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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

MAYO 2002 N° 45 Volumen 5

Job-related stress on the hospital’s professional nurse

Section: Originals

How to quote

Tomás J, Fernández L. Estrés laboral en los profesionales de Enfermería hospitalarios. Metas de Enfermería may 2002; 5(4): 06-12

Authors

1Joaquín Tomás Sábado, 2Lidia Fernández Donaire

Position

1Diplomado en Enfermería. Licenciado en Psicología. Profesor de Metodología y Bioestadística. Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería Gimbernat.2Diplomada en Enfermería. Profesora de Fundamentos de Enfermería. Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería Gimbernat.

Contact address

Escola Universitària d’Infermeria Gimbernat. Vial Interpolar del VAllès, s/n. 08190 SAnt Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona.

Contact email: jtspsico@copc.es

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the main elements that cause job-related stress on the professional nurse and to establish the factorial structure of stress and the possible differences between various hospital units. One hundred and ninety-five graduated nurses (174 female nurses and 21 male nurses), who were working in emergency, oncology and palliative care, hospitalisation and intensive care units answered the Spanish form of the Nursing Stress Scale (NSS). The results show six main factors which cause job stress, classified as professional relationships, competence conflicts, death and suffering, job pressure, professional skills and communication within the team. Both job pressure and death and suffering are the factors that cause most cases of job stress and the same pattern is repeated in the same order of importance in all the units, except in the oncology and palliative care units where the death factor is more significant.

Keywords:

job stress; hospital unitsNursing Stress Scale

Versión en Español

Título:

Estrés laboral en los profesionales de Enfermería hospitalarios