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- Title: Health Sciences.
- Author : Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
- Release Date : January 01, 2004
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 169 KB
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OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND QUALITY OF CARE: NURSES PERSEPTIONS IN THE NEUROLOGICAL INTENSIVE CARE AND STEP-DOWN UNITS. Elizabeth Mosley, Dept. of Nursing, Uni. of Ala., Birmingham, AL 35294. There is no existing research that consistently reports an intensive care unit is more stressful to the nurse than a regular unit. There is, however, research that shows the negative effect occupational stress can have on the quality of care a patient receives. The purpose of this study was to analyze the nurse's perceptions of these two factors and to compare data between two units of one hospital in the southeastern United States. Questionnaires analyzing occupational stress (Cohen, et al., 2002) and perceived quality of care (Stafford, et al., 1978) were completed by participants who were registered nurses working on the Neurological Intensive Care and Step-down units. Thirty-one questionnaires were collected from both floors (n=31, 36% response rate). The reliability (Cronbach's alpha) of both scales was very high with the occupational stress questionnaire score and the quality of care questionnaire score of .92 and .94 respectively. No difference was found in stress level or perceived quality of care between the units. There was, however, a significant negative correlation found between stress and perceived quality of care (r = -.61, p .01). Implications for practice include the importance of reducing stress in order to increase quality of care.