Does workplace violence,empathy, and communication influence occupational stress among mental health nurses?

Workplace violence is a major cause of occupational stress among mental health nurses, particularly those working in acute care. This study investigated the occurrence of occupational stress among mental health nurses in psychiatric hospitals and explored whether workplace violence, empathy, and communication skills influenced occupational stress levels in this population. A socio‐demographic questionnaire and the Chinese Nursing Work Stress Scale, Workplace Violence Scale, Jefferson Scale of Empathy – Health Professions version, and Nurses’ Clinic Communication Competence Scale were administered to 539 mental health nurses from three top‐grade tertiary research hospitals in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region. The analysis revealed a high level of job stress (3.06 ± 0.69) and a moderate prevalence of workplace violence (6.21 ± 2.94) existed among participants when compared with among other nurses. Meanwhile, participants’ empathy (114.78 ± 15.99) and communication (4.31 ± 0.60) abilities were similar to or higher than those of other nursing populations. Mental health nurses with varying years of practice experience distinct levels of job stress. A linear regression analysis revealed that, while practice years (β = 0.104; P < 0.05) and workplace violence (β = 0.264; P < 0.01) aggravated occupational stress levels, empathy (β = ?0.147; P < 0.01) facilitated reductions in stress. Results suggest that reducing workplace violence and improving empathy in therapeutic relationships can limit the pervasiveness of occupational stress among mental health nurses. Having both psychological support and organizational support after a violent incident is essential, and the importance of professional education should be stressed.     

精神科护士共情倾向与关怀能力的相关性研究

目的探讨精神科护士共情倾向与关怀能力之间的关系。方法采用人际反应指针量表和关怀能力量表调查147名精神科护士的共情倾向、关怀能力及其二者之间的关系。结果精神科护士共情各维度得分由高至低依次为共情性关心、幻想、观点采择、个人痛苦;关怀能力总分为(180.99±19.48)分,各维度得分均低于常模(P<0.01);精神科护士共情倾向的各维度(共情性关心、观点采择、幻想、个人痛苦)以及护士的职称、护龄是关怀能力的影响因素。结论精神科护士的关怀能力有待进一步提高,共情倾向影响护士实施关怀照护行为,建议对护士进行有针对性的管理和培训,提高护士的共情能力,有助于改善护士对病人的关怀,进而提高护理服务质量。     

护士组织支持感对其感情承诺的影响研究

目的：探讨护士组织支持感对其感情承诺的影响。方法：采用便利抽样法选取天津市3所三级甲等医院的346名在职护士作为研究对象,并采用组织支持感量表和感情承诺量表进行调查。结果：护士感情承诺总分为（3.26±0.55）分,护士组织支持感及其各维度与感情承诺均呈正相关（r=0.537～0.628,P＜0.01）;分层回归分析显示,控制人口学资料后,关心利益、价值认同、工作支持共可解释感情承诺总变异的32.1%。结论：医院和护理管理者应采取针对性的策略改善护士的组织支持感,以提高其感情承诺水平。     

Swedish forensic nursing care: nurses' professional contributions and educational needs

Nurses (registered nurses, RN, and licensed mental nurses, LMN) working in five Swedish forensic psychiatric units filled in a questionnaire designed for general psychiatric nursing, but modified for forensic use. In this report, data regarding how nursing care could contribute to improved care and the organizational changes needed and what knowledge the nurses need, in order to be able to meet the demands in the future, were analysed by means of content analysis. The salient findings were: (i) an interpersonal patient-nurse relationship based on trust, empathy, respect and responsibility for the patients' personal resources and knowledge seems to be the essence of nursing care and a way to improve care; and (ii) the nurses' educational needs emanate from different treatment modalities, how to perform different treatments, how to establish developing relationships and in-service training adapted to the ward-specific problems.     

Mental Health Promotion Intervention for Nurses Working in German Psychiatric Hospital Departments: A Pilot Study

This pilot study aimed to implement a mental health promotion program to support nurses working in Psychiatric hospital departments. Eighty-six nurses working in psychiatric hospitals were randomized to either an intervention group (IG) or a waitlist control group (WCG). The intervention took place in groups over a period of 12?weeks. Training content included, i.e. work-related stress management training, problem solving techniques, and solution-focused counseling. Outcomes were measured at four times (baseline and three follow-up measurements). Perceived stress, coping skills, emotion regulation skills and changes in patient relationships were included as outcome measurements. Psychiatric nurses in the IG reported significant changes in perceived job stress, emotion regulation skills, resilience, and self-efficacy after the intervention. In addition, scores on quality of patient-relationship were significantly higher after the intervention (e.g. support, conflict management; p?<?0.05). No comparable results could be found in the WCG. A mental health promotion intervention for psychiatric nurses was successfully implemented. Further research is necessary to generalize these pilot study findings.     

