Work-related Stress Among Registered Nurses (RNs) on Acute Care Unit Of Hays Medical Center

Authors

Dipika Patel, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow

Award Level

2nd Place - Empirical Faculty/Staff

Classification

Empirical Faculty/Staff

Abstract

Registered Nurses (RNs) provide high quality care that is culturally sensitive, competent, and developmentally appropriate within evolving health care working environments where limited resources and increasing responsibilities are common (Khamisa, Oldenburg, Peltzer, & Ilic, 2015). An imbalance between providing high quality care and coping with the working environment can lead to increased work-related stress and burnout. Work-related stress is defined as a harmful emotional and somatic response when the persons’ skills and resources cannot satisfy the requirement of the task (Qi, et al., 2014). This project analyzed self-reported stress among RNs who work on the Acute Care Unit (ACU) of HaysMed measured by the Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) (Gray-Toft & Anderson, 1981). Using the surveys’ statistically significant results, activities were selected. Currently RN led change projects are being implemented to address the research findings.

Department/Program

Nursing

Submission Type

in-person poster

DOI

10.58809/RXYV1527

Date

5-3-2017

Rights

Copyright the Author(s)

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Recommended Citation

Patel, Dipika (2017) "Work-related Stress Among Registered Nurses (RNs) on Acute Care Unit Of Hays Medical Center," SACAD: Scholarly Activities: Vol. 2017, Article 17.
DOI: 10.58809/RXYV1527
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sacad/vol2017/iss2017/17