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Critical care nurses’ perceptions of stress and stress-related situations in the workplace

S Moola
Curationis | Vol 31, No 2 | a989 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v31i2.989 | © 2008 S Moola | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 28 September 2008 | Published: 28 September 2008

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S Moola,, South Africa

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Critical care nurses (CCNs) experience stressful situations in their daily working environments. A qualitative research approach (exploratory, descriptive and contextual) was used to explore and describe the stressful situations experienced by critical care nurses in the Tshwane metropolitan are of South Africa. Focus group interviews were conducted with critical care nurses.

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