Carolyn J Choudhary
Biographic Data
| ID | 5710470 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolyn J Choudhary |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolyn J |
| FAMILY NAME | Choudhary |
| SIGNATURE | CHOUDHARY C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Division of Psychology and Sociology Queen Margaret University Edinburgh UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5183-9258 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions
Nurses working for telephone‐based medical helplines must maintain attentional focus while quickly and accurately processing information given by callers to make safe and appropriate treatment decisions. In this study, both higher levels of general occupational stress and elevated stress levels on particular shifts were associated with more frequent failures of attention, memory, and concentration in telephone nurses. Exposure to a stressful shif…
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Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions
Nurses working for telephone‐based medical helplines must maintain attentional focus while quickly and accurately processing information given by callers to make safe and appropriate treatment decisions. In this study, both higher levels of general occupational stress and elevated stress levels on particular shifts were associated with more frequent failures of attention, memory, and concentration in telephone nurses. Exposure to a stressful shif…
Applied Psychology (1 works) · Cognition (1 works) · Emergency Medicine (1 works) · Emergency Medicine (1 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (1 works) · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (1 works) · Helpline (1 works) · Medical emergency (1 works) · Medicine (1 works) · Nursing (1 works)