Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2017 Feb;26(1):47-54. 10.5807/kjohn.2017.26.1.47.

The Impact of Job Stress on the Patient Safety Nursing Activity among Nurses in Small-Medium Sized General Hospitals

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  • 1Graduate School of Education, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.
  • 2College of Nursing · Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. eschoi2007@knu.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of job stress on the patient safety nursing activities among nurses.
METHODS
The subjects of the study are 258 nurses working at 15 small-medium sized hospitals in D city. Data analysis was done using frequency, percentage, average and standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, stepwise multiple regression.
RESULTS
The job stress scored average 3.67 and patient safety nursing activity scored average 4.35. Job stress was positively associated with patient safety nursing activity. It explains 9.49% of the variance.
CONCLUSION
Universal and inevitable job stress among nurses should not exceed optimum level to assure patient safety. So, personal and organizational efforts to manage job stress are needed.

Keyword

Job stress; Nurse; Patient safety nursing activity; Hospital

MeSH Terms

Hospitals, General*
Humans
Nursing*
Patient Safety*
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