Facing negative emotions: Evaluation of a brief training in validating communication for contact nurses in cancer care

The impact of job stress on perceived professional benefits among Chinese nurses caring for patients with gynecological cancer: mediating effects of perceived social support and self-efficacy

“…As a result, they must not only balance a demanding work environment, but also manage the negative emotions that may arise in their work ( Kase et al, 2019 ). This dual challenge may lead to adverse mental health outcomes for nurses who have prolonged contact with patients with GC, making them more susceptible to compassion fatigue leading to negative professional experiences such as insomnia and depression ( Edlund et al, 2023 ). This requires nursing managers to appropriately increase the staffing levels of nurses in gynecology wards, to share the multiple roles of caring for patients with GC; to conduct regular stress assessments of nurses’ job stressors and develop measures to reduce these; in addition, they should pay more attention to nurses’ mental health, provide psychological counseling services, and conduct structured training programs to reduce their psychological distress, increasing their NPPB.…”

“…In addition, previous studies have shown that patients with GC often experience emotional distress, including anxiety, depression, and mania, with prevalence rates ranging from 40.6 to 66% ( Aquil et al, 2021 ; Suskin et al, 2022 ; Lee et al, 2023 ). Nurses caring for them are frequently exposed to these negative emotions over the long term, which can lead to psychological stress and adversely affect their mental health ( Edlund et al, 2023 ).…”

“…This means that patients with GC not only have general supportive care needs similar to those of patients with cancer in general, but also have additional specific supportive care needs ( Beesley et al, 2018 ), such as the need for special symptom management, the need to strengthen their couple relationship, and to maintain dignity ( Sun et al, 2023 ). Given the increasing incidence of GC, coupled with the high job demands it places on nurses due to its nature as a female-specific disease, the potentially high levels of job stress nurses face may result in professional mental health issues like compassion fatigue, burnout and emotional exhaustion ( Lupo et al, 2013 ; Al-Ruzzieh and Ayaad, 2021 ; Edlund et al, 2023 ). Considering the essential supportive role of nurses for patients with GC in quality of life, symptom management, and care satisfaction ( Cook et al, 2015 ; Beesley et al, 2019 ), it is important to effectively alleviate their professional mental health problems.…”