“High-stress, conscientiousness and positive coping”: correlation analysis of personality traits, coping style and stress load among obstetrics and gynecology female nurses and midwives in twenty-one public hospitals in Southern China

Nursing and midwife managers should strengthen care for nurses and midwives with significant neurotic personality, adopt flexible or magnetic management, improve midwifery models and elevate the dominant role of midwives in childbirth processes. Importantly, they should enhance group or individual psychological intervention to encourage a positive attitude towards stressors and foster the development of positive personalities.