Stressing factors and coping strategies used by oncology nurses

Rodrigues, Andrea Bezerra; Chaves, Eliane Corrêa

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“…Another study developed with nurses working in oncologic units evidenced that the death of children and adolescents, problems related with the work team, and lack of personnel were situations perceived as stressful for the nurses, and the most commonly used coping strategy was positive reevaluation, problem solving, and selfcontrol (20) .…”

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Nurses' work in intensive care units: feelings of suffering

Martins

Robazzi

2009

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Nurses' work in intensive care units: feelings of suffering

Martins

Robazzi

2009

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“…These have been evidenced as stressing factors, and are associated with the oncology nursing professional's psychological suffering (9)(10) .…”

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“…Coping presupposes the mobilization of resources, through which the individual will use cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage the internal and external demands which result from interaction with the environment, which are assessed as threatening, and which exceed the individuals' capacity to cope (11) . According to previous studies, in order to deal with occupational stress, oncology nurses use coping strategies of the following types: preservation (12) (demarcation of limits in involvement in situations which cause stress), reconstruction (12) (actions which allow the reconstruction of a balanced identity) and reevaluation (9,(12)(13) (the re-analysis of situations in terms of meaning and alternatives for their resolution).…”

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Psycho-social risks at work: stress and coping strategies in oncology nurses

Gomes

Santos

Carolino³

2013

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OBJECTIVE: to identify sources of stress and coping strategies in nurses who work in three Head and Neck Surgery Oncology Services, in three central hospitals in Portugal. METHOD: a cross-sectional descriptive-exploratory study, whose sample was made up of the 96 nurses from the three services. The following were used in the data collection: a socio-demographic questionnaire; the 12-item General Health Questionnaire; and the Occupational Stress Inventory; Brief COPE. RESULTS: reasonable levels of general health were ascertained. The most-mentioned stressors were: burden with work; low pay; the physical space where they work; emotionally-disturbing situations and lack of recognition of the profession. The most-used coping strategies were: planning; active coping; acceptance and self-distraction. CONCLUSION: the stressors identified are mainly related to organizational aspects and work conditions, and the coping strategies chosen are aimed at resolving problems and improving the nurses' well-being. A significant percentage of the nurses presents high levels of pressure and depressed emotions. The results presented corroborate previous studies which warn of the importance of developing strategies for preventing these stress levels.

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“…The Coping concept differs from concept of the defense mechanism in stress situations, because the responses obtained in this mechanism are classified as rigid, inadequate in relation to the external reality and may originate from past issues and elements of the unconscious (4) . Conversely, a Coping response is an intentional, physical or mental action, initiated in response to a perceived stressor, directed toward the external circumstances or internal states, with this response guided by attempting to reduce the stress (5) .…”

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Applicability of auriculotherapy in reducing stress and as a coping strategy in nursing professionals

Kurebayashi¹,

Gnatta²,

Borges³

et al. 2012

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tratamento; e, na análise dentro do mesmo grupo, obtiveram-se diferenças significativas para o domínio confronto, na quarta avaliação entre grupos agulha/controle e para suporte social, na terceira avaliação para os grupos agulha/semente. Conclusões: a auriculoterapia com agulhas diminuiu os níveis de estresse significativamente e houve diminuição da utilização dos domínios afastamento, confronto e suporte social para os grupos de intervenção, após o tratamento, sugerindo que a auriculoterapia tanto com agulhas quanto com sementes pode produzir impacto positivo para melhorar a estratégia de coping na equipe de enfermagem.Mais estudos, porém, fazem-se necessários para que se possa conhecer o alcance da técnica.Descritores: Auriculoterapia; Estresse; Coping; Enfermagem. Aplicabilidad de la auriculoterapia para reducir estrés y como estrategia de coping en profesionales de enfermeríaObjetivos: Ensayo clínico hecho aleatorio objetivó evaluar la auriculoterapia para disminución de niveles de estrés en 75 profesionales de Enfermería de un hospital y analizar los principales dominios de Coping que se modificaron después del tratamiento. Metodología: los sujetos fueron divididos en grupos (Control, Agujas, Semillas), recibieron 8 sesiones en los puntos Shenmen, Riñón y Tronco Cerebral. El Grupo Control no recibió ninguna intervención.Resultados: se constataron diferencias significativas por la ANOVA para niveles de estrés entre el Grupo Aguja/Controle en la tercera y cuarta evaluaciones, según scores de estrés de la Lista de Síntoma de Estrés de Vasconcelos. Para el Inventario de Folkman y Lazarus, se logró diferencia estadística para el dominio Alejamiento entre los Grupos Aguja/Controle después del tratamiento; y en el análisis dentro del mismo grupo, se lograron diferencias significativas para el dominio Confrontación en la cuarta evaluación entre Grupos Aguja/Controle y para Soporte Social, en la tercera evaluación para los Grupos Aguja/Semillas. Conclusiones: la auriculoterapia con agujas apocó los niveles de estrés significativamente y hubo disminución de la utilización de los dominios Alejamiento, Confrontación y Soporte Social para los grupos de intervención después del tratamiento, sugiriendo que la auriculoterapia tanto con agujas cuanto con semillas puede producir un impacto positivo para mejorar estrategia de Coping en el equipo de Enfermería. Más estudios, sin embargo, se hacen necesarios para que se pueda conocer el alcance de la técnica.

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Stressing factors and coping strategies used by oncology nurses

Abstract: FACTORES ESTRESANTES Y ESTRATEGIAS DE COPING UTILIZADAS POR LOS ENFERMEROS QUE ACTÚAN EN ONCOLOGÍA FATORES ESTRESSANTES E ESTRATÉGIAS DE COPING DOS ENFERMEIROS ATUANTES EM ONCOLOGIA

Cited by 56 publications

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Nurses' work in intensive care units: feelings of suffering

Nurses' work in intensive care units: feelings of suffering

Psycho-social risks at work: stress and coping strategies in oncology nurses

Applicability of auriculotherapy in reducing stress and as a coping strategy in nursing professionals

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