A Study of Work-related Stress and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles of Psychiatric Nurses

• Main Authors: Xu Ying-Hui, 徐瑛徽
• Other Authors: Hsiao Szu-Mei
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b87qa9

碩士 === 美和科技大學 === 護理系健康照護碩士班 === 107 === Background: Psychiatric nurses with mature professional skills must undergo a rigorous training process, effectively display appropriate nursing ability, assist patients with stable symptoms. Returning to the community is a continuously required task and mission for psychiatric nurses; this results in stressful workload, which has induced concern about the physical and mental health of nurses. Purposes: This study using cross-sectional survey method, the aims to explore work-related stress, health promotion lifestyle and related factors of the psychiatric nurses. Method: By using the cross-sectional survey method, the research objects are the nurses of a metal hospital in Hualien area. Through using the self administered structure questionnaire as a research tool for the general survey, issuing 115 questionnaires, and collecting 112 valid questionnaires. The returning rate reached 97.4%. Results: The subjects were all female between 31 and 40 years old, mostly with working experience less than 5 years. The job title of their position is called a nursing teacher; their major working location is in the ward with three shifts. The majority of certified nurses have bachelor degree. More than half of them are unmarried and have no children. The "work-related stress" of psychiatric nurses is at a medium to high level. The most intense pressure is "fatigue". Other stress is "unsatisfied", "low self-esteem", "depression" and "anxiety". Psychiatric nurses’ performance in health promoting lifestyle is not satisfactory; the scores from top to bottom in the six facets are "interpersonal relationship", "spiritual growth", "stress treatment", "health responsibility" and "nutrition"; the worst performance was "physical activity". "Work-related stress" and "health-promoting lifestyle" are negatively correlated, showing that work-related stress is high, health-promoting lifestyle is worse. Besides, marital status and work-related stress have an impact on the health promoting lifestyle of the subjects. Suggestions: Create a friendly workplace and construct healthy workplace for promoting programs. Organize and encourage psychiatric nurses to participate in social networking activities, form a family, lower the work-related pressure of psychiatric nurses, encourage the participation of health promoting lifestyle, and maintain physical and mental health.