Netshikweta, M. L.Maluleke, M.Ramabulana, Elelwani Paulinah2017-10-232017-10-232017-08-18Ramabulana, E.P. 2017. Management of stress by professional nurses in the hospitals of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, South Africa. . . http://hdl.handle.net/11602/889http://hdl.handle.net/11602/889MCurDepartment of Advanced Nursing ScienceStress management is a major challenge in South Africa, as well as other countries. Job stress has negative effect on professional nurses ’rendering of patient care. They should thus be able to manage their stress successfully in order to render quality nursing care to the customers. The purpose of the study was to identify and describe factors contributing to stressors among professional nurses, the effects of stressors on the wellbeing of professional nurses and the management of stress by professional nurses. METHOD: A quantitative, exploratory, descriptive design was utilised. The target population of this research study comprised of all professional nurses who were at work the day the researcher visited the sampled hospitals. The questionnaires were used to collect data from the sampled professional nurses, and descriptive statistic was used to analyse the data. RESULTS: The findings revealed that 45% of the professional nurses experienced pressure of work without rest, whereas 75% viewed changes at work as challenging and 15% mostly experienced accidents while on duty. Most of them indicated that they had previously iii experienced anxiety and that they did not engage in exercise. The finding further revealed that EAP is not facilitated in most institutions and that 97.4% of the professional nurses like to have more knowledge on management of stress. The results of this study may be useful to the entire population of health professionals, policy1 online resource (xii, 153 leaves: color illustrations)enUniversity of VendaStressUCTDStressorProfessional nurseWell beingCoping mechanism610.7309620968257Stress management -- South Africa -- LimpopoHealth --- South Africa -- LimpopoJob stress -- South Africa -- LimpopoBurn-out (Psychology) -- South Africa -- LimpopoStress (Psychology)Stress (Physiology)Hospitals -- South Africa -- LimpopoNurses -- South Africa -- LimpopoDissertationRamabulana EP. Management of stress by professional nurses in the hospitals of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, South Africa. []. , 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11602/889Ramabulana, E. P. (2017). <i>Management of stress by professional nurses in the hospitals of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, South Africa</i>. (). . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11602/889Ramabulana, Elelwani Paulinah. <i>"Management of stress by professional nurses in the hospitals of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, South Africa."</i> ., , 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/889TY - Dissertation AU - Ramabulana, Elelwani Paulinah AB - Stress management is a major challenge in South Africa, as well as other countries. Job stress has negative effect on professional nurses ’rendering of patient care. They should thus be able to manage their stress successfully in order to render quality nursing care to the customers. The purpose of the study was to identify and describe factors contributing to stressors among professional nurses, the effects of stressors on the wellbeing of professional nurses and the management of stress by professional nurses. METHOD: A quantitative, exploratory, descriptive design was utilised. The target population of this research study comprised of all professional nurses who were at work the day the researcher visited the sampled hospitals. The questionnaires were used to collect data from the sampled professional nurses, and descriptive statistic was used to analyse the data. RESULTS: The findings revealed that 45% of the professional nurses experienced pressure of work without rest, whereas 75% viewed changes at work as challenging and 15% mostly experienced accidents while on duty. Most of them indicated that they had previously iii experienced anxiety and that they did not engage in exercise. The finding further revealed that EAP is not facilitated in most institutions and that 97.4% of the professional nurses like to have more knowledge on management of stress. The results of this study may be useful to the entire population of health professionals, policy DA - 2017-08-18 DB - ResearchSpace DP - Univen KW - Stress KW - Stressor KW - Professional nurse KW - Well being KW - Coping mechanism LK - https://univendspace.univen.ac.za PY - 2017 T1 - Management of stress by professional nurses in the hospitals of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, South Africa TI - Management of stress by professional nurses in the hospitals of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11602/889 ER -