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Nursing gained recognition in the 19th century
with the activities of Florence Nightingale.
Many nurses have specialties like psychiatry,
critical care and other areas of specialization.
Nurse-practitioners, clinical nurse specialists,
nurse-anesthetists, and nurse-midwives
undertake tasks traditionally performed by
physicians.
Nursing Graduates
Nursing Institutions
Clinical Instructors and Hospital
Administrators
Nursing Organizations
Concerned Government
Agencies
Future Researchers
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Fatigue can lead to error, injury, and carelessness. Long hours are
a source of depression, low morale, and low motivation.
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Moira Attree in her research study
entitled ´ A Critical Analysis of the
Evidence-Base to Nurse Staffing
Policies in Five European
Countriesµ
-phe paper will contribute to the
development of evidence-based
policy and practice by
stimulating critical awareness and
debate about the current
evidence-base to nursing
workforce healthcare policies.
-phe review aimed to identify the
extent to which current evidence
about nurse staffing is
implemented in national
healthcare policies.
Shinn and colleagues (1984) investigated the
effects of coping on psychological strain
and "burnout" produced by job stress in
human service workers
-phe researchers found that these stressors
predicted job dissatisfaction, behavioral
consequences as job performance and
turnover in studies of human service workers,
psychological symptoms and somatic
symptoms.
Callaghan (2001) in his study
entitled ´Factors Related to Stress
and Coping Mechanisms Among
Chinese Nursesµ investigated
factors related to stress and coping
mechanisms among Chinese nurses
in Hong Kong
phe results revealed that nurses
reported lower stress levels than
other workers.
phe respondents' major sources of
stress were related to nursing issues
like too much work, interpersonal
relationships, and dealing with
hospital administration.
phere was a statistically significant
link between the respondents' stress
and sickness levels.
Deanna Stewart. phe study entitled ´ Job Stress,
and Health in Nurses: the Mediating Role of
Experienceµ examined whether or not the
relationship between nurses· job experience
and health is mediated by job stress.
-phe results indicate that nurses who have been
working in a hospital setting longer experience
less job stress than nurses who have been
working for less years.
-pherefore, job stress also appears to mediate the
relationship between work experience and
better health among nurses
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Sub-problem no. 4 which tests if there is significant
difference in the stressors experienced by the Filipino
nurses working overseas when they are grouped
according to categories identified in sub-problem no. 1
will be answered using the Chi-Square pest (X ).
Computations will be done using the formula: