The Effects of Nursing Work Environment and Job Stress on Health Problems of Hospital Nurses.
10.5807/kjohn.2016.25.3.227
- Author:
Young Eun BANG
1
;
Bohyun PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Changwon National University, Changwon, Korea. bhpark@changwon.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nurse;
Work;
Workplace;
Health status
- MeSH:
Hospitals, General;
Nursing*
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2016;25(3):227-237
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of nursing work environment and job stress on health problems of hospital nurses. METHODS: The subjects were 200 nurses working in S general hospital in Gyeongnam, and the data were collected using organized questionnaire from Jan 10 to 25, 2015. The Korean version of the practice environment scale of nursing work index, the instrument for job stress, and the Korean version of Todie Health Index for health problem were used for measurement. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression. RESULTS: The nursing work environment was found to be slightly negative, and the job stress was found to be high. There were significant correlation among nursing work environment, job stress, and health problems. In addition, it showed that the nursing work environment and job stress of nurses were factors affecting their health problems. CONCLUSION: The nursing work environment and job stress are influencing factors on the health problems of hospital nurses. Multi-faceted efforts to create a positive nursing work environment are required. Further researches related to association between the nursing work environment and health problem of nurses are needed.
