Potentially stressful situations for nurses considering the condition of accreditation of hospitals

• Autores: Priscilla Higashi, Janete Pessuto Simonetti, Maria Antonieta de Barros Leite Carvalhaes, Wilza Carla Spiri, Cristina Maria Garcia de Lima Parada
• Localización: Rev Rene, ISSN-e 2175-6783, Vol. 14, Nº. 6, 2013
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Cross-sectional study that aimed to evaluate and compare the frequency of perceived/self-reported stress by nurses in hospitals with and without accreditation. One conducted in an accredited and two non-accredited hospitals in São Paulo in 2010 and 2011. Data collection included a questionnaire and the Stress Inventory for Nurses, with 262 participants, who evaluated stressful situations in the categories: Intrinsic Factors of Work, Interpersonal Relationships at Work and Stressful Roles in Career. The differences among hospitals concerning nurses’ perception/self-declaration about potentially stressful factors were evaluated by the chi-square test, considering p <0.05 the critical level. Working in an accredited hospital protected against perception/self-declaration of stress caused by stressful factors in the categories: Intrinsic Factors of Work and Stressful Roles in their Career, being a risk factor related to the category Relationships at Work. One concludes that nurses from the accredited hospital perceived/self-reported more stressful factors in situations related to interpersonal relationships.

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.20130006000010