Sjuksköterskans hantering av daglig stress i arbetet - en litteraturstudie
The aim of this study was to describe how nurses cope with their daily stress at work. A literature review was made to answer the research question, data was gathered from two databases; Academic Search Elite and Medline (via Pubmed). The result which was based on 20 scientific articles showed that nurses used problem-focused and emotional-focused coping strategies to deal with the stress at work. Most of the nurses used emotional-focused coping strategies by practise some kind of physical activities, avoid and take distance from the problem. Using these strategies was negative correlated with burnout and psychological health. In four of the studies problem-focused coping strategies was the most dominant, by trying to find a concrete problem solving strategy and to find direct alternative to deal with the stress. The use of these strategies had a negative relation to psychological and physical health, but a positive correlation to feel satisfaction at work and the nurses that used this strategies experienced lower stress than those who used emotional- focused strategies.