STRESS AND COPING IN NURSES OF ADULT AND CARDIOLOGICAL INTENSIVE CARE

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/217976928924

Aim: to measure occupational stress and identify Coping Strategies used by nurses of Adult Intensive Care Unit and Intensive Cardiac Unit from a Rio Grande do Sul public hospital. Method: it’s a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study, conducted with 12 nurses between March and April 2010. For data collection, we used a form to sociodemographic and professional characterization, Nurses Stress Inventory (NSI) and Occupational Coping Scale (OCS). Results: we found that 41.66% of nurses have high stress and 58.34% low stress. Activities related to "Interpersonal Relations" are the most stressful and Control was the factor most used in coping of stress. Conclusions: know stressors can help institutions and professionals to rethink their work process in order to become daily life more productive and less stressful, what will reflect in quality of care provided.