A National Survey of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Work Productivity of Emergency Nurses Following Trauma Patient Care.
A National Survey of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Work Productivity of Emergency Nurses Following Trauma Patient Care.
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创伤患者护理后紧急护士的继发性创伤压力和工作生产力的全国性调查。
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10.1097/jtn.0000000000000592
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发表时间:
2021-07-01
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Schwytzer D
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Jobe JA;Gillespie GL;Schwytzer D
Secondary traumatic stress is common for emergency nurses working in trauma care, but it is unknown if this secondary traumatic stress negatively correlates to work productivity. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship of secondary traumatic stress to work productivity of emergency nurses who provide trauma patient care in the emergency department. This study used a cross-sectional survey design with a systematic random sample of emergency nurses. Respondents (N = 255) completed the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) and Healthcare Productivity Survey (HPS) based on trauma patient care within the preceding 30 days. A 2-tailed Pearson correlation was calculated to explore the relationship between secondary traumatic stress and work productivity for emergency nurses providing trauma patient care. Mean IES-R score was 19.1, and HPS score was 2.7. About 38% of respondents reported high secondary traumatic stress, and 29% reported decreased work productivity. While overall correlation between IES-R and HPS was not significant, IES-R-intrusion was significantly correlated with HPS-cognitive demands (p = 0.003) and safety and competency (p = 0.011), IES-R-avoidance with HPS-safety and competency (p = 0.003), and IES-R-hyperarousal with HPS-cognitive demands (p = 0.002) and HPS-handle/manage workload (p = 0.015). Secondary traumatic stress and decreased work productivity were significant problems for some emergency nurses. To address this problem, employers can provide stress reduction and management techniques to emergency nurses providing trauma patient care. In addition, emergency nurses need to be proactive in seeking social support and using stress mitigation and reduction programs.