Date of Award
Summer 8-21-2016
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Pamela Schwartz, CRNA, DNP
Second Advisor
Julia Feczko, CRNA, DNP
Abstract
Stress is the body’s way of responding to something out of the norm, or a stressor. Stressors affect nurse anesthesia trainees (NATs) to unpredictable levels of stress. The purpose of this study was to explore stressors experienced; ways to cope with stressors as perceived by NATs, if there was any association between socio-demographic variables to the various ways of coping with stress, and development of a one-hour seminar on different ways to cope with stress during a nurse anesthesia program.
A survey was distributed to members of the Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthetists (IANA), which identified demographic information, stressors, and coping mechanisms experienced by anesthesia providers while enrolled in anesthesia school. Results from 165 respondents indicated no statistically significant relationship between demographics and coping mechanisms. The most commonly reported stressors included a change in financial income, a decrease in work hours, recreational activities, sleeping, and eating habits. The background information on the importance of identifying stressors, stress, and coping mechanisms was translated into an educational seminar for future NATs.
Recommended Citation
Belk, Becky, "Development of an Educational Seminar on Coping with Stress for Nurse Anesthesia Trainees" (2016). College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations. 146.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/csh_etd/146
SLP Collection
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