NR 449 Week 5 RUA # 2: Group Analyzing Published Research Articles (GAPRA) Paper
Chamberlain College
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PROBLEM
The focus of the group’s project is to show the correlation between nurse’s stress level & the effects on advanced technology on it. The problem described in the research paper by St. Pierre, Alderson& Saint-Jean (2012), To develop & test st&ardized primary health assessment instrument (SPHAI) that can be used to assess the health problems & care needs of hospitalized clients at the primary level. The focus of the project is to evaluated the use of advanced technology & the correlation to nurses’ stress level. In this article lists were made to show stressor of the hospital nurses. At the adult intensive unit in Korea the nurses listed many common stressors such as staffing shortages, high stress environment, heavy workload, lack of recognition, & dem&s of technology. The researchers were trying to develop a plan of action to reduce the dem&s & health of these important nurses. St. Pierre, Alderson, & Saint-Jean (2012) tried to identify & describe the method ICU nurses used to adapt to stressful situations at work. The main objective is to study the adaptions of nurses in a high stress positions. Nurses have reported more engenders signs & symptoms of both a physical (e.g., headache, skin rash, gastrointestinal disorder, weight fluctuation) & psychological (e.g., loss of morale, burnout) nature in hospital environments (St. Pierre, etc.,2012). There was a strong correlation between the high stress in the ICU & high incidences of physical & psychological illness which leads to low productivity in these units. There were 316 nursing staff in hospitals in Korea that participated in the Exploratory study. 25 panelist that were involved in three rounds of Delphi surveys. Validity index was 0.8 & over. The second research article was performed by Apeksha & Madadeo, assessed the occupational stress & job satisfaction among nurses in Karad working at selected tertiary care (2014). 100 nurses working at Krishna hospital in Karad were surveyed with questionnaires. The convenient sampling was disbursed among nurses working at the hospital. Out of 265 nurses employed by the hospital 100 nurses participated in the surveys. Out of the 100 nurses that filled out the surveys 86% were females, 88% were staff nurses, & 54% were between the ages 21-30. The formula used for sampling was N=4pd/L2 =4*70*30/102= 84, (N=calculate sample size= average stat factor in %, Q= % of nurses not satisfied=expected error in %,) In present study 100 sample were included (Apeksha & Madadeo, 2014).
DESCRIPTION OF FINDINGS: SUMMARY
The purpose of this research related to my PICOT question is that in the questionnaire many nurses reported that part of the stress is the increased use of technology which they are not fully trained to use. Both articles show that the nurses that were surveyed were introduced to the advancement of technology health assessment in hope to improving documentation & to improving evidenced base guidelines. While using this technology, which is needed in this evolving world, training for this equipment has not be adequate for the nurses using it. The nurse’s stress level was increased with the equipment which increased the amounts of mental & physical illnesses reported. The study done by St. Pierre (2012), The researcher was looking for ways to improve the mental & physical health of nurses. The validity of the Quantitative research was 0.8 which lasted almost 40 years. With the descriptive research done by Apeksha & Madadeo (2014), the validity index is 0.6. Both these research articles proven that advancing technology add more stress to nurses in these circumstances due to not accurate preparedness.
DESCRIPTION OF FINDINGS: DESCRIPTION
The concept used Apeksha & Madadeo (2014) research was to assess between stress & selected demographics variables among nurses in hospitals in Karad city. This researcher used exploratory design to exam the correlation between job satisfaction & nurses’ stress. The descriptive research was adapted. Out of the 265 nurses in the hospital the sample group was 100 actively working nurses in the hospital. This convenient sampling of 100 nurses were those willing to participate in the study. The study was 3 different sections in self-answering questionnaire disturbed throughout the nursing staff. Section one was demographic Performa, next section 2 was modified exp&ed nurse’s stress scale, & the third section was modified Minnesota satisfaction questionnaires. The research was exploratory & opened for other suggestions for another researcher to build off this paper. I would want to follow up the research with the suggestion that proper education with this equipment would increase the nurse’s knowledge & confidence using the advanced machinery thus lowering stress levels. Next opening the result of the intervention, “How long before the nurse’s saw/felt the reduction in their occupational stress?”. To farther build on that I would be interested in investigating if the number of mental or physical illness reported by nurses were greatly reduced after the technology was properly introduced.
DESCRIPTION OF FINDINGS: CONCLUSION
In conclusion, Apeksha & coresearchers revealed that assessing satisfaction & stress is not a onetime thing but continuous action (2012). Stress is an experienced when dem&s made on the nurses outweighs the resources. Stress can cost healthcare workers their health & wellbeing. One solution to the advancing technology dilemma is for educators to do a better job preparing nurses to the equipment them with strong knowledge & skill base to improve their confidence before they are on their own. This will reduce the stress of the nurses that are being exposed to newer technology.
St. Pierre (2014), found that clear cut evidence of the risk to mental health of the nurses & the quality of care (St. Pierre, etc.,2014). ICU nurses need technology to organize important information that is vital to quality of care of the patients. This research opened the venue for farther research on patient care. As Collière (2001) says, “We must reinvent care so that is invigorating, adapted to life, dis alienating, & gives back meaning to the life both of those who receive it & who give it.”.
References
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Williams, K. (2014) An Exploratory Study: Reducing Nursing Stress Levels Facilitate Perceived Quality of Patient Care. Open Journal of Nursing, 4, 512-519. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2014.47054
Creswell, J. W. (2012, May 02). Center for Innovation in Research & Teaching. Retrieved January 16, 2017, from https://cirt.gcu.edu/research/developmentresources/tutorials/researchdesigns
St-Pierre L, Alderson M, Saint-Jean M (2012) Challenges & Issues in Adult Intensive Care Nursing. J Nursing Care 1:101. doi:10.4172/2167-1168.10001
Apeksha, & Mahadeo. (2014, April). Occupational stress & job satisfaction among nurses. Retrieved January 29, 2017, from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mahadeo_Shinde4/publication/265784831_Occupational_Stress_&_Job_Satisfaction_among_Nurses/links/5422da540cf290c9e3adc69c.pdf
Collière MF (2001) Soigner… Le premier art de la vie. Second edition. Paris: Masson. [Show Less]