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Job Stress among the Nursing Staff Working in Rural Health Care Set Up


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1 Lecturer,School of Bioscience Management
2 Asso. Professor, COPT, PIMS, Loni
     

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This paper describes the level of job stress among the nursing staff working in rural health care set up. A study was conducted aiming