Professional Resilience among Nurses Working in an Overcrowded Emergency Department in Taiwan

When emergency department (ED) overcrowding becomes unavoidable, registered nurses (RN) confront a great amount of stress, such as limited care time for patients, heavy workloads, and psychosocial issues [1 –3]. These negative stress outcomes significantly impact the wellbeing of RNs and are a major patient safety concern associated with poor patient outcomes [4–5]. During ED overcrowding, positive coping strategies may not be enough to reduce the negative effects of stress from a hazardous work en vironment.

Source: International Emergency Nursing - June 1, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Chun-Chih Lin, Hwey-Fang Liang, Chin-Yen Han, Li-Chin Chen, Chun-Lan Hsieh Source Type: research