A Study of Job Stress, Stress Coping Strategies, and Job Satisfaction for Nurses Working in Middle-Level Hospital Operating Rooms

Abstract

Major suggestions of this study include the following: (a) hospitals should ensure set standard operating procedures for the OR, strengthen the designed-in security of the OR working environment, and provide adequate safety protection equipment to safeguard OR staff and patients; (b) the OR department should increase the quantity and the quality of stress relief courses; (c) the OR department should improve the OR environment and the administrative management skills; and (d) the OR department should offer self-esteem-related training programs to assist OR nursing staff to adopt constructive stress coping strategies.