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Intensivvårdssjuksköterskors upplevelse och hantering av stress
The Swedish Red Cross University College.
The Swedish Red Cross University College.
2012 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Intensive Care Nurses experience and coping of stress (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Intensivvårdssjuksköterskor upplever intensivvårdsavdelningen som en stressfylld arbetsplats. Patienterna är svårt sjuka och akuta situationer kan hastigt uppstå. Miljön är högteknologisk och har stundvis ett högt tempo. Tidigare stressforskning har visat att en ökad stressnivå har en negativ inverkan på hälsan. Stresshantering utgår ifrån problemfokuserade – eller känslofokuserade copingstrategier.

Syfte: Att beskriva de faktorer som stressar intensivvårdssjuksköterskor, samt hur de upplever och hanterar denna stress.

Metod: En kvalitativ ansats med fokusgruppsintervjuer. Fem intensivvårdssjuksköterskor deltog. Intervjun var ostrukturerad med två öppna frågor. Materialet analyserades med hjälp av kvalitativ innehållsanalys.

Resultat: Tre huvudkategorier och tio subkategorier framkom. Huvudkategorierna bestod av; Upplevda stressorer, Känslor och upplevelser av stress och Förmåga att hantera stress. Under intervjun framkom att stress framkallades under vissa arbetssituationer och i viss arbetsmiljö. Detta väckte känslor av frustration och maktlöshet hos intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna. Intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna använde en rad olika copingstrategier såsom till exempel att söka stöd samt planera och organisera sitt arbete, för att hantera stressfulla situationer.

Slutsats: Det framkomna resultatet visade att intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna upplevde känslan av att varken räcka till eller kunna påverka sin arbetssituation. Detta ledde i sin tur till frustration och stress hos intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna. Trots detta fanns en hög nivå av trivsel. För att hantera den uppkomna stressen valde intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna att söka stöd hos varandra som den främsta copingstrategin

Klinisk betydelse: Framkommen kunskap ur denna uppsats kan vara av betydelse för yrkesverksamma intensivvårdssjuksköterskor och deras arbetsmiljö. Även chefer kan ha användning av denna kunskap för att kunna organisera och ge intensivvårdssjuksköterskor stöd.

Abstract [en]

Background: Intensive care nurses perceive the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as a stressful workplace. Patients are critically ill and emergency situations can occur quickly. The environment is high-tech and occasionally a high tempo. Previous stress research has shown that increased levels of stress have a negative impact on health. Stress management is based on problem-focused - or emotion-focused coping strategies.

The Aim: To describe the factors that stress critical care nurses, and how they experience and cope with this stress.

Method: A qualitative approach with focus group interviews. Five critical care nurses participated. The interview was unstructured with two open questions. The material was analyzed using qualitative content analysis.

Results: Three main categories and ten subcategories emerged. The main categories consisted of: Perceived stressors, feelings and experiences of stress and ability to handle stress. During the interview revealed that stress was induced in certain work situations and in particular working environment. This caused feelings of frustration and powerlessness in ICU nurses. Critical care nurses used a variety of coping strategies such as seeking support and plan and organize their work, to cope with stressful situations.

Conclusion: It originated results showed that intensive care nurses experienced the feeling of not enough or able to influence their work situation. This in turn led to frustration and stress among critical care nurses. Although this was a high level of comfort. To cope with the present stress chose critical care nurses to seek support from each other as the primary coping strategy

Clinical significance: Arrived knowledge from this study may be important for professional’s intensive care nurses and their work environment. Although managers could use this knowledge to organize and provide critical care nurses support.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2012. , p. 29
Keywords [en]
Stress, Coping, Intensive Care Nurses, Intensive Care, Work Environment
Keywords [sv]
Stress, Coping, Intensivvårdssjuksköterskor, Intensivvård, Arbetsmiljö
National Category
Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-281OAI: oai:DiVA.org:rkh-281DiVA, id: diva2:539186
Educational program
Postgraduate Program in Specialist Nursing
Uppsok
Medicine
Available from: 2012-07-03 Created: 2012-07-03 Last updated: 2017-07-07Bibliographically approved

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