Job‐related stress in psychiatric assistant nurses

Aim We aimed to clarify how stress among psychiatric assistant nurses (PANs) differed from Registered Nurses (PRNs). Design Cross‐sectional survey study was conducted with PRNs and PANs working in six psychiatric hospitals in Japan. Methods The Psychiatric Nurse Job Stressor Scale (PNJSS) and the jo...

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Published in:Nursing open 2018-01, Vol.5 (1), p.15-20
Main Authors: Yada, Hironori, Abe, Hiroshi, Omori, Hisamitsu, Ishida, Yasushi, Katoh, Takahiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
assistant nurse
job stress
Mental health
Nurses
Nursing assistants
Occupational stress
Psychiatric-mental health nursing
psychiatry
Quantitative analysis
Questionnaires
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Summary:Aim We aimed to clarify how stress among psychiatric assistant nurses (PANs) differed from Registered Nurses (PRNs). Design Cross‐sectional survey study was conducted with PRNs and PANs working in six psychiatric hospitals in Japan. Methods The Psychiatric Nurse Job Stressor Scale (PNJSS) and the job stressor and stress reaction subscales of the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire measured stress in 68 PANs and 140 PRNs. The results were statistically analysed. Results Psychiatric assistant nurses had significantly higher scores than PRNs on the job stressor subscales in psychiatric nursing ability, interpersonal relations and in the stress reaction subscales of irritability and somatic symptoms. “Psychiatric nursing ability,” “Communication” and “Use of techniques” were associated with almost all stress reactions in PANs than in PRNs.
ISSN:2054-1058
2054-1058
DOI:10.1002/nop2.103