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To identify pre-pandemic literature on occupational stress to inform nurse leaders in the current environment.

May 6, 2026Nursing leadership0 citations

What Nurse Leaders Can Learn from the Pre-Pandemic Literature Regarding Occupational Stress in Hospital-Based Healthcare Workers

RMRobert G. Maunder GSGillian Strudwick NHNatalie D. Heeney

Key Points

To identify pre-pandemic literature on occupational stress to inform nurse leaders in the current environment.
Conducted a scoping review based on the Joanna Briggs Institute framework.
Included studies across different disciplines and settings.
Focused on occupational stress in hospital-based healthcare workers.
Identified evidence from siloed studies between nurses and doctors.
Found a need for more effective interventions to address occupational stress.
Highlighted the potential role of nurse leaders in facilitating cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify studies of hospital-based occupational stress prior to the COVID-19 pandemic that can offer lessons to nurse leaders in our current post-pandemic environment. A scoping review was conducted based on the Joanna Briggs Institute framework, including key phases and principles identified by Arksey and O'Malley. Evidence from different disciplines and settings has been relatively siloed. Nurses and doctors have tended to be studied separately using different constructs. Progress in developing more effective interventions to mitigate occupational stress in healthcare may require greater cross-disciplinary collaboration in which nurse leaders are well poised to lead.

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