Stress Among Nurses in Oncology Units
Table of Contents
1.1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.2 Significance of Study 4 1.3 Statement of Problem 5 1.4 Research Questions 6 1.5 Current Research on Stress Among Nurses in Oncology Units 7 1.6 Implications for research 12 2.0 Sampling and Methodology 13 2.1 Instrument 13 Work Schedule 15 Equipment required 16 Bibliography 17
Research Proposal
Stress Among Nurses in Oncology Units 1.1 INTRODUCTION
Oncology nurses have been identified as a group at risk for stress. Oncology nurses often care for patients who are trying to come to terms with the diagnosis of cancer and the consequences of cancer treatment (Kruijver et al. 2000). Therefore appropriate communication skills addressing patients’ needs and fears are essential in these nurses’ everyday practice and should be part of their training (Peteet et al. 1989, Razavi & Delvaux 1997, Maguire 1999a). These situations were included in the categories work organization, relationships among staff members, and care restrictions. It is reiterated that the set of activities developed by oncology nurses is stressful, and that there is a need for institutional intervention, due to the narrow relation between work environment and care results.
The causes and intensity of role-related stress experienced by oncology nurses, the nurses ability to respond to the stressors, and the professional and personal consequences of those stressors for the nurses are issues of concern for administrators and staff. The concern evolves from the anticipated relationships among stressors, the ability to cope with role related stressors, and the expected negative outcomes such as resignation. However, the relationships among these components have not been previously measured concurrently in oncology nurses. The primary purpose of this study was to test the complete stress response sequence model in a sample of oncology nurses by obtaining concurrent measures of the model 's individual components:
1.1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.2 Significance of Study 4 1.3 Statement of Problem 5 1.4 Research Questions 6 1.5 Current Research on Stress Among Nurses in Oncology Units 7 1.6 Implications for research 12 2.0 Sampling and Methodology 13 2.1 Instrument 13 Work Schedule 15 Equipment required 16 Bibliography 17
Research Proposal
Stress Among Nurses in Oncology Units 1.1 INTRODUCTION
Oncology nurses have been identified as a group at risk for stress. Oncology nurses often care for patients who are trying to come to terms with the diagnosis of cancer and the consequences of cancer treatment (Kruijver et al. 2000). Therefore appropriate communication skills addressing patients’ needs and fears are essential in these nurses’ everyday practice and should be part of their training (Peteet et al. 1989, Razavi & Delvaux 1997, Maguire 1999a). These situations were included in the categories work organization, relationships among staff members, and care restrictions. It is reiterated that the set of activities developed by oncology nurses is stressful, and that there is a need for institutional intervention, due to the narrow relation between work environment and care results.
The causes and intensity of role-related stress experienced by oncology nurses, the nurses ability to respond to the stressors, and the professional and personal consequences of those stressors for the nurses are issues of concern for administrators and staff. The concern evolves from the anticipated relationships among stressors, the ability to cope with role related stressors, and the expected negative outcomes such as resignation. However, the relationships among these components have not been previously measured concurrently in oncology nurses. The primary purpose of this study was to test the complete stress response sequence model in a sample of oncology nurses by obtaining concurrent measures of the model 's individual components:
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