Stress and Nursing Work: Influential Factors
Journal Title: Más Vita - Year 2020, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Stressors are a set of si-tuations that trigger physical and mental consequences on health personnel; they are generated from a minimal circum-stance and become a major problem that will affect both the health of nurses and their professional performance. Objec-tive: The objective was to analyze the factors that influence the stress of nurses who work at the Basic Hospital of Esme-raldas IESS. Materials and methods: it was carried out under a field study and a descriptive scope. The population and sample consisted of 30 nursing professio-nals who work in the emergency area of the mentioned hospital. The data on the factors that generate stress in this heal-th professional was obtained through a survey and as a tool, a questionnaire ad-dressed to nursing personnel in the emer-gency area. In addition, direct observation was used and as an instrument, an obser-vation guide to analyze the nurses’ work environment and finally the interview te-chnique was applied with a script of ques-tions to the leader of the emergency ser-vice. Results: the stressors found were exhaustion, insomnia, work overload, job dissatisfaction, insufficient space; the most prevalent consequences genera-ted by stress are poor diet, insomnia and hair loss. Conclusions: stressors cause instability in nurses’ health, conflicts with the health team and trigger poor care for users
Authors and Affiliations
Sara Vásquez Mendoza, Yaritza Virginia González Márquez
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