The nurse bombarded, consumed and vulnerable: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of mental health nurses' self‐care at work

M O'Malley, J O'Mahony, B Happell… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Self‐care is essential for nurses' wellbeing, with stress posing a major barrier.
Research into self‐care is often absorbed into studies of burnout or resilience …

A phenomenological understanding of mental health nurses' experiences of self-care: A review of the empirical literature

M O'Malley, B Happell, J O'Mahony - Issues in Mental Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Nurses are central to health care as the largest professional workforce and the providers of
constant, ongoing care. Difficulties retaining enough qualified and motivated nurses …

Mental health nurses' and allied health professionals' perceptions of the role of the Occupational Health Service in the management of work‐related stress: how do …

J Gibb, IM Cameron, R Hamilton… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible summary• High rates of stress‐related sickness are found in health care
professionals, in particular mental health nurses.• This study aimed to identify work‐related …

Mental health nurses' experience of challenging workplace situations: A qualitative descriptive study

K Cranage, K Foster - International Journal of Mental Health …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mental health nursing is acknowledged internationally as being a demanding profession;
however, little is known about the range of experience and complexity of workplace …

Occupational Stress in Pysicatric Nurses and the Impact of Self-Care Activities

J Lowe - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Background The nursing profession is an extremely stressful occupation. Psychiatric nurses
face many of the general stressors that are inherent within the profession as well as unique …

Thriving despite adversity: Job engagement and self-care among community nurses

HF Vinje - 2007 - bora.uib.no
Background: Community nursing in Norway has become an increasingly stressful
occupation and many nurses who experience symptoms of burnout leave the profession. Yet …

Self‐care and job stress

S Hutchinson - IMAGE: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 1987 - Wiley Online Library
This qualitative field research explored and described self‐care strategies of hospital‐based
nurses. Data were derived from participant observation in 4 clinical areas and from in‐depth …

Sacrificing the personal to the professional: Community mental health nurses

P Majomi, B Brown, P Crawford - Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The study of stress in mental health nurses has almost always focused on
factors intrinsic to their job roles and has neglected the interaction between work and home …

Identifying sources and effects of carer fatigue and burnout for mental health nurses: a qualitative approach

B Taylor, J Barling - International journal of mental health …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
This project aimed to: identify work‐related problems to assist mental health nurses to locate
the sources and effects of carer fatigue and burnout, set up a dialogue between the …

Practicing what we preach: Teaching psychiatric–mental health student nurses to care for themselves

BL Snyder - Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health …, 2020 - journals.healio.com
It is well known that stress has a profoundly negative impact on the physical, mental, and
spiritual health of nurses. In addition, undergraduate nursing students experience a …