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<bold>Aim.</bold> To investigate the personal wellbeing of nurses in relation to selected variables. Then to explore whether personal wellbeing has any impact on preference for stress coping strategies.
<bold>Material and methods.</bold> The sample consisted of 509 nurses working at the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Medicine. We used the Personal Wellbeing Index – Adult (PWI – A) scale and coping strategies (Brief COPE) questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the methods of descriptive and inductive statistics.
<bold>Results.</bold> Subjective perception of personal wellbeing was assessed at the score 60-70% (60.85; SD±12.47). The research revealed that age and marital status had no significant impact on wellbeing in contrast to the length of work experience and education level. The lowest scores of personal wellbeing among nurses were detected in connection with their concerns regarding their future security. Nurses utilized both adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies. The study pinpointed the connection between coping strategies and personal wellbeing, in particular, in the domain of satisfaction with personal relationships and satisfaction with community connectedness.
<bold>Conclusions.</bold> Monitoring the personal wellbeing of nurses and utilizing stress coping strategies proved to be important, because these may have an impact on the work performance of nurses, personal safety, and quality of health work experiences they provide.
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Aim. To investigate the personal wellbeing of nurses in relation to selected variables. Then to explore whether personal wellbeing has any impact on preference for stress coping strategies.
Material and methods. The sample consisted of 509 nurses working at the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Medicine. We used the Personal Wellbeing Index – Adult (PWI – A) scale and coping strategies (Brief COPE) questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the methods of descriptive and inductive statistics.
Results. Subjective perception of personal wellbeing was assessed at the score 60-70% (60.85; SD±12.47). The research revealed that age and marital status had no significant impact on wellbeing in contrast to the length of work experience and education level. The lowest scores of personal wellbeing among nurses were detected in connection with their concerns regarding their future security. Nurses utilized both adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies. The study pinpointed the connection between coping strategies and personal wellbeing, in particular, in the domain of satisfaction with personal relationships and satisfaction with community connectedness.
Conclusions. Monitoring the personal wellbeing of nurses and utilizing stress coping strategies proved to be important, because these may have an impact on the work performance of nurses, personal safety, and quality of health work experiences they provide.

Personal wellbeing and stress coping strategies among nurses working at the departments of anesthesiology and intensive care

Depatrment of Nursing Care, Faculty of Medicine

Pavol Jozef Šafárik Univerzity in Košice

Depatrment ov Social and Behavioral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Nursing and Professional Health Studies

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine

Louis Pasteur University Hospital in Košice

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Aim. To investigate the personal wellbeing of nurses in relation to selected variables. Then to explore whether personal wellbeing has any impact on preference...

Personal wellbeing and stress coping strategies among nurses working at the departments of anesthesiology and intensive care

Published Online: May 26, 2021

Page range: 100 - 104

Received: Nov 08, 2020

Accepted: Jan 13, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2021-0012

Keywords
personal satisfaction, coping strategies, nurses, intensive care

© 2021 Lucia Dimunová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Personal wellbeing and stress coping strategies among nurses working at the departments of anesthesiology and intensive care

Published Online: May 26, 2021

Page range: 100 - 104

Received: Nov 08, 2020

Accepted: Jan 13, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2021-0012

Keywordspersonal satisfaction, coping strategies, nurses, intensive care

© 2021 Lucia Dimunová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
personal satisfaction, coping strategies, nurses, intensive care