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Experiences of Job Stress-Coping in Health Care Professionals  

Han, Kuem-Sun (College of Nursing, Korea University)
Choi, Mi-Young (Department of Nursing, Baekseok Cultural University)
Lee, Sook-Ja (College of Nursing, Korea University)
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Stress / v.21, no.2, 2013 , pp. 131-139 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study purpose to understand job stress experienced by nurses and doctors and explain the nature and structure of their job stress-coping. In-depth interviews of 14 participants were conducted to collect the data. The interviews were recorded and then transcribed. The data analysis was done by Colaizzi (1978) method. The job stress experienced by health care professionals was divided into the following five categories: 1) Confronting Burdensome Atmonsphere, 2) Being Likely to Remain Unchanged Reality, 3) Pressure from Both Oneself and Others 4) Efforts for Overcome 5) Wish for Better Work Environment. This research has significance for laying the foundation required to develop a job stress intervention model for health care professionals by understanding the nature and structure of job stress-coping experienced by nurses and doctors through an in-depth analysis of their job stress-coping experiences.
Keywords
Health care professionals; Job stress; Coping;
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