The effect of non-pharmacological methods on occupational stress levels in nurses: a systematic review

Introduction: Stress have been identified as a flash point in the performance of healthcare workers needs to be managed for efficient health care delivery. research has shown working long hours can lead to burnout and serious health problems. Nursing is related to a wide range of emotions that you can experience throughout the day including being overwhelmed, anxiety, and of course, stress. In order to help you avoid letting the pressure overwhelm you, here are some great stress management tips for nurses. The major sources of stresses for nurses as contained in literature includes, workload, working hours, work environment, interpersonal relationship. Methods: In this study, keywords of stress management, coping with stress, nurses and job stress were searched in scientific databases of google scholar, Scopus, and PubMed from ۲۰۱۵ to ۲۰۲۲.Findings: one of the effective techniques is stress therapies including massage, acupuncture, and acupressure. Several studies have been shown that the strategies nurses have used to cope with occupational stress are included motivating themselves by looking forward to going home at the end of the day, having social activities, hobbies, and interests. Stress management could contain any kind of effective activities or actions as a source of reducing mental or emotional strain (e.g. sports, meditation, cognitive therapy, and relaxation techniques). Another approach to stress managing among nurses is from a holistic perspective. The process of reducing the stress by using the holistic methods demands that nurses should take part in self-care actions (e.g. exercises, eating healthy, and getting involves in new hobbies. Conclusion: The results indicate that nursing managers and supervisors should have the awareness of the consequences of nurses’ workload and low supportive relationships and pay the full attention to these problems.

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Job stress , Nurse , Hospital