[Relativity between occupational stress and psychosocial factors in nurses].

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of coping strategies, social support and personality factors, such as locus of control and type A behavior on occupational stress in nurses. METHODS: Descriptive correlation research method was used in this investigation. One thousand nine hundred and one nurses were included by using instruments of Occupational Stress Instrument, and these nurses were divided into four groups according to the scores of occupational stress. RESULTS: There were significant differences in general health status, coping strategies, social support, type A behavior and locus of control in the 4 groups (P < 0.05). The level of individual occupational stress increased with the fall of the scores of coping strategies, social support and with the elevation of type A behavior, locus of control and general health. Occupational stress had negative relation with coping strategies, social support, and positive relation with personalities and general bad health. CONCLUSION: The level of occupational stress is affected by coping strategies, social support, type A behavior and locus of control.

[Investigation and analysis of total quality control in nurses with different working levels].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the understanding of the nurses of different levels concerning Total Quality Control (TQC). METHODS: A total of 198 nurses using stratified random sampling in proportion to the ratio of different levels of the nurses. A questionnaire with approved validity was used in the survey, and the results were statistically analyzed. RESULTS: In terms of basic knowledge of TQC, the scores of assistant nurses the lowest (P<0.05), and the responsible nurses had lower scores than head nurses and nursing officers (P<0.05), while the scores of the nurses whose length of service ranged from 3 to 10 years were lower than those of nurses who had been in service for above 10 years. In terms of TQC common methods, both assistant nurses and responsibility nurses had lower scores than nurses-in-charge, head nurses and nursing officers (P<0.05). The scores of nurses in service for less than 15 years did not significantly differ, but were obviously lower than those of nurses in service for over 15 years. There was no significant difference between the scores of nurses with different academic degrees. CONCLUSION: The TQC knowledge of the nurses are different based on their working levels and length of service.