International researchers together with local scientists have created a theoretical model to help nurses become less susceptible to stress.
The International Collaboration on Workforce Resilience, initiated by Curtin University, identifies the psychological factors that influence nurses' stress and will help develop ways to build resilience in employees who might need assistance.
Curtin University Associate Professor Clare Rees says it is very clear there is a need for interventions for more stressful occupations in which rates of depression, anxiety and burnout are high.
"Employees in "high death" professions, such as nursing, cancer support and palliative care, can experience compassion fatigue, when they really don't have much left to give their patients," A/Prof Rees says.
"When not managed effectively, this stress can not only negatively impact individuals' mental and physical health, but can cause high turnover and a lower quality of care."
The researchers determined there wasn't a testable model available, so they created their own evidence-based model.
[For more of this story, written by Lizzie Thelwell, go to http://medicalxpress.com/news/...03-nurse-stress.html]
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