A Literature Review: The Mental Problem Caused by Nurses’ Work Stress under the Impact of COVID-19

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10.2991/assehr.k.220704.109How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Work stress; Nurses; Mental health; COVID-19

Abstract

With the spread of COVID-19, the number of infected patients has increased rapidly, thus nurses as major roles during this period are coping with a heavy workload and experiencing a high level of work stress and the negative mental situations caused by job stress. Therefore, identifying and solving nurses’ mental problems is significant to guarantee the cure and transmission of coronavirus disease. This article retrieved and dialectically analyzed studies regarding how work stress impacts the nurses’ psychological health during the period of Covid-19. This literature review used Boolean search to collect the articles published from 2020 to 2022 and was carried out via Scopus and Web of Science. The descriptors used were “work stress”, “occupational stress”, “job stress”, “nurse”, and “health care workers”. Many studies showed that work stress caused by COVID-19 had expanded fear, anxiety, depression, and burnout among nurses. Nurses are both suffering from physical and mental problems, which influenced their work performance, well-being, and turnover intention. Fortunately, many researchers have found that resilience could help nurses to reduce work stress and its damaging outcomes. Although many searchers suggested coping strategies of management (e.g., training, and prolonging test time), few studies analyzed the clinical treatment for nurses with mental problems, such as Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Due to the persistence of the epidemic, nurses’ workload might not be lightened, hence, future research should study more about the psychological treatment of how to build resilience.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yian Xiao
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/11
TI  - A Literature Review: The Mental Problem Caused by Nurses’ Work Stress under the Impact of COVID-19
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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