A Critical Evaluation of Factors Causing Work Stress Levels in Psychiatric Nurses

2018
RESEARCH PORTFOLIO
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF FACTORS CAUSING WORK STRESS LEVELS IN
PSYCHIATRIC NURSES

Table of Contents
GENERATION OF A RESEARCH....................................................................................................... 2
BACKGROUND............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................3
OBJECTIVE OF STUDY.................................................................................................................4
SCOPE OF STUDY........................................................................................................................5
LITERATURE REVIEW..................................................................................................................6
METHOD OF REVIEW................................................................................................................. 7
RESEARCH DESIGN..................................................................................................................... 8
LIMITATIONS..............................................................................................................................9
TIME SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 10
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................... 11
LITERATURE CRITIQUE................................................................................................................. 12
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................17
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GENERATION OF A RESEARCH
BACKGROUND
Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is an integral part of nursing practice. Studies have
shown that nurses are under considerable job stress which can lead to the mental health
disorders and failure in duties (De Looff, et al. 2014). The research is focused on a critical
evaluation of factors causing work stress levels in psychiatric nurses. It is considered as one of
the management issues which portrays the interaction level with psychiatric nurses. The
general working structure of the psychiatric nurses is way too different from other department
nurses.
The working profile of psychiatric nurses covers the intervention strategy, regular interaction
level with patients, and rehabilitation of the patients which faces chronic and complicated
mental health problems. Some of the mental health problems that are faced by nurses are
schizophrenia, dementia, and schizoaffective disorder, psychosis, anxiety, and depression.
Nurses in these areas receive special training in handling the patients but it results in generating
the stress level in them. Some of the identified reasons for the cause of the increase in work
stress level are- Work stress and Burnout among nurse, Comparative less job satisfaction, the
likelihood of job injury, disorientation in thinking. Stressors of nursing have been identified in
the study. However, focusing on the factors of causing stress in the psychiatric nurses has been
investigated (Johnson, et al.2017). The current perception of the work stress level and its
influencing factors are aimed to understand the nurse’s experiences and evaluation of the
factors causing the stress level.
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INTRODUCTION
Psychiatric Nursing is considered as a stressful occupation. It has been identified number of
stressors depending on the area of specialty. However, some of the stressors include poor
working relationship between nurses and other health team members, burn out stress level and
demanding communication and relationship with patients, Understaffed working environment,
lack of support to differentiate mental health problems related to their life, Less Job satisfaction
level and others (Angland, et al. 2014).
Stress has been defined as the circumstances that place psychological demands on a person
through managing the level of stress. Psychiatric nurses need to manage their stress in order to
provide an appropriate care to their patients (Papathanasiou, et al. 2015). Therefore, it is
necessary to nurture and instigate on methods which strengthen the psychiatric nurses to cope
up with job-related stress. The study proposes a critical evaluation of those factors
aforementioned causing stress level and working experiences that are faced by the nurses in
Australia.
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