Predictors of physical and mental health in hospital nurses within the People’s Republic of China

Abstract

These findings suggest areas of concern that need to be addressed, by both hospital and nursing administration, in order to establish a positive and productive work environment for Chinese nurses.

Associations between Age, Years in Post, Years in the Profession and Personal Experience of Mental Health Problems in UK Mental Health Nurses

“…Neither years as a nurse nor years working on current unit were correlated with mental ill health in Chinese nurses (Lambert et al, 2007). Similarly years in the profession were not a significant factor in the mental health of US, Japanese, Thai or Korean nurses (Lambert et al, 2004) or Jamaican nurses (Lindo et al, 2006).…”

Intragroup and Intergroup Conflict at Work, Psychological Distress, and Work Engagement in a Sample of Employees in Japan

“…Previous studies have reported that intragroup conflict has been associated with health-related outcomes, such as depressive symptoms [16][17][18] , burnout 19) , insomnia 20) , doctor-diagnosed psychiatric morbidity 21) , somatic symptoms 10) , heavy drinking 22) , self-reported health problems 23) , and organizational outcomes such as job dissatisfaction 17,18,24) , team performance ineffectiveness 24) , work disability 7) , and occupational injuries 25) . Although it was found in two studies that intragroup conflict was not associated with depressive symptoms 26) or sickness absence 27) , these previous findings consistently suggest that intragroup conflict is a strong predictor of psychological distress, which was defined in these studies as elevated cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and psychophysiological symptoms in people suffering from a wide range of different mental disorders 28) as well as of poor health status.…”

Moral distress and avoidance behavior in nurses working in critical care and noncritical care units

“…It is the absence of verbal, physical, and social contact with patients, including lack of eye contact, decreased physical proximity, decreased time spent with the patient, and negative verbal mannerisms (Siminoff, Erlen, & Sereika, 1998). Nurses' avoidance behavior has been reported in various studies (Gutierrez, 2005;Healy & McKay, 2000;Kagan, Ovadia, & Kaneti, 2009;Lambert, Lambert, Petrini, Li, & Zhang, 2007;Mackintosh, 2007;Röndahl, Innala, & Carlsson, 2003;Tyson & Pongruengphant, 1996;Wong, Leung, & So,2001) and has been associated with repeated exposure to morally distressing situations (Gutierrez, 2005).…”

“…While avoidance behavior has been reported in nurses working in critical care (Gutierrez, 2005), in clinics assisting with elective abortions (Hanna, 2005), in delivery rooms, gynecology units, emergency departments, surgery, operating rooms, and pediatrics (Kagan, Ovadia, & Kanetai, 2009) and multi-service clinical units (medical, surgical, intensive care, oncology, mental health) (Lambert et al, 2007), this study was specifically focused on avoidance thoughts and behaviors and moral distress in critical care and non-critical care nurses. This area has not been well-studied and the data from this study contributes to what is known about the concept of avoidance as it relates to moral distress in these populations of nurses.…”