Abstract (300 words maximum)
Undergraduate Student(s): Erick Infante, Abigail Guerrero, Johana Figueroa, Fransely Rivera, Sosa Edomwande, Berenice Lucio Research Mentor: Doreen Wagner Among nurses, do coping mechanisms make a difference in the reduction of reported emotional distress? Background: Emotional distress plays a vast role in a nurse's mental health. The increase in emotional hardship, in recent years, has led to an increase in burnout and greatly contributed to the nursing shortage. The effects of patient mortality within healthcare workers is an issue that requires more attention and research. Therefore, the purpose of this research project is to analyze multiple research articles and determine which coping mechanisms show a reduction in emotional distress. Literature Review: Nurses go through large amounts of stress during their day-to-day work activities and in order to decrease said stress multiple coping mechanisms are used. This stress could not only include the stress from dealing with high maintenance patients but also from the amount of patients in their care, or a lack of teamwork. In the articles we viewed the most used coping mechanisms used by nurses to deal with these daily stressors varied but one consistent theme arose, the ability to communicate their grievances with others that understood what they were going through. Methodology: Several studies were systematically reviewed and were adapted from the EBSCOhost database. Articles were selected to further help in the study based on the key words: nurses, coping strategies, dying and end of life. The final twenty-four articles were appraised for quality, evidence level, and relative evidence to our guiding clinical question. Conclusion: It is hoped through these research studies, the use of identified coping mechanisms will benefit nurses by decreasing stress levels.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
Nursing
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Doreen Wagner
Additional Faculty
Andi Johnson, Nursing, ajohn315@students.kennesaw.edu
Nurse Use of Coping Strategies and the Effect on Reported Stress
Undergraduate Student(s): Erick Infante, Abigail Guerrero, Johana Figueroa, Fransely Rivera, Sosa Edomwande, Berenice Lucio Research Mentor: Doreen Wagner Among nurses, do coping mechanisms make a difference in the reduction of reported emotional distress? Background: Emotional distress plays a vast role in a nurse's mental health. The increase in emotional hardship, in recent years, has led to an increase in burnout and greatly contributed to the nursing shortage. The effects of patient mortality within healthcare workers is an issue that requires more attention and research. Therefore, the purpose of this research project is to analyze multiple research articles and determine which coping mechanisms show a reduction in emotional distress. Literature Review: Nurses go through large amounts of stress during their day-to-day work activities and in order to decrease said stress multiple coping mechanisms are used. This stress could not only include the stress from dealing with high maintenance patients but also from the amount of patients in their care, or a lack of teamwork. In the articles we viewed the most used coping mechanisms used by nurses to deal with these daily stressors varied but one consistent theme arose, the ability to communicate their grievances with others that understood what they were going through. Methodology: Several studies were systematically reviewed and were adapted from the EBSCOhost database. Articles were selected to further help in the study based on the key words: nurses, coping strategies, dying and end of life. The final twenty-four articles were appraised for quality, evidence level, and relative evidence to our guiding clinical question. Conclusion: It is hoped through these research studies, the use of identified coping mechanisms will benefit nurses by decreasing stress levels.