Nurse stress in hospital and satellite haemodialysis units.
OBJECTIVE
To explore nurse stress in both in-centre hospital haemodialysis and satellite haemodialysis unit in an Australian city's health service.


METHODS
Focus groups from both in-centre and satellite dialysis units were undertaken followed by questionnaires generated by the focus group data.


RESULTS
In-centre nursing staff rated the busyness of the unit as the maximum stress and stated that they felt this high level of stress on a daily basis. The most notable stressor for the staff at the satellite unit related to patient behaviour and the perceived unrealistic expectations of the patient followed by patients arriving unwell at the unit.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses suffer stress on a daily basis in both in-centre and satellite dialysis units. The major stressors differ from in-centre to satellite dialysis units.
Dermody
Kirsten
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Renal Unit, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Bennett
Paul N
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D017144:Focus Groups; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000458:organization & administration; D006436:Hemodialysis Units, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D036301:Qualitative Research; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000451:nursing*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017748:Time Management / Q000523:psychology; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology