Effect of nurses empowerment on coping with job stresses

Sheikhi, MR.; Sareechloo, ME.; Javadi, A.; Moradi, M.

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Sheikhi M, Sareechloo M, Javadi A, Moradi M. Effect of nurses empowerment on coping with job stresses. Journal of Inflammatory Diseases. 2009; 12 (4) :38-42
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Effect of nurses empowerment on coping with job stresses

MR. Sheikhi ^*¹, ME. Sareechloo², A. Javadi, M. Moradi

1- , Email: mm sheikhi1@yahoo.com
2- Instructor of statistic, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

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Background: Job stress is one of the important subjects in organizational behavior. It could cause physiological and psychological disruptive effects on personnel leading to possible diverse effects on their well being. Objective: To determine effect of nurses empoverment on coping with job stresses in Booali and Qods Hospitals. Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study in which 78 nurses were included using a simple randomized sampling. Data were collected by a questionnaire and analyzed by spss software. Finding: Our data showed that the educational program caused a reduction in stress level from 43.6±3.4 to 38.3±3.2 and the difference was found to be significant when paired T-test used (p<0.001). Conclusion: Education of stress management could help nurses in coping with stress leading to reduction of unpleasant effects of stress on their health and professional performance, effectively.

Keywords: Keywords: Hospital Nursing, Job Stress, Empowerment

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Nursing

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