Do nurses feel stressed? A perspective from primary health care
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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.
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Nurses with longer work experience in health care reported that the most stressful situations were caring for dying patients and having conflicts with physicians.
“The nurses with longer work experience in health care mentioned that the most stressful situations were caring for dying patients and having conflicts with physicians”
From Reducing nurses' stress: A randomized controlled trial of a web-based stress management program for nurses (2016) · cites this paper as Galdikiene et al., 2014
In that study, a significant correlation was found between length of work experience and responses to dealing with death and dying and conflict with physicians.
“In this study a significant correlation was found between length of work experience and the responses to dealing with issues of death and dying and conflict with physicians.”
From Reducing nurses' stress: A randomized controlled trial of a web-based stress management program for nurses (2016) · cites this paper as Galdikiene et al., 2014
A recent study found associations between years of nursing and responses to stressful situations.
“A recent study found interesting associations between years of nursing and response to stressful situations (Galdikiene et al., 2014).”
From Reducing nurses' stress: A randomized controlled trial of a web-based stress management program for nurses (2016) · cites this paper as Galdikiene et al., 2014
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Background
- Authors
- Galdikienė, N., Asikainen, P., Balčiūnas, S., & Suominen, T.
- Affiliations
- Tampere University (FI)
- University of Tampere (FI)
- Šiauliai University (LT)
- Venue
- Nursing & Health Sciences
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-12-13
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 327-334
- ISSN
- 1441-0745 (ISSN-L)
- 1442-2018
- OpenAlex
- W1900173017
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 6.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nursing and Health Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Keywords
- nurse stress, occupational stress, primary care, Expanded Nursing Stress Scale, death and dying, nurse-physician conflict, nurse age, work experience, adult patients, Lithuania
- MeSH terms
- Workforce, Adult, Age Factors, Decision Making, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Interprofessional Relations, Lithuania, Middle Aged, Nurse-Patient Relations, Occupational Diseases, Primary Health Care, Professional Competence, Professional-Family Relations, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Workload, Physician-Nurse Relations, Principal Component Analysis, Nurses, Public Health
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