The Impact of Job Stress on the Patient Safety Nursing Activity among Nurses in Small-Medium Sized General Hospitals.
10.5807/kjohn.2017.26.1.47
- Author:
Suhee JUNG
1
;
Eunsuk CHOI
Author Information
1. Graduate School of Education, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Job stress;
Nurse;
Patient safety nursing activity;
Hospital
- MeSH:
Hospitals, General*;
Humans;
Nursing*;
Patient Safety*;
Statistics as Topic
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2017;26(1):47-54
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of job stress on the patient safety nursing activities among nurses. METHODS: The subjects of the study are 258 nurses working at 15 small-medium sized hospitals in D city. Data analysis was done using frequency, percentage, average and standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, stepwise multiple regression. RESULTS: The job stress scored average 3.67 and patient safety nursing activity scored average 4.35. Job stress was positively associated with patient safety nursing activity. It explains 9.49% of the variance. CONCLUSION: Universal and inevitable job stress among nurses should not exceed optimum level to assure patient safety. So, personal and organizational efforts to manage job stress are needed.
