Psychological health state of neurology nurses and the intervention study

Abstract

Objective To investigate the main source of stress, psychological health and intervention methods of neurology nurses so as to provide reference for improving psychological health state of nurses. Methods A total of 40 nurses in department of internal medicine in our hospital were investigated by job stressors questionnaire, symptom checklist(SCL-90 scale),and data were compared with the national norm;and to take measures before and after the intervention were compared and analyzed. Results Neurology nurses'work pressure source was as follows:the nursing profession and work problems, workload and time allocation, patient care issues, management and interpersonal relationship problems and environmental and resource problems; the SCL-90 scale of somatization, obsessive symptoms, anxiety, depression, factor the number of positive items and total scores were higher than the national norm(P< 0.05);after intervention measures of nurses factor score was significantly lower than before intervention, the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusions Neurology nurses have some mental problem. We should pay attention to the adjustment of coping style and mental state, to take corresponding measures,eliminate the work pressure source,in order to improve the quality of nursing care. Key words: Neurology; Nurse; Psychological health; Intervention