Psychological health of nurses: philology analysis of Chinese Journal Nursing

Objective: To explore the study of psychological healthy of nurses.Methods: The philology analysis and statistic were used to dissect the literatures about the psychological health of nurses which were printed in Chinese Journal of Nursing from 1998 to 2007,from which 58 articles were studied.Results: The number of published literatures increased;most authors were graduated from high schools,who worked in hospitals and had senior professional job title,large number of them were female;head nurses,ICU nurses,emergency department nurses were the main target of these studies;the approach of statistic included the method of average,related analysis and t-test;two kinds of questionnaires were used frequently such as SCL-90 and SAS.Conclusion: The study in psychological health of nurses were conducted at different levels.Compared with others,the psychology problem is more serious in nurses,therefore,the manager need to use effective way to improve the situation.