Original Research Article
Year: 2016 | Month: October | Volume: 6 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 151-155
Level of Workplace Stress among Staff Nurses Working at PICU in Selected Tertiary Care Hospital, Bangalore
Nimanjali Gurung
2nd Year M.Sc. Nursing, Narayana Hrudayalaya College of Nursing, Bangalore.
ABSTRACT
Work related stress or job stress is now a subject of concern to public and private health officials, as stress at work place can result in poor work performance and also personal life becomes increasingly unhappy. A descriptive study was done on 30 PICU staffs to assess the level of workplace stress in PICU at Tertiary Care Hospital. Workplace Stress Scale was used to measure the level of workplace stress by using purposive sampling technique. Data was analyzed using simple descriptive statistics and association of various demographic variables with the level of workplace stress was analyzed by inferential statistics. Chi square test and level of workplace stress among PICU staff nurses was examined using the SPSS version 16.0. Among total participants working in PITU, 14 (47%) had moderate workplace stress and 11 (37%) staff nurses had severe workplace stress. There was no statistically significant association between the workplace stress and selected baseline variables such as age, gender, educational status, years of experience and no of patients allotted per day.
Key words: Workplace stress, PICU staff nurses.