title: Coping with downsizing: stress, self-esteem and social intimacy.
abstract: As health care system continue to downsize, nurses will experience organizational changes, change in positions or sudden terminations. Acute care surgical nurses were surveyed to determine their perceptions of work-related stress, self-esteem and social intimacy during downsizing.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuhrik
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuhrik
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Katz
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires