Commentary on Su SF, Boore J, Jenkins M, Liu PE & Yang MJ (2009) Nurses' perception of environmental pressure in relation to their occupational stress. Journal of Clinical Nursing 18, 3172-3180.

摘要

How nurses feel at work influences their ability to give high-quality care and also the intention to stay in the current workplace. The nature of nursing in critical care, where you deal with life and death every day, makes it impossible to exactly know what is going to happen the next minute, the next hour or the next shift. To be able to work as a nurse during those circumstances, place demands on the nurses to be flexible and resistant to stress. Although the nurse is stress resistant, environmental issues such as nurse shortages, increased workload and conflicts between staff can put strain on the individual, decrease job satisfaction and result in negative stress symptoms.