Investigating Nurse Stress and Patient Care Quality in India: A Report

This report investigates the association between nurses, work-related stress, and the quality of patient care in India. It aims to understand the concepts of work-related stress and patient care, determine the challenges and effects of stress on nurses, and examine the relationship between stress and care quality. The methodology employs a mixed-methods approach, utilizing databases like PubMed and CINAHL, with deductive reasoning and strategies such as experimental analysis and surveys. Ethical considerations ensure participant privacy and minimize potential harm. The expected outcome highlights the importance of effective communication and time management in healthcare settings to support nurses' well-being and resilience. Secondary data collection, including books and journals, supports the qualitative research design. The conclusion emphasizes the need for further research to inform policy and practice, addressing the factors contributing to nurse stress and its impact on patient care.

Topic: To determine the
association between nurses,
work-related stress, and quality
of patient care in India

Table of content
 Title
 Introduction
 Background
 Aim
 Objective
 Problem statement
 Literature review
 Methodology
 Method and design
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
 Nursing is defined as a profession that is associated with the healthcare sectors that have a major
focus on providing support and care to some individual families and communities.
 Moreover, they are differentiated from other healthcare provider by their approach towards the
patient that shows the nature of care training and scope of practices.
 In this, diseases various issues regard with the providing care to the patient the major challenges
faced by nurses during their compiling role and responsibilities is due to the association for the
collaboration with the nurses in order to provide quality of care.

Background
Occupational stress is usually recognized as an issue in healthcare workers. Moreover, they are
associated with various risk factors which may depend on the health outcomes. There are psychological
issues and mental issues are usually created due to workplace conflict or stress. Moreover, nursing has
been determined as an occupation that focuses on the high level of stress due to the roles and
responsibilities which is associated with patient care and support. Stress is usually categorized in
different forms that are based on the consequences and their responses. It is identified with the different
frameworks that are associated with stress and illness. (Haligamo and et. al., 2021).

Aim and objective
 Aim
 To investigate the association between nurses, work-related stress, and quality of patient care
in India.
 Objective
 To understand the concept of work related stress and quality of patient care.
 To determine the challenge and effect between nurses' work-related stress and quality of
patient care
 To examine the association between nurses' work-related stress and quality of patient care.

Research questions
 What are the concept of work related stress and quality of patient care?
 What are the challenge and effect between nurses' work-related stress and quality of
patient care?
 What are the association between nurses' work-related stress and quality of patient care?

Problem statement
 In India, there are wide range of issue which is related with the communication and
coordination is faced by the healthcare professional within the healthcare setting that may
create complication.
 The work related stress is also a major issue which is faced by the number of nurse during
the working.

Literature review
 Nursing is defined as a long-considered stress full profession which creates conflict and
their resolution for the prolonged period of stress in nursing is usually attributed largely to
the physical labors suffering and emotional demand of the patient and their families.
 Moreover, the other associated stress in the field of nursing is associated with the work
hours, shift works, and interpersonal relationship that includes inter and intra professional
conflict and other external pressure that are central to the work nurses do.

Methodology
 Search strategy: In this, the search strategies are Springer link, Pubmed, science direct
are used as the source which is chosen in order to collect and gather the information
which is related with the selected topic.
 Database used: In order to gather and collect the information the database is used which
include PubMed central, CINHAL and the Cochrane library is useful aspect which
play role in the gathering of information.

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 Research method: The mixed method will be used in order to collect the data and information. The mixed
method usually contains qualitative and quantitative aspect of data and information which is reliable to show
the theory, description. Whereas, quantitative also represent graph, statistic and many more.
 Research approach: The deductive approach will be used because the chosen topic is specific and
deductive approach follow the aspect which gather the information or data from generic to specific.
 Research strategies: The experimental, case study analysis and survey as a strategies used on order to
collect the data and information which is related with the chosen topic. The self questionnaire aspect is also
used within the research process.

PRISMA chart

Ethical consideration
 While conducting the research the proper ethical concern is
used to drive to protect the right of the others.
 Moreover, the privacy and confidentiality of the participant
were secure and protected, the intellectual property will be
taken into consideration and reduce the potential harm which
may occur during the term of research process.
 The ethical issue that may arise due to any circumstance are
must be reduced and minimise which do not hurt any personal
sentiment of people during the conducting of research.

Outcome
 The proper study is help to provide some of the aspect which provide data and
information which show that the nurses are used to communicate effectively in order to
reduce complication and complexities which is arise due to lack of interaction and poor
communication.
 In this, healthcare setting must on the time management and health of the employee and
provide shift as according to their voluntary need that may influence the wellbeing and
resilience of any nurse.

Cost
Activities Approximate cost
Field experiment £50
Inputs £60
Application £20
Sample collection £80
Write up material £30
Unforeseen £50
Total £290

Method and design
 In this research, the secondary method of data collection is usually taken into
consideration for the appropriate and functional research process for the conducting of
research. It helps to play important role within the healthcare setting.
 The secondary data is usually collected from the books, Journals, peer review article
and many more which is helpful in order to collected the data and information (Hoff and
et. al., 2019).
 For this research the selected design which help to explore the research is qualitative.
The research design includes qualitative and mean is descriptive for the processing of
research (Zaghini and et. al., 2020).

Conclusion
 While conducting the research, it is also well recommended in the aspect of finding which may have
associated with the important aspect for the policy, practice, theory and subsequent research which is
undertaken in order determine the factor that nurse facing.
 The research implication with the context with the chosen research question is usually focus on the
conclusion that draw a measurable finding and result which explain the important aspect which is covered
within the research.

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