Surviving chaos : predictors of occupational stress and well-being in emergency nurses

Adriaenssens, J. (2014)

Doctoral Thesis

The present thesis concentrates on predictors and outcomes of occupational stress in emergency (ER-) nurses, working in in-hospital emergency wards, ambulance services and fast rescue teams. More specifically, this thesis focuses on the relationships between (1) demographic factors, (2) exposure to traumatic events, (3) job characteristics, (4) organizational variables, (5) coping strategies and (5) goal orientation as potential determinants of (a) job satisfaction, (b) turnover intention, (c) burnout, (d) work engagement, (e) post-traumatic stress symptoms (f) fatigue and (g) other somatic complaints. The first part of this chapter gives an overview of the main results of the different studies, followed by an attempt to integrate all these results from a theoretical and methodological point of view, resulting in a set of practical recommendations and directions for future research

• Anxiety
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Social support
• Workload
• Fatigue
• Burnout
• Work engagement
• Turnover intention
• Job satisfaction occupational stress
• Goal orientation
• Depression
• Emergency nurse

• All authors: Adriaenssens, J.
• Supervisor: Maes, C.M.J.G.
• Co-supervisor: De Gucht, V.M.J.
• Committee: Kittel, F.; Klber, R.; Ellemers, N.; Van Bogaert, P.; Van der Doef, M.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University
• Date: 2014-10-28
• ISBN (print): 9789090285085