Qualitative research on job stressors of male nurses in ICU in a children's hospital
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2017.12.005
- VernacularTitle:儿童医院重症监护室男护士压力源的质性研究
- Author:
Meng LI
1
;
Mingqi PENG
;
Mei LI
;
Qingxiu CHEN
Author Information
1. 南京医科大学附属儿童医院护理部
- Keywords:
Hospital;
pediatric;
Nurses;
male;
Job stressors;
Qualitative research;
Intensive care unit
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2017;23(12):1596-1599
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the job stressors of male nurses in children′s hospital, so as to provide evidence for hospital managers in improving occupational status of male nurses and in establishing measures of improving male nurses′ cultivation and development.Methods With the method of phenomenology in qualitative research and purposive sampling used, in April 2016, 10 male nurses in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in a class Ⅲ grade A children′s hospital were deeply interviewed with semi-structure, with the data analyzed and themes extracted.Results The job stressors of male nurses in children′s hospital can be summarized as 4 themes:heavy workload,un-recognition by the crowd,love and marriage difficulties and career development prospect.Conclusions Adverse factors exist in work and life of male nurses in children′s hospital. Healthy development of their career depends on joint efforts made by the society,hospital administrators and the male nurses themselves.
