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Do nurses feel stressed? A perspective from primary health care
Author(s) -
Galdikienė Nijolė,
Asikainen Paula,
Balčiūnas Sigitas,
Suominen Tarja
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12108
Subject(s) - stressor , perspective (graphical) , health care , primary care , primary health care , medicine , nursing , psychology , family medicine , stress (linguistics) , clinical psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , linguistics , philosophy , economic growth
This study describes nurses' experiences of stress in primary healthcare settings, and examines correlations between stress and personal factors. There were 187 nurses from 18 public primary care centers participating, drawn from one county of L ithuania. The E xpanded N ursing S tress S cale was used to evaluate the study data. The study indicates that in primary healthcare centers, nurses working with adult patients experienced less stress than those working with younger patients. The most frequently reported stressors were those related to death and dying, and conflicts with physicians and patients and their families. In particular, older nurses more frequently experienced stress related to death and dying. The intensity of nurses' stress in conflict situations with physicians was related to age, however, the depth of work experience in the healthcare setting was more influential. Findings indicate that more detailed research is needed regarding stress experiences in primary health care, and especially the related impact of the social contexts involved in the setting.