title: [Stress, coping and presenteeism in nurses assisting critical and potentially critical patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to verify the associations between stress, Coping and Presenteeism in nurses operating on direct assistance to critical and potentially critical patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  this is a descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study, conducted between March and April 2010 with 129 hospital nurses. The Inventory of stress in nurses, Occupational and Coping Questionnaire Range of Limitations at Work were used. For the analysis, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, correlation coefficient of Pearson and Spearman, Chi-square and T-test were applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  it was observed that 66.7% of the nurses showed low stress, 87.6% use control strategies for coping stress and 4.84% had decrease in productivity. Direct and meaningful relationships between stress and lost productivity were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  stress interferes with the daily life of nurses and impacts on productivity. Although the inability to test associations, the control strategy can minimize the stress, which consequently contributes to better productivity of nurses in the care of critical patients and potentially critical.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Umann
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Federal University in Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Laura de Azevedo
authors.initials: Lde A
authors.lastname: Guido
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Marques da
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult