What are the Causes of Stress in Nursing?
The American Holistic Nurses Association identifies some factors commonly mentioned as causes of stress by all categories of hospital workers (including nurses) as follows:
The American Holistic Nurses Association identifies some factors commonly mentioned as causes of stress by all categories of hospital workers (including nurses) as follows:
- Workload/inadequate staff cover/time pressure
- Relationship with other clinical staff
- Leadership and management style/poor locus of control/poor group cohesion/lack of adequate supervisory support
- Coping with emotional needs of patients and their families/poor patient diagnosis/death and dying
- Understaffing
- Role conflict and ambiguity
- Inadequate resources
- Working in unfamiliar areas
- Excessive noise
- Lack of control (influence, power) and participation in planning and decision making
- Lack of administrative rewards
- Under-utilization of talents and abilities
- Rotating shift work
- Exposure to toxic substances
- Exposure to infectious patients