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Stress, coping and presenteeism in nurses assisting critical and potentially critical patients* * Extracted from the dissertation "Stress, coping and presenteeism in hospital nurses", Post-graduation Program in Nursing, Federal University of Santa Maria, 2011

Estrés, coping y presentismo en enfermeros que asisten a pacientes críticos y potencialmente críticos

Objective

to verify the associations between stress, Coping and Presenteeism in nurses operating on direct assistance to critical and potentially critical patients.

Method

this is a descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study, conducted between March and April 2010 with 129 hospital nurses. The Inventory of stress in nurses, Occupational and Coping Questionnaire Range of Limitations at Work were used. For the analysis, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, correlation coefficient of Pearson and Spearman, Chi-square and T-test were applied.

Results

it was observed that 66.7% of the nurses showed low stress, 87.6% use control strategies for coping stress and 4.84% had decrease in productivity. Direct and meaningful relationships between stress and lost productivity were found.

Conclusion

stress interferes with the daily life of nurses and impacts on productivity. Although the inability to test associations, the control strategy can minimize the stress, which consequently contributes to better productivity of nurses in the care of critical patients and potentially critical.


Nursing; Intensive care; Burnout professional; Stress psychological; Occupational health


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