Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: October | Volume: 11 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 99-108
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20211013
Assessment of Job Induced Stress and Self-Competency among the Newly Joined Staff Nurses Working in the Selected Hospital, West Bengal
Riya Khanam
Tutor, Priyamvada Birla Institute of Nursing, Kolkata
ABSTRACT
Descriptive survey research was conducted to assess the job induced stress and self competency among the newly joined staff nurses in a government hospital, West Bengal with the objective to identify the level of job induced stress and level of self competency among newly joined staff nurses, to identify the relationship between job induced stress and self competency among the newly joined staff nurses, to identify the association between level of job induced stress and socio-demographic variables and level of self competency among newly joined staff nurses. The conceptual framework was based on the NIOSH model of job stress and health. Data were collected from 100 newly joined staff nurses by non-probability Convenience sampling technique with the help of standardized HSE job stress questionnaire and Professional Competency Self-Assessment Tool Adapted from Virginia Tech. Findings revealed that all of the newly joined staff nurses had below mean score of each area (demand- 2.15 controls- 2.17, support – 2.32 relationship- 2.5, role- 2.55, and change 2.24) which indicated that they had experienced a very high-risk stress level. And Majority (77%) newly joined staff nurses had experienced a moderate level of self competency. Statistically significant relationship t = 9.922, p < 0.05 was found between the level of job induced stress and self competency respectively. Statistically, a significant positive relation was found between job induced stress level and selected demographic variables like level of qualification, total family income, marital status, and place of living, and no significant association was found with age, job experience, and types of family. Statistically, a significant association was found between the level of self competency and selected demographic variables like level of qualification like the place of posting, marital status, and types of family, and no significant association was found with age, job experience, total family income, and place of living. Considering the findings, some recommendations were offered for future research.
Key words: Job induced stress, Self competency, newly joined staff nurses,