Abstract
Objective: To provide support for nurse leader interventions that decrease workplace stressors for nurses. Background: Hospital nursing is highly stressful with persistent, unremitting emotional and physical strain creating unhealthy workplaces threatening the quality and safety of patient care, and decreasing the quality of life and personal health of nurses. Nurse leaders must assess stressors and implement stress reduction strategies to promote nurse personal health.
Highlights
Hospital nursing is highly stressful with persistent, unremitting emotional and physical strain that can create unhealthy workplaces for nurses and threatening the quality and safety of patient care [1,2]
Question 1 asked: “What are the top stressors commonly reported in the working environment of nurses?” The highest three stress scores were work intensely (3.70), have to work fast (3.65), and having a choice in decisions at work (3.20)
The second and third questions were: “What nursing environments are perceived to be the most stressful”,and “What type of stressors are most common in those unit specific environments”? Emergency room and medical-surgical floor nurses reported highest stress compared to all departments (p
Summary
Hospital nursing is highly stressful with persistent, unremitting emotional and physical strain that can create unhealthy workplaces for nurses and threatening the quality and safety of patient care [1,2]. Key factors affecting nurses’ overall job satisfaction include workplace culture, quality of care, safety, and environment. Effective teamwork is vital to the delivery of high quality patient care [3]. Forty-nine percent of RNs report verbal abuse, condescending language, and insufficient responses of nurse colleagues most frequent; of those, 50% reported minimal occurrences every three months[5]. The purpose of this article is to provide the top RN inpatient workplace stressors and propose stress reduction strategies that allow administrators to enhance nurse satisfaction. This article addresses a synthesis of the literature, project methodology, results, conclusions of a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Clinical Project, and its implications for nursing
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