The Impact of Perceived Stress and Coping Adequacy on the Health of Nurses: A Pilot Investigation
Table 7
Situation specific self-efficacy at work compared by level of stress and adequacy of coping.
Confidence in dealing with
(%
Perceived stress & coping
Test statistic
value
High stress and poor coping
High stress or poor coping
Low stress and good coping
Difficulties with patients
110 (92)
82%
87%
97%
5.36
0.06
Getting your work done during your shift
109 (91)
64%
87%
100%
19.72
<0.00
Difficulties with patient’s family members
106 (88)
82%
85%
93%
2.27
0.32
Having to do a lot of tasks at the same time
101 (84)
64%
77%
94%
10.69
0.00
Delegating tasks to ancillary staff
101 (84)
60%
84%
91%
7.20
0.0
Fatigue during your shift
99 (83)
80%
82%
87%
1.80
0.62
Unclear orders from the physicians
96 (80)
73%
74%
87%
2.99
0.22
Medication errors made by others
94 (78)
70%
82%
82%
1.81
0.65
Medication errors that you make
81 (77)
60%
72%
69%
1.08
0.77
Relational difficulties with colleagues
89 (74)
55%
69%
81%
4.36
0.11
Equipment that is malfunctioning/not working
89 (74)
64%
72%
77%
1.81
0.63
Relational issues with physicians
88 (73)
27%
66%
87%
19.90
<0.00
Lack of timely follow-through by support staff
88 (73)
46%
67%
82%
8.10
0.0
Difficulties with your supervisor(s)
92 (77)
42%
81%
82%
9.52
0.00
Poorly defined or unclear procedures
79 (66)
54%
64%
75%
4.99
0.08
(%) of those nurses who agreed that they were “confident” or “very confident” in dealing with a particular situation or event. Statistically significant differences across the groups measured by Chi-Square tests at .
