Analysis and counter measures of working stress related factors of nurses in intensive care unit: report from three top hospitals in Beijing
10.3969/j.issn.1008-9691.2017.04.023
- VernacularTitle:ICU护士工作压力相关因素分析及应对措施:附3所三级甲等部队医院的数据报告
- Author:
Xiaohui ZHANG
;
Ziwei DAI
;
Yuan LI
;
Bo NING
- Keywords:
Intensive care unit;
Nursing work;
Working stress;
Counter measures
- From:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care
2017;24(4):429-432
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To analyze the working stress related factors of nurses in intensive care unit (ICU), and put forward the corresponding counter measures.Methods During January to March 2016, a questionnaire survey was conducted with a commonly used nurses working pressure source scale on 110 ICU nurses in three People's Liberation Army (PLA) 3A grade hospitals in Beijing. The questionnaire survey involved 35 items within 5 main categories, including nursing professional issues, nursing workload and time allocation, working environment and resources, special care for critical patients and inter-personnel relationships between the head of nurses and other nurses. The correlations between the ICU nursing working stress and alternative factors were analyzed.Results Ninety-six nurses said the job was stressful, and 88.5% of them expressed that the degree of pressure was more than medium. The correlation analysis showed that ICU nurse working stress was correlated with 29 items in the survey scale (allP < 0.05), of which the top 6 items the mostly closely related were the frequent working shift (r = 0.58,P = 0.000), low nursing social status (r = 0.54,P = 0.000), less promotion opportunities (r = 0.54,P = 0.000), less opportunities to pursue further study (r = 0.53, P = 0.000), nurse low salary (r = 0.52,P = 0.000) and excessive workload (r= 0.50,P = 0.000).Conclusions ICU nurses face a lot of pressure in their work, the management departments should pay more attention to them, and actively energetically improve the nurse system construction, raise ICU nurses' pride, enhance the quality of nurse care and promote the healthy development of nursing profession.
