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Assessment Of The Neonatal Intensive Care Units' Work Environment On Registered Nurses' Job Related Stress, Perceived Stress, Resilience, And Coping, Tami Mayes Long
Assessment Of The Neonatal Intensive Care Units' Work Environment On Registered Nurses' Job Related Stress, Perceived Stress, Resilience, And Coping, Tami Mayes Long
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The impending registered nursing shortage has been a critical concern within the healthcare industry for decades. One of the main causal factors of the nursing shortage is job dissatisfaction within the work environment, which results in increased registered nurse (RN) turnover (Erenstein & McCaffrey, 2007). Furthermore, job related stress has been found to be a significant barrier to nurse retention; however, a “healthy work environment” (HWE) can mediate adverse outcomes. HWEs are characterized by high levels of trust between workers and administration, respect for one another, effective communication and collaboration, and a climate of emotional as well as physical safety …