The hospital administration facilitated attendance to the sessions
in two ways. It declared that nurses who were working ondaytime would be allowed to attend during working hours. If
nurses were off duty on the days the sessions were held, the
administration accepted attendance time as work hours, and
they were paid accordingly, 2 h for attendaCoping group
Cognitive coping strategies and the problem-solving method
were used for coping training. The methods directed to alter
the situation are called problem-focused coping methods,
whereas the methods directed to alter the emotional and cognitive
reactions to the situation are called emotion-focused
coping methods (Onbas¸ıog˘lu 2004). In this study, these two
methods were integrated into the stress-coping process and
were executed based on the principles of adult education.
Coping training had been given within a structured education
programme framework.nce at the session plus
2 h for travel, totalling 4 h.