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Zhong-Xiang Cai1, Kun Li, Xun-Cheng Zhang
1Nursing Office of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China. quentin_1979@yahoo.cn
Purpose:
This study was conducted with Chinese psychiatric nurses to identify their workplace stressors and coping strategies, as well as the relationships between their demographics, workplace stressors, and coping strategies.
Design And Methods:
This survey was conducted, with the use of three questionnaires, on 188 psychiatric nurses recruited via convenient sampling in central China.
Findings:
The findings indicated that (a) workload and dealing with death/dying were the greatest workplace stressors; (b) positive coping strategies were the most often used coping strategies; and (c) a series of correlation results occurred. PRACTICE APPLICATION: Understanding the relationship between workplace stressors, effective and ineffective coping, and demographics can contribute to designing less stressful environments and more constructive coping strategies.
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