Occupational stress in nursing personnel of intensive care units

Introduction: There are several stressors in the actions carried out by the nursing staff in intense situations such as life, illness and death. Objective: To determine the occupational stressors that affect the nursing staff that works in intensive care units in the city of Barranquilla. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 212 people working in the nursing service in 6 Intensive Care Units located in the city of Barranquilla. It was evaluated to what extent various situations represent a source of stress, tension or irritability in the current work through the Nursing Stress Questionnaire. Results: 66% of the participants showed a critical level of stress. Among the different stressors that influence the level of stress of the participants are the fear of making a mistake in the care of a patient [OR 34.6 (95% CI 4.6-259.2)]; not talk to other nurses and / or nursing assistants about problems in the service [OR 25.3 (95% CI 3.3-189.8)]; not knowing well the operation and operation of a specialized team [OR 22.1 (95% CI 2.9-165.7)]; and lack of personnel to adequately cover the service [OR 19.7 (95% CI 2.6-147.7)]. Conclusions: The different situations that nurses who work in intensive care units experience expose them to levels of critical stress affecting their physical and mental health.

• Autores: Lastre Amell, Gloria; Gaviria-García, Gladys; Herazo-Beltrán, Yaneth; Mendinueta-Martínez, Martha
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Corporación Universidad de la Costa
• Repositorio: REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/3310
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/3310; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
• Palabra clave: Critical care; Nurses; Occupational health; Cuidados críticos; Enfermeras; Salud ocupacional
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International