University advises nurse managers on handling workplace stress
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, April 26, 2007
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To better handle nursing stressors, including family interactions and staffing shortages, research from a New Jersey school suggests that nurse managers can take certain actions in their hospitals to help mitigate stress.
Faculty of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of the New Jersey School of Nursing in Newark, NJ, suggested in a recent report that nurse managers vary the responsibilities and workloads of their clinicians in order to keep their staff members absorbed and interested. The school also advises nurse managers to establish sleep areas in their facilities where nurses can rest after shifts.
Additionally, the university recommended that nurses be made aware in advance of scheduled overtime, so that they can better prepare both mentally and physically for the long hours.
Sources: The Nursing Spectrum, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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