Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Comparison of distress tolerance and resilience of nurses working in the accident department with nurses working in the hospital

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Soudabeh Gharibi 1
HasanPasha Sharifi 2
HamidReza khankeh 3
Susan Emamipour 4
1 Department of Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Psychology, Roudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen, Iran
3 Department of Psychology, University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
10.22038/mjms.2022.63674.3737
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the stress and occupational stress tolerance of accident nurses with nurses working in hospitals.
Methods: The method of this descriptive study was causal-comparative. The statistical population of the study included all nurses working in the accident department of Tehran and nurses working in hospitals in District 5 of Tehran. 128 nurses were selected as the research sample by available sampling method Data were collected using a questionnaire on stress tolerance and job stress and the data were analyzed by analysis of variance.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between anxiety tolerance and job stress of accident ward nurses and inpatient ward nurses and accident ward nurses had lower anxiety tolerance and more job stress.
Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that nurses working in the accident department due to stress and heavy responsibilities in the workplace and the need for a quick response experience less distress and more job stress than nurses in inpatient wards.
Keywords
Distress tolerance
Resilience
Accident nurses
Nurses in the hospital
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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 65, Issue 2
May and June 2022
Pages 569-577