Reviewing nursing stress according to a proposed coping-adaption framework.
Is stress a common problem for nurses who work in intensive care units (ICUs)? Stress-coping theory is useful in analyzing ineffective coping and its outcome, burnout. This article compares stress among nurses in ICUs to stress in non-ICU nurses. Effects of stresses, such as nursing dissatisfaction and the loss of nurses to the profession, will be discussed. Research and commentaries regarding stress in ICU nurses v non-ICU nurses will be reviewed. Areas for future research will be presented.
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Seton Hall University, College of Nursing, South Orange, New Jersey.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000209:etiology; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*