ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The correlation between occupational stress, coping strategies, and the levels of psychological distress among nurses working in mental health hospital in Jordan
Abd Alhadi Hasan,
Hussein Tumah,
Corresponding Author
Abd Alhadi Hasan
Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Abd Alhadi Hasan, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorHussein Tumah
Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Search for more papers by this authorAbd Alhadi Hasan,
Hussein Tumah,
Corresponding Author
Abd Alhadi Hasan
Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence
Abd Alhadi Hasan, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorHussein Tumah
Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Purpose
Psychiatric nurses encounter variety of demanding and stressful events such as dealing with aggressive patients, and hostile. This study purposed to assess workplace stress, coping strategies, and psychiatric distress among psychiatric nurses.
Design and Methods
A descriptive explanatory design was employed. One hundred and nineteen psychiatric nurses were recruited in the study and data were collected in the period between June and September 2017.
Findings
The results showed that participants experienced moderate level of occupational stress and psychiatric distress. In addition, they utilized different coping mechanism.
Practice Implications
Stress management techniques program is very effective in helping psychiatric nurse to deal with occupational stress which might influence their wellbeing. Moreover, this program assists them to use more effective coping strategies as problem solving.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
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