Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2012, 3(1):340-347

Stress in work of nurse in anaesthesiological and intensive care

Mária Sováriová Soósová1,*, Anna Varadyová2
1 Department of Nursing Care, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
2 Department of anesthesiological and intensive medicine, hospital Vranov n.o., Vranov nad Topľou, Slovakia

Aim: The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of stress, stressful situations, coping strategies and stress predictors of stress in nurses working in departments of anaesthesiology and intensive medicine (OAIM).

Methods: The study used a standardized questionnaire - Coping Strategies Inventory and questionnaire of own design aimed to assess stress and stressful situations. For data processing were used descriptive statistical methods and linear regression analysis. The results were processed for statistical significance level α ≤ 0.05.

Results: The survey was attended by 42 nurses working on OAIM from Eastern Slovakia with an average age of 35.6 years and average length of practice on OAIM 11.5 years. Overall, we observed only rare occurrence of stress in the study sample, whereas relevant values of stress were particularly in the physical and emotional area. The most occurring diseases in this group of nurses were back pain, migraines, high blood pressure and impairment of menstrual cycle. The highest stressful influence on nurses was: workload (particularly staff shortages), death and dying patient and working environment (especially inadequate equipment). In stressful situations nurses use more active stress coping strategies - problem solving, social support and cognitive restructuring. Workload and the use of passive coping strategies have proved to be significant predictors of stress. These variables explained 30% of the variability of stress in nurses working on OAIM.

Conclusion: The results show that the optimal way to reduce stress is to ensure adequate nurse staffing. Training focused on stress management at the individual level seems to be an appropriate solution to reduce stress.

Keywords: stress, nurses, anaesthesiological and intensive care, reasons of stress, reaction on stress, coping with stress

Published: March 30, 2012  Show citation

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Sováriová Soósová M, Varadyová A. Stress in work of nurse in anaesthesiological and intensive care. Ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence. 2012;3(1):340-347.
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