Stressful Nurses

The Effects of Contextual and Structural Factors on Patient Safety in Nursing Units

“…Hall et al (2004) found that nurses must temporarily abandon regular tasks to manage unanticipated changes in patient conditions and unanticipated events. The rearrangement of nursing hour utilization may cause additional stress and increased workload, which may lead to procedural mistakes or violations (Cox, 2003;Dugan et al, 1996). Nursing continuing education programs should include situation-based techniques to teach learning control skills in complex or uncertain situations.…”

The relationship between a disposition of gratitude, clinical stress, and clinical satisfaction in nursing students

“…Multiple regression analysis showed that factors affecting nur- Since nurses' own stress management is a factor that affects the patient's personal condition, 42 it is important to manage this as a professional before patient care. Therefore, improving stress management is one of the important aspects of the training of many nursing students who will be nurses in the future, and it is very important that the nursing students develop the ability to cope with the stress they experience in clinical practice.…”

Impact of level of nurse experience on falls in medical surgical units

“…Lastly, nurse-specific factors which may influence falls are those arising from the nursing staff and their preparedness in caring for patients at risk (Aiken, et al, 2003;Aydin et al, 2015;Blegen & Vaughn, 1998;Brandis, 1999;Dugan et al, 1996;Dykes et al, 2011;Tzeng & Yin, 2008). Specifically, poor nurse self-efficacy (Aiken, et al, 2003;Aydin et al, 2015;Dykes et al, 2010), inadequate patient handoff report/communication (Dykes et al, 2011;Tzeng & Yin, 2008), decreased teamwork (Cox, et al, 2015;Dykes et al, 2011), knowledge deficits (Brandis, 1999;Cox, et al, 2015) and elevated stress levels of the nurse (Aydin et al, 2015;Blegen & Vaughn, 1998;Dugan et al, 1996) can all lead to an increase in patient falls. Level of nurse experience and educational background are also shown to effect overall patient outcomes, such as failure to rescue and patient mortality (Aiken et al, 2002;Aydin et al, 2015;Halm et al, 2005;Saintsing, Gibson, & Pennington, 2011 et al, 2003;Aydin et al, 2015).…”