Nursing Leadership

Nursing Leadership 38(4) April 2026 : 79-91.doi:10.12927/cjnl.2026.27822
Nursing Research

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

Robert G. Maunder, Gillian Strudwick, Natalie D. Heeney, Andrea Lawson, Deanna Chaukos and Noah Margolese

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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