Personality, stress and coping in intensive care nurses: A descriptive exploratory study

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 129-140

  Burgess, Lorraine ^a   Irvine, Fiona ^a   Wallymahmed, Akhtar ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Coping; Intensive care nurses; Personality traits; Stress; The Big Five

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB STRESS; MALE; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMOTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTENSIVE CARE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956621597     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2009.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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