Workplace stressors and coping strategies among Chinese psychiatric nurses.
OBJECTIVE
This study was conducted with Chinese psychiatric nurses to identify their workplace stressors and coping strategies, as well as the relationships between their demographics, workplace stressors, and coping strategies.


METHODS
This survey was conducted, with the use of three questionnaires, on 188 psychiatric nurses recruited via convenient sampling in central China.


RESULTS
The findings indicated that (a) workload and dealing with death/dying were the greatest workplace stressors; (b) positive coping strategies were the most often used coping strategies; and (c) a series of correlation results occurred. PRACTICE APPLICATION: Understanding the relationship between workplace stressors, effective and ineffective coping, and demographics can contribute to designing less stressful environments and more constructive coping strategies.
Cai
Zhong-Xiang
ZX
Nursing Office of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China. quentin_1979@yahoo.cn
Li
Kun
K
Zhang
Xun-Cheng
XC
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult