著者

逆井 麻利 松田 英子

出版者

一般社団法人 日本健康心理学会

雑誌

健康心理学研究 (ISSN:09173323)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, no.2, pp.40-51, 2009-12-31 (Released:2014-03-28)

参考文献数

19

被引用文献数

1

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This study investigated the effects of terminal care nursing on the quantity and quality of job stress and individual differences in stress-related growth among hospital nurses. Four questionnaires were administered to 161 nurses who worked in a general hospital: Nursing Job Stressor Scale (NJSS), Scale of Psychological Growth after Caring for Bereaved Patients, Normative Attitudes toward Helping Scale, and Scale of Satisfaction with Care for Dying Patients and their Relatives. The results showed that the frequency of terminal care nursing was positively related to both the quantity and the variety of job stress and stress-related growth. Nurses who showed stress-related growth after caring for bereaved patients had higher scores on normative attitudes toward terminal care and on satisfaction with care for patients. These results suggest that positive aspects of terminal care nursing contribute to enhance hospital nurses' psychological growth. Negative aspects of terminal care nursing indicate a need to provide mental healthcare for hospital nurses.