A National Survey of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Work Productivity of Emergency Nurses Following Trauma Patient Care

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• Personal Author:
  Gillespie GL ; Jobe JA ; Schwytzer D
• Description:
  Background: Secondary traumatic stress is common for emergency nurses working in trauma care, but it is unknown whether this secondary traumatic stress negatively correlates to work productivity. Objective: The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between secondary traumatic stress and work productivity of emergency nurses who provide trauma patient care in the emergency department. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional survey design with a systematic random sample of emergency nurses. Respondents (N = 255) completed the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) and the Healthcare Productivity Survey (HPS) on the basis of trauma patient care within the preceding 30 days. A 2-tailed Pearson correlation was calculated to explore the relationship between secondary traumatic stress and work productivity for emergency nurses providing trauma patient care. Results: Mean IES-R score was 19.1, and HPS score was 2.7. About 38% of respondents reported high secondary traumatic stress, and 29% reported decreased work productivity. Although overall correlation between IES-R and HPS was not significant, IES-R-Intrusion was significantly correlated with HPS-Cognitive Demands (p = .003) and HPS-Safety and Competency (p = .011), IES-R-Avoidance with HPS-Safety and Competency (p = .003), and IES-R-Hyperarousal with HPS-Cognitive Demands (p = .002) and HPS-Handle/Manage Workload (p = .015). Conclusions: Secondary traumatic stress and decreased work productivity were significant problems for some emergency nurses. To address this problem, employers can provide stress reduction and management techniques to emergency nurses providing trauma patient care. In addition, emergency nurses need to be proactive in seeking social support and using stress mitigation and reduction programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Compassion Fatigue Health Care Workers Mental Health Nurses Nursing Occupational Stress Stress Trauma Nursing Traumatic Incident Stress Traumatic Stress Disorders Workload Work Performance

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• ISSN:
  1078-7496
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  243-249
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063163
• Citation:
  J Trauma Nurs 2021 Jul/Aug; 28(4):243-249
• Contact Point Address:
  Gordon L. Gillespie, PhD, DNP, CEN, FAAN, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210038, Cincinnati, OH 45221
• Email:
  gordon.gillespie@uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Trauma Nursing
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d3a95a6254d425548271ee23b3a12489659bacd501ce8d5142e53ddb6f956e6e5e8106460cff5735d0d404d1b525aacc1c82028934a0b15edfefee205db397f5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226278/cdc_226278_DS1.pdf
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