Investigation and analysis on the sources of stress and influential factors of contract nurses
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2008.23.004
- VernacularTitle:医院合同护士压力源及其影响因素的调查与分析
- Author:
Yan-Jun XIANG
1
;
Wei-Guang MA
;
Dong-Hong SAI
;
Yan-Hua SHI
Author Information
1. 中国航天科工集团731医院
- Keywords:
Contract nurses;
Sources of stress;
Stress;
Influential factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2008;14(23):2453-2456
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To find out the major stress sources of contract nurses and investigate their influential factors.Methods Job stressors scale was used to measure 109 contract nurses of a hospital in Beijing.Results The mean stress level of contract nurses was 2.76.The major sources of stress were nursing specialty, workload and time distritmtion and nursing to patients.There was significant difference in the job stress of iob title or section(P<0.05).Conclusions The contract nurses'job stress is in a high level.Major stress resources of contract nurses include shift work.loW salary and welfare, a little chance to get retraining and worrying about nursing disputes and mistakes etc.The degrees of contract nurses'job stress are influenced by the different section offices and job titles.The managers of the hospital and the contract nurses themselves should work together to try to alleiate the contract nurses'job stress.
