Summary of Article Nursing in Ireland

Question: Discuss about the case study Summary of Article for Nursing in Ireland. Answer: Introduction The students of nursing in Ireland have been identified to be in very stressful condition during their studies. The job stress in nursing is increasing regularly among the students. The study suggests the hypothesis, stress sources and ways of dealing among psychiatric nursing students. Method In Ireland, the professional stress in the nursing sector is increasing day by day. The job nursing is related with impaired organisational efficiency, high staff turnover, sickness absence and occupational accident rates, poor practice quality, increased health care costs and reduced job satisfaction (Tully 2004). These are the reasons for which the students of nursing are facing the stress in their regular students life. The level of distress was very higher in the time and the various sources of stress among the students of first year and second year. They are facing lower level stresses and are able to cope up with that but when it comes to the career making, then the second year students are becoming more stressful. The second year students are significantly stressed due to the condition of the jobs. According to the professional demands the experienced students are more required that the fresher. Therefore, the career crisis is making them stressful, which is leading to a psych iatric disease. The study is researching the distress level, sources of stress, coping with the stress. Result The study is reporting the research performed on the students of nursing in the Ireland. The response was taken from the students of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30). The responses of these students helped to analyse the level of stress among the students. The Student Nurse Stress Index (SNSI) represents the sources of the stress. There are the students who aged between 17 to 31 years were responded to this questionnaire and maximum respondents (85.7%) among them were staying outside their residence. In addition, many students have changed their accommodation for this but only 45.7% were employed (Tully 2004). 25.4% of the respondents were worked for 6 hours or less than per week. Conclusion The students of nursing were found much stressed in the psychiatric departments. Various stress sources have been identified. Moreover, the study has the implications towards the nursing education and stress management. Reference List Tully, A., 2004. Stress, sources of stress and ways of coping among psychiatric nursing students.Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing,11(1), pp.43-47.