Stress due to End-of-Life Care, Coping Strategies, and Psychological Well-being among Nurses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
10.4094/chnr.2018.24.4.475
- Author:
Eun Hee KWON
1
;
Hyeon Ok JU
;
Eun Ok JEUNG
;
Chun Hee HAN
;
Jin Ju IM
;
You Ri LEE
;
Min Seung JUNG
;
So Yeon PARK
Author Information
1. RN, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Psychological stress;
Terminal care;
Psychological adaptation;
Neonatal nurses
- MeSH:
Adaptation, Psychological;
Hospitals, General;
Infant, Newborn;
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal*;
Intensive Care, Neonatal*;
Stress, Psychological;
Terminal Care;
Thinking
- From:Child Health Nursing Research
2018;24(4):475-483
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study aimed to identify stress levels due to end-of-life care, coping strategies, and psychological well-being among nurses in neonatal intensive care unit, and to investigate the effect of stress levels and coping strategies on their well-being. METHODS: A total of 128 nurses in the neonatal intensive care units of general hospitals in B city participated. The data were collected using a self-report questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the t-test, ANOVA, the Pearson correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression with SPSS version 22.0. RESULTS: The coping strategy that nurses most often used was seeking social support. The factors affecting the well-being of the participants were wishful thinking, problem-focused coping and seeking social support, in order. Those 3 variables explained 21 % of the total variance in psychological well-being. Problem-focused coping and seeking social support were positively associated with psychological well-being, while wishful thinking showed a negative association. CONCLUSION: In order to improve the psychological well-being of nurses in neonatal intensive care units, it is necessary to provide nurses with a program to build a social support system and to improve their problem-based coping skills.
