2008 World Congress
of Cardiology - Poster Presentations
J. Boggiano, R.
Miret, D. Maggio, M. Medina, M.E. De La Antonia, F. Rotemberg, D. Chaparro, C.
Ortiz, S. Castelar. Interamerican Research Group of Nursing and Health
Objective: To determine the workplace stress factors perceived by the
nurses, who work in those areas of the hospital concerned with heart-lung
transplants and the sources of professional job satisfaction.
Methods: Qualitative study, carried out with twenty-five discussion
groups (327 participants in all) of male and female nurses, who work in
different hospitals of latin america. Their conversations were transcribed and an
analysis of the discourse was undertaken.
Results: The main stress factors which were identified relate to: work
overload and the time pressures, contact with death and suffering, a lack of
support from colleagues and other health professionals, and the problems of
inter-relationship with patients and their relatives. Likewise there is clearly
a lack of sufficient information to be able to respond to the questions posed
by the patients and family members as to their clinical state and their
prognosis. Another stress factor is the lack of specific information relating
to the characteristics of necessary care for the patient pre and post
transplant. The principal source of professional job satisfaction is the thanks
for the care which has been afforded to them, from patients and their families.
Conclusion: The hospital nursing staff is subjected to a large number of
stress factors in the course of its work, the majority of which are intrinsic
to its profession.
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