Stress levels and influencing factors in pediatric nursing

Authors : Özlem Özcanlı Çay, Merve Şahin Can

Pages : 507-513

Doi:10.32322/jhsm.1644568

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Publication Date : 2025-05-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aims: Nurses are in frontline interaction with patients/healthy individuals and their relatives and other healthcare team members due to their professional roles. The impact of the pediatric patient has been emphasized as the most stressful factor among nurses, and critical events have been shown to increase stress significantly. In our study, we aimed to determine the stress factors, coping styles, and burnout levels of pediatric nurses working in different departments in Balıkesir Atatürk City Hospital, which is a tertiary hospital located in Balıkesir province and where referral acceptance and patient density are high. Methods: Between November 2024 and December 2024, the questionnaire was distributed face-to-face to volunteer participants after informing them about the survey. No sample selection was made in the study. The questionnaire was distributed to 110 people due to employees who were on leave on the dates of the study and who stated that they did not want to participate in the study. The statistics were realized with the data obtained from 96 people who completed the questionnaire properly. An introductory form including demographic data, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaire was applied. Results: 90.6% of the participants were female. The mean age was 33.2±8.7 years. 56% declared that they were married as their marital status. Of the volunteers included in the study, 47.9% had no children. The mean MB-emotional, MB-desensitization and MB-personal failure subgroups of the MBI were 21.7±7.4, 11.6±6.25 and 25.9±6.9, respectively. PSS was evaluated as 44.3±3.6. When the sub-dimensions of the MBI were examined, no significant results were found according to age and gender, and the results shown lead to the conclusion that there is burnout in nurses. While there was no difference between the number of children and burnout in the MB-Emotional Scale, MB-desensitization was found to be significantly higher in those who did not have children (p 0.05). Conclusion: When the department where the nurses worked and the scales were compared, it was found that the nurses working in the neonatal intensive care unit were statistically significant in terms of emotional burnout, while the desensitization subscale did not differ between the departments, and the nurses working in the pediatric emergency department were statistically significant in terms of personal failure. No significant difference was found between the departments in terms of the PSS. Nurses working in pediatric departments, especially in neonatal intensive care and pediatric emergency departments, are more at risk for emotional burnout and personal failure. It is thought that taking necessary precautions in the early period of burnout may contribute positively to individuals.
Keywords : STRES DÜZEYİ, HEMŞİRE, PEDİATRİ

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