Differences in job stress experienced by female and male Japanese psychiatric nurses

In psychiatric nursing, female nurses tend to spend more time building rapport with patients and developing cooperative working relationships with colleagues; they encounter more sexual harassment by patients. In contrast, male nurses respond to aggressive patients and tend to resist physically caring for female patients; they encounter more physical and verbal assault from patients. These gender differences might result in differences in job‐related stress. We quantitatively examined gender differences in psychiatric nurses' job stress. The Psychiatric Nurse Job Stressor Scale and the Stress Reaction Scale of the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire were administered to 159 female and 85 male Japanese psychiatric nurses. The results indicated that female nurses had significantly higher stress levels than males related to psychiatric nursing ability, attitude towards nursing, and stress reactions of fatigue and anxiety. Moreover, the factors affecting stress reactions differed somewhat between sexes. In particular, male nurses reported that greater irritability was affected by patients' attitudes. Their anxiety and somatic symptoms were affected by their attitude towards nursing, and depressed mood was affected by psychiatric nursing ability. Knowledge of these differences can lead to better mental health‐care interventions for psychiatric nurses.     

Mental health nurses’ disaster nursing competencies: A cross-sectional study

The unprecedented and prolonged coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has escalated the gravity of disasters in the field of mental health. Nurses are health care providers who play a pivotal role in all phases of disaster management and psychiatric nurses are required to be prepared and equipped with competencies to respond to such disasters. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the effects of mental health nurses’ professional quality of life on disaster nursing competencies. This study adhered to the STROBE checklist for observational research. Data were collected from 196 mental health nurses working in various settings, including hospitals and communities in South Korea. Compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue were measured using the Korean version of the Professional Quality of Life Scale. Disaster nursing competencies were measured using the Disaster Nursing Preparedness-Response Competencies Scale. Multiple regression analysis showed that compassion satisfaction (β = 0.36, P < 0.001) was the most potent predictor of disaster nursing competencies of mental health nurses, followed by participation in disaster nursing (β = 0.15, P = 0.023) and disaster nursing-related education (β = 0.15, P = 0.026); these factors explained 30.1% of the variance. Education programmes ensuring that mental health nurses are adequately prepared for disaster management should include theoretical content as well as simulation training using virtual situations that resemble actual disasters. Further, supportive leadership and work environments that encourage cohesive teamwork are needed to increase compassion satisfaction of nurses.     

Hospital staffing,organization, and quality of care: Cross-national findings

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of nurse staffing and organizational support for nursing care on nurses' dissatisfaction with their jobs, nurse burnout, and nurse reports of quality of patient care in an international sample of hospitals. DESIGN: Multisite cross-sectional survey SETTING: Adult acute-care hospitals in the U.S. (Pennsylvania), Canada (Ontario and British Columbia), England and Scotland. Study Participants: 10319 nurses working on medical and surgical units in 303 hospitals across the five jurisdictions. INTERVENTIONS: None Main outcome measures: Nurse job dissatisfaction, burnout, and nurse-rated quality of care. RESULTS: Dissatisfaction, burnout and concerns about quality of care were common among hospital nurses in all five sites. Organizational/managerial support for nursing had a pronounced effect on nurse dissatisfaction and burnout, and both organizational support for nursing and nurse staffing were directly, and independently, related to nurse-assessed quality of care. Multivariate results imply that nurse reports of low quality care were three times as likely in hospitals with low staffing and support for nurses as in hospitals with high staffing and support. CONCLUSION: Adequate nurse staffing and organizational/managerial support for nursing are key to improving the quality of patient care, to diminishing nurse job dissatisfaction and burnout and, ultimately, to improving the nurse retention problem in hospital settings.     

