Study of the Influence of APACHE II Score on ICU Nurse Job Stress

• Main Authors: Jao, Pei-ying, 饒培瑩
• Other Authors: Chou, Cheng-hui
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05452337236735450035

碩士 === 國立臺北護理健康大學 === 護理研究所 === 104 === The job stress of nurses not only causes the exhaustion of physical and mental health, but also directly influences the quality of patient care. However, due to the severity of patient illness, working at the intensive care unit is definitely stressful than those who work at the general wards. This study was designed to investigate the correlation between the severity of ICU patients and job stress of nurse and identify the factors of job stress. This study adopted cross - sectional study design and utilized structured questionnaire as a research tool. Purposive sampling was applied to select ICU nurses of teaching hospitals in east area. The data of 81 samples were collected by the investigator personally. The data collection tools were mainly structured questionnaire, including personal information of ICU nurses, APACHE II scale, and nurse stress scale. Knaus et al.'s APACHE II scale, published in 1982, was used as assessment tool of the severity of ICU patients. Nurses stress scale, published in 1996, was used to assess job stress of ICU nurses. The correlation analysis of disease severity and job stress was not significant (p > .05). This result might reflect the gap between urban and rural areas, the severity of patients were different. However, the analysis of a regression model found that patient severity played a moderation effect between characteristics of nurses and the four factors of job stress (personal response, work concerns, competence, and pressure of being not able to complete personal affairs).