To systematically synthesize the experience of work stress among Chinese clinical nurses, it is expected to provide a reference for nursing managers to formulate relevant intervention measures to reduce the work stress of nurses and improve the quality of nursing. Besides, the eight databases published in Chinese and English were searched to retrieve Qualitative research literature on work stress of Chinese clinical nurses from the inception of the database to June 10, 2023. The quality of the studies was evaluated according to the quality evaluation criteria for qualitative research. Finally, a total of 20 articles were involved, 35 clear research results were extracted, similar results were summarized into seven categories, and three integrated results were synthesized. The results indicate the sources of work stress of clinical nurses in China are diverse. And nurses themselves and nursing managers should pay attention to the physical and mental discomfort experience under the work stress and use various ways to actively deal with the work stress of nurses to improve the quality of nursing.

Li Song, Shi Kangli, Sun Yongpeng, Feng Guiying. The Experience of Work Stress among Chinese Clinical Nurses: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences (2023) Vol. 4, Issue 11: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2023.041101.

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