Stress management and coping strategies used by nurses working in psychiatric ward : Literature review
Hietala, Ville (2016)
Hietala, Ville
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016111516218
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016111516218
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The purpose of this study was to examine on how nurses working in psychiatric ward manage their stress and what kind coping skills do they use. The aim was to give information about stress in general and provide suggestions for stress management and coping skills to use be used in practice.
This study was implemented as a literature review. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were defined before searching the literature databases using combination of different keywords. The used databases were Cinahl, Academic Search Elite and PubMed, and the used keywords were nurs*, stress, coping, coping strategies, and psychia*. A total of five articles were chosen based on content. Content analysis was used in analyzing the data by abstraction, categorizing and describing the patterns.
Results suggested that nurses use coping strategies. The coping skills were categorized into problem-, emotion- and appraisal-focused strategies. Problem- and emotion-focused strategies were used more. All of the problem-focused strategies were adaptive-typed, and most of emotion-focused were avoidance-typed. The issues, involved with the theory of stress, coping skills and stress management, had an effect to the results.
The theoretical issues of the topic and conflicting results of the selected articles had an effect to the conclusions. The need for further research was clear, before any further conclusions could be made. The conclusion was that nurses working in psychiatric wards should concentrate on using coping strategies to handle stress.
This study was implemented as a literature review. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were defined before searching the literature databases using combination of different keywords. The used databases were Cinahl, Academic Search Elite and PubMed, and the used keywords were nurs*, stress, coping, coping strategies, and psychia*. A total of five articles were chosen based on content. Content analysis was used in analyzing the data by abstraction, categorizing and describing the patterns.
Results suggested that nurses use coping strategies. The coping skills were categorized into problem-, emotion- and appraisal-focused strategies. Problem- and emotion-focused strategies were used more. All of the problem-focused strategies were adaptive-typed, and most of emotion-focused were avoidance-typed. The issues, involved with the theory of stress, coping skills and stress management, had an effect to the results.
The theoretical issues of the topic and conflicting results of the selected articles had an effect to the conclusions. The need for further research was clear, before any further conclusions could be made. The conclusion was that nurses working in psychiatric wards should concentrate on using coping strategies to handle stress.