The Relationships Among Workplace Stressors, Coping Methods, Demographic Characteristics, and Health in Australian Nurses

Chang, Esther; Daly, John W.; Hancock, Karen; Bidewell, John; Johnson, Amanda; Lambert, Vickie A.; Lambert, Clinton E.

doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2005.12.002

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“…By measuring daily hassles in this context, we also highlighted the types of hassles experienced by hospital nurses on a daily basis. Hassle Category (frequency) Description Patient safety/quality (14) This code represents hassles related to the occurrence of an adverse event or near miss, as well as patient complaints Team factors (13) This code represents hassles related to teamwork, hierarchy, and team dynamics Discharge/admissions (13) This code represents hassles related to the process of discharge and admissions Support (9) This code represents hassles related to a lack of support experienced, this includes both administrative, team and managerial support Task factors (4) This code represents hassles related to specific tasks i.e. tasks left undone, time taken to complete tasks, unable to carry out a particular task/fulfil duties The general form of the model is expressed by the following equation:…”

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“…As a result, when experiencing stress (either chronic or more acute) nurses may not be able to perform as effectively, due to diminished cognitive capacity, which may have consequences for patient safety. Moreover, the prolonged exposure to a stressful working environment poses not only threats to patient safety, but is also linked to the well-being of, and health outcomes for nurses [13][14][15]. Thus, work related stressors are of significant concern to individuals and organisations.…”

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“…Research has extensively documented associations between stress and poorer physical and psychological health in nurses [13][14][15], and stress in nursing has been shown to impact on healthcare organisations in terms of sickness absence [16,17], intention to leave and turnover rates [18][19][20][21]. Added to this, associations between nurse stress and job performance [22][23][24], quality of care [25,26] and patient safety [27,28] have been established.…”

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A Daily Diary Approach to the Examination of Chronic Stress, Daily Hassles and Safety Perceptions in Hospital Nursing

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Purpose 2Stress is a significant concern for individuals and organisations. Few studies have explored stress, burnout and patient safety in hospital nursing on a daily basis at the individual level. This study aimed to examine the effects of chronic stress and daily hassles on safety perceptions, the effect of chronic stress on daily hassles experienced, and chronic stress as a potential moderator. MethodsUtilising a daily diary design, 83 UK hospital nurses completed three end of shift diaries, yielding 324 person days. Hassles, safety perceptions and workplace cognitive failure were measured daily, and a baseline questionnaire included a measure of chronic stress. Hierarchical multivariate linear modelling was used to analyse the data. ResultsHigher chronic stress was associated with more daily hassles, poorer perceptions of safety, being less able to practise safely, but not more workplace cognitive failure. Reporting more daily hassles was associated with poorer perceptions of safety, being less able to practise safely and more workplace cognitive failure. Chronic stress did not moderate daily associations. The hassles reported illustrate the wide-ranging hassles nurses experienced. ConclusionThe findings demonstrate in addition to chronic stress, the importance of daily hassles for nurses' perceptions of safety, and the hassles experienced by hospital nurses on a daily basis. Nurses' perceive chronic stress and daily hassles to contribute to their perceptions of safety. Measuring the number of daily hassles experienced could proactively highlight when patient safety threats may arise, and as a result interventions could usefully focus on the management of daily hassles.

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“…Supervision aimed at implementing personalized planned care has shown decreased incidence of burnout and increased job satisfaction among samples of nurses (24,25). Conversely, other authors (26,27) have reported that the lack of support at work did not contribute significantly to nurses' levels of stress.…”

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Stress in professional care-givers working with patients with dementia: a hypothesis-generating study

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“…35,37 Unhealthy coping strategies Each workplace develops its own culture and ways of coping with the identification of sensitive issues and trauma and some of these are far from healthy. [38][39] Participants spoke about how they continued to think about the disclosures made by the women during the SAPSA after they had ended their day of work.…”

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Midwives’ emotional wellbeing: Impact of conducting a Structured Antenatal Psychosocial Assessment (SAPSA)

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Purpose:To investigate the impact of conducting Structured Antenatal Psychosocial Assessments (SAPSA) on midwives' emotional wellbeing. The SAPSA includes screening and assessment tools for domestic violence, childhood trauma, drug and alcohol use, depression, and vulnerability factors. Design:Qualitative descriptive design utilising focus group interviews Setting:Two hospitals in NSW undertaking routine mandatory SAPSA.Participants: Registered midwives who had conducted the SAPSA with women during the first hospital booking visit. Results:Four major themes were identified that directly impacted upon the midwives' emotional wellbeing: cumulative complex disclosures, frustration and stress, lack of support for midwives and unhealthy coping strategies. Conclusions and implications for practice:There was a cumulative emotional effect with some midwives utilising unhealthy strategies to cope with feelings of frustration, inadequacy and vicarious trauma. Establishment of structured referral pathways for women and supportive systems for midwives are essential prior to implementing the SAPSA.

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The Relationships Among Workplace Stressors, Coping Methods, Demographic Characteristics, and Health in Australian Nurses

Cited by 176 publications

References 23 publications

A Daily Diary Approach to the Examination of Chronic Stress, Daily Hassles and Safety Perceptions in Hospital Nursing

A Daily Diary Approach to the Examination of Chronic Stress, Daily Hassles and Safety Perceptions in Hospital Nursing

Stress in professional care-givers working with patients with dementia: a hypothesis-generating study

Midwives’ emotional wellbeing: Impact of conducting a Structured Antenatal Psychosocial Assessment (SAPSA)

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