RIS, RCS-HCP) for measuring regret associated with providing healthcare

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Cullati

Cheval

et al. 2017

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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“…Stress as a phenomenon gained recogni tion in the nursing environment because of the data gleaned from patients and empirical studies that suggested that stress and health are closely linked (Burke, 2013;Farquharson et al, 2013). Nurses are seen to have more stress than most people due to the nature of the job and the system within which they work (Burke, 2013;Tuvesson, Eklund, & Wann-Hansson, 2012).…”

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“…Nurses are seen to have more stress than most people due to the nature of the job and the system within which they work (Burke, 2013;Tuvesson, Eklund, & Wann-Hansson, 2012). Studies of Burke (2013) and Farquharson et al (2013) indicated that nurses are often working through their break times (for instance lunch hours), working after hours or taking work home due to high work demands and insufficient numbers of staff. Burke (2013) also mentions the "culture of long hours" of the nursing profession, which -combined with inadequate rest breaks -lead to safety issues for both patients and nurses.…”

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“…Burke (2013) also mentions the "culture of long hours" of the nursing profession, which -combined with inadequate rest breaks -lead to safety issues for both patients and nurses. The current global economic crisis forces downsizing of hospital services, resulting in insuffi cient resources, inadequate managerial support and loss of highly trained staff (Farquharson et al, 2013), contributing further to nurses' stress and errors in patient care.…”

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Occupational stress of professional nurses in South Africa

Colff

Rothmann

2014

Journal of Psychology in Africa

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The objective of this study was to identify occupational stressors for professional nurses in South Africa. A cross-sectional survey design was used. A stratified random sample of professional nurses (n = 818; females = 97%) in hospitals in South Africa was used. The Nursing Stress Indicator (NSI) was administrated together with a biographical questionnaire. Three internally consistent stress factors, namely lack of organisational support, job demands and nursing-specific demands, were extracted. The most severe stressors for professional nurses included staff shortages, inadequate salaries and excessive administrative duties. Work overload, fellow workers not doing their job, health risks posed by contact with patients and demands of patients were also identified as stressors. Stress was associated with specific factors, including age, position (rank), care unit, and work experience.

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“…[12] According to Laal, [13] stress has a multivariate effects on nurses' behavior including a proper and improper reactions resulting in different health problems, including: anxiety, deterioration in eating habits, sleep pattern disturbance, depression, and substance abuse. Farquharson et al, [14] added that Stress can affect the nurses' general health status, the quality of the services they provide, and their desire to remain in nursing.…”

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Attributes of a Magnetic work environment, and its relation to work stress among nursing staff at Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE 57357)

Ibrahem

Aly

2017

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Background: The Magnet hospital is the hospital that implements specific organizational attributes in order to achieve a high quality of care through well-qualified and committed nursing staff. Aim of the study: The study was aimed at studying attributes of the Magnetic work environment, and its relation to work stress among nursing staff. Methods: Setting: It was carried out in the children's cancer hospital, Egypt. Design: Using a descriptive correlational design. Subjects: Consisted of 172 nursing staff. Tools and procedure: two different self-administered tools were utilized (Magnet attributes questionnaire, and stress questionnaire). The fieldwork lasted from April to July 2016. Results: The study revealed that the highest percentage of nursing staff aged between 20 and 30 years. Nearly two thirds (64%) were having a bachelor degree in nursing. Total attributes of work environment were available with strength. 96.6% of nursing staff recorded low scores of stress. Conclusions: The nursing staff in the study setting considered "total attributes of Magnet work environment" as an area of strength. The total scores of stress were generally low. Statistically significant negative correlations were revealed between the scores of total Magnet attributes and stress. Recommendations: It is a matter of priority for Egyptian children's cancer hospital to enhance and promote the development and maintenance of Magnetism and taking the lead in promoting the status of Magnetism in Egypt.

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Nursing stress and patient care: real‐time investigation of the effect of nursing tasks and demands on psychological stress, physiological stress, and job performance: study protocol

Cited by 44 publications

References 33 publications

Validation of the German version of two scales (RIS, RCS-HCP) for measuring regret associated with providing healthcare

Validation of the German version of two scales (RIS, RCS-HCP) for measuring regret associated with providing healthcare

Occupational stress of professional nurses in South Africa

Attributes of a Magnetic work environment, and its relation to work stress among nursing staff at Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE 57357)

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