Selected results of occupational psychological studies of nurses
Ammer, M.; Krüger, W.; Nawrath, B.
Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Hygiene und ihre Grenzgebiete 35(4): 232-234
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0049-8610 PMID: 2741513 Document Number: 334706
Investigations were carried out in 81 nurses by industrial psychological methods. The kind of load is different by nurses in intensive care unit, by surgical nurses and by nurses in geriatrics. Particularly pain in the back, the shoulder and the nape, ergasthenia and exhaustion were declared. Skin troubles were declared about 20 percent. A report is given to interpret these findings.