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Stress Among New Oncology Nurses

Clinical journal of oncology nursingPublished 30 January 2015
Rowida Naholi, Cheryl Nosek, Darryl Somayaji
Citations26
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SJR score0.34
SNIP0.39

TL;DR

New oncology nurses face multiple stressors related to the predicted nursing shortage, demanding work responsibilities, and growing complexity of cancer care, which often causes new nurses to leave their profession.

Abstract

New oncology nurses face multiple stressors related to the predicted nursing shortage,demanding work responsibilities, and growing complexity of cancer care. The confluence of these stressors often causes new nurses to leave their profession. The loss of new nurses leads to staffing, economic, and safety concerns, which have a significant impact on the quality of oncology nursing care.

Keywords

Health ProfessionsNursing