Kidd Jacquie Dianne, Finlayson Mary P
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Contemp Nurse. 2010 Aug-Oct;36(1-2):21-33. doi: 10.5172/conu.2010.36.1-2.021.
Many nurses are burned out, exhausted and have a high intent to leave their jobs. These factors, when experienced over a period of time, are consistent with the development of mental illness. This study takes a collective autoethnographical approach to mental illness in the nursing workplace by focusing on the stories of nurses who have experienced mental illness in clinical practice. It highlights three ways in which nursing and mental illness are connected; the nurse who is vulnerable to mental illness prior to entering the profession, the nurse who develops mental illness that is independent of her work but is nevertheless impacted by it, and the nurse who develops mental illness as a result of her work and/or role. This paper explores the hyphenated lives and bullying these nurses experience, and recommends strategies that the profession, employing organisations, and individuals can adopt to reduce nurses' progression from stress to distress and mental illness.
许多护士身心俱疲、精疲力竭，且有很高的离职意愿。这些因素若持续一段时间，就与精神疾病的发展相符。本研究采用集体自我民族志方法来探讨护理工作场所中的精神疾病，重点关注在临床实践中经历过精神疾病的护士的故事。它突出了护理与精神疾病相联系的三种方式：入职前易患精神疾病的护士、患上与工作无关但仍受其影响的精神疾病的护士，以及因工作和/或角色而患上精神疾病的护士。本文探讨了这些护士所经历的双重生活和欺凌现象，并推荐了专业团体、雇主组织和个人可以采取的策略，以减少护士从压力发展为痛苦和精神疾病的情况。
