John Foster Atta-Doku, Gordon Abekah-Nkrumah, Jacqueline Nkrumah, Prince Owusu Adoma
Literacy-related factors and knowledge of patient rights charter: evidence from nurses in selected hospitals in Ghana
BMC nursing
surgery represents challenging medical discipline article focuses psychological stress surgery explains resilience protective factor consequences psychological stress based selected literature references relevant clinical experiences context sense coherence social support selfefficacy expectation discussed detail resilience factors narrative review surgery classified challenging medical subspecialty high reputation associated diverse varied physical psychological stress factors stress factors differ individually terms requirements overdemanding underdemanding also stimulating relevant learning meaningful thus positively negatively stressful resources potentially beneficial working conditions experience behavior eg social support scope action fluctuations within surgical specialties high dropout rate residency training well known causes include high psychological stress case persistent time insufficient compensation work stress caused lack insufficient resources associated mental illnesses nonetheless many physicians spend entire lives working hospital private surgical settings remain healthy strong sense resilience mental illness may fundamental resilience present personal characteristic learnt process adapted positive negative influences thus strengthening personal characteristics overall data surgeon resilience interventional studies resilience research surgical setting limited provide another research gap resilience training directed sense coherence social support strengthening knowledge coping skills positive emotions optimism hope selfefficacy expectations control beliefs robustness also clearly indicated robust medical specialty surgery always individual generalized surgeon cannot retrieve sufficient resources due stressful situation stress management methods helpful reduce psychological stress able maintain performance health person consolidation resilience notable aspect employee management collegial interactions resilience must based workplacebased approaches strengthen coping mechanisms face work stress workplacerelated stress also perceived addressed counteracted within organization certainly also elementary management task