Levels of Psychologic Stress of Air Force Staff Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units, Non-Intensive Care Units, and a Flying Unit

Abstract

The findings of this study failed to reveal any significant differences between the non-intensive care nurses, intensive care nurses, and flight nurses in regards to level of self-reported stress. The mean state-trait anxiety scores for each group was entirely in the normative range for the STAI. The failure to reproduce earlier results and the relevancy of this study's findings are unclear. Perhaps the pendulum of stress in nursing has swung back from the findings of the early 1980s studies that non-intensive care nursing is more stressful. Keywords: Stress; Psychological stress; Nurses; Intensive care nursing; Non-intensive care nursing; Anxiety.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217951

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  • William M. Dean

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Aeromedical Evacuation
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • California
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Personality
  • Psychological Adaptation
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistical Analysis
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  • United States

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