Is There a Relationship Between Job Stress and Job Satisfaction Among Nursing?
The Person-environment fit theory explains the degree to which a person and the environment match. Personal characteristics such as personality, abilities, goals, values, psychological needs of individual’s biological and environmental factors such as cultural values demand a job or role, intrinsic and extrinsic rewards determine the level of person-environment fit. The Person-environment fit theory explains much about the common phenomenon of nurses quitting their jobs because of poor nurse-hospital blending. Modern nursing is a very stressful occupation, especially trying to balance the systemic need to push patients through the system against the need to do the best for the patients since the two are not compatible often. Many nurses address this by leaving clinical practice in healthcare IT. Things like mandated overtime, high patient to staff ratio, and massive redundant paperwork are some of the causes. The problem is worse on the night shift because it is understaffed. Sometimes working in a medical setting can affect one physically, mentally, and emotionally. However, sometimes a person may be dealing with personal issues, which can also cause someone to resign due to stress.
Stress can be caused by physician or nurse interactions, staffing issues, crises on the unit, interactions with families and patients who are upset. Continuing to be a nurse despite knowing that the demands put stress on the body and mind adds to the health risks in both the short and long term. Some people are energetic and high powered and can work fast with a clear mind. In contrast, others are plodding and slower and maybe more cautious, and if the job is a good fit for the nurse’s temperament and character, suiting is usually not done. Stress can be a part of any job and can affect doing the job well but for nurses, they can look into another nursing-related job that would not be so stressful and continue the nursing career. It happens more often than managers admit, or teachers of nursing will tell students. The amount of stress that affects a nurse will depend on their background and how they view the job.
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