Martin, PenelopeRotich, Josphat Kiprono2023-03-072024-11-072023-03-072024-11-072023https://hdl.handle.net/10566/19023Magister Curationis - MCurNursing staff form the backbone of the health care system, providing 24-hour holistic, quality care to patients. Job demands generally have a significant and negative impact on nurses’ well-being and several work outcomes. Registered nurses working in psychiatric hospitals with patients who have mental illness are subjected to assault, aggression, persistent chronic stressors and verbal abuse, among other stressors, and may display anxiety, emotional exhaustion, depression, fatigue, emotional outbursts, and symptoms of burnout. Quality care for patients may be compromised, as absenteeism due to the stressors experienced may result in a shortage of nursing staff. Therefore, a better understanding of components influencing the psychological well-being of registered nurses would result in improvements to the quality of nursing care.enAutonomyPsychiatricNursingNursingMental healthUniversity of the Western Cape