Abstract
Objective To explore the situation of weary of job of psychiatric nurses and its relationships to working pressure, coping method and social support.Methods Surveys were conducted with the Chinese Maslach Burnout Invertory (CMBI), Nurses Job Stressor Inventory (NJSI), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire(SCSQ) and Social Support Scale (SSS) among clinical nurses at Grade-3 Psychosis Special Hospital.Results Job weary levels of psychiatric nurses were moderate, their main problems were emotional exhaustion(27.01 ± 5.66) and reduced personal accomplishment(17.07 ± 5.59).Emotional exhaustion was closely related to age, nursing age, professional title, 5 dimensions of job pressure, passive coping method and social support availability(r = 0.527 ～ - 0.239, P < 0.01), and reduced personal accomplishment to age and nursing age(r = 0.301 0.318, P < 0.01).Multiple linear regressions showed that nursing age and patients' nursing problems and social support availability of job stressors had significant influences on emotional exhaustion.Conclusions Changing the age structure of psychiatric nurses, coping nursing problems of mental disorder patients reasonably and perceiving and utilizing social support sufficiently are important intervening measures relieving job-burnout of psychiatric nurses. Key words: Psychiatric nurses; Weary of job; Job pressure; Coping method; Social support
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