Constrained nursing: Nurses’ and assistant nurses’ experiences working in a child and adolescent psychiatric ward

The role of nurses and nursing in CAP inpatient care is unclear, and nurses are at risk of moral distress due to having to deal with complex demands while lacking organizational support. This study aimed to describe nurses’ and assistant nurses’ experiences working in child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient care. Eight nurses and seven assistant nurses working in a child and adolescent ward in Sweden participated in the study. Data were collected in 2019 using semi-structured qualitative interviews and subject to qualitative content analysis. Results describe nurses’ and assistant nurses’ experiences of child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient care in one theme, Constrained nursing, and four categories: Striving to be there for children and parents; Finding a way to manage work; Depending on others; Lacking nursing leadership. Findings suggest that good, person-centred and recovery-oriented nursing practice can exist in CAP inpatient care but remain unrecognized and lacking support due to unclear roles and responsibilities and lack of nursing leadership. This study is reported in accordance with the COREQ guidelines.     

手术室护士心理健康和压力的调查研究

目的 :了解手术室护士的心理健康和压力。方法 :采用症状自评量表和护士工作压力源量表对两所三级医院和四所二级医院的手术室护士采取方便抽样的方法发放调查问卷。将原始资料数据输入计算机用SPSS12 0软件包进行统计学分析和处理。结果 :手术室护士SCL 90各因子分均低于健康成人。手术室护士工作压力状况显示二级医院与三级医院在工作量及时间方面和压力总分有显著性差异。手术室护士心理健康状况与护理专业及工作方面相关性不大 ;在工作量及时间分配、工作环境及资源、病人护理及管理和人际关系等方面具有显著相关性。结论 :手术室护士具有良好的心理健康 ,但在工作压力的一些方面存在问题 ,对手术室的护理管理者提供重要的参考价值。     

护士组织公平感现状及其与情绪耗竭和心理健康的关系

目的：了解护士组织公平感现状及其与情绪耗竭和心理健康的关系。方法：分层方便抽取辽宁省4所三级医院、7所二级医院共813名护士进行问卷调查,采用LISREL8．7软件进行路径分析,探讨护士组织公平感现状及其与情绪耗竭和心理健康的关系。结果：护士的分配公平感较差;组织不公平感对护士情绪耗竭产生直接影响,对心理健康通过情绪耗竭的中介作用产生间接影响;领导不公平感对护士心理健康产生直接和间接影响。结论：组织不公平感对护士的情绪耗竭和心理健康均有负性影响,通过调整结果分配和提高领导公平感可以降低护士的情绪耗竭,提高其心理健康水平。     

Iranian nursing staff's self-reported general and mental health related to working conditions and family situation

ARSALANI N., FALLAHI‐KHOSHKNAB M., JOSEPHSON M. & LAGERSTROM M. (2012) Iranian nursing staff's self‐reported general and mental health related to working conditions and family situation. International Nursing Review 59 , 416–423 Background: There is increasing global evidence that today's work environment results in higher risk of adverse health among nursing staff than among other professions. Aim: To investigate self‐reported general and mental health among Iranian nursing staff, and associations with organizational, physical and psychosocial working conditions and family situation. Methods: 520 nursing personnel from 10 university hospitals in Tehran participated in this cross‐sectional study. Data were collected using a validated questionnaire in the Persian language, containing the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, physical items from the Nurse Early eXit Study and two scales relating to general health and mental health from the Short Form‐36. The Chi‐square test with P < 0.05 and logistic regression were used to analyse data. Results: Three out of four nursing staff reported overtime work. The self‐reported general and mental health rates of participants were poor/fair (38%, 41%), good (44%, 39%) and very good/excellent (18%, 20%), respectively. Family demands were associated with general health but were not associated with mental health. Adverse physical and psychosocial work conditions gave an elevated odds ratio for poor health. Conclusion: Poor general and mental health was associated with adverse working conditions and family demands. Physical and psychosocial working conditions of nursing personnel should be improved. Social facilities such as daycare for children and care for the elderly should be available during work shifts to help Iranian nurses play their family roles.     

Do nurses working in adult psychiatry take into consideration the support network of families affected by parental mental disorder?

The aim of this study was to gain information about registered and practical mental health nurses' activities concerning support network of families affected by parental mental illness. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire distributed to all 608 practical and registered mental health nurses working in adult psychiatric units in five Finnish university hospitals. A total of 311 nurses returned completed questionnaires (response rate 51%). Sixty per cent (n = 222) of registered nurses and 36% (n = 88) of practical mental health nurses responded. Information about family relationships and socio-economic situation was gathered regularly by all nurses. The nurses' individual characteristics, such as being a parent, further family education and use of family-centred care, were significantly related to their activeness in discussing the family's support network with the parents. Discussing family relationships and families support networks forms part of patient care in adult psychiatric nursing with families with dependent children (under 18 years of age). Nurses can work directly with the parents to aid them to strengthen their support network for themselves and their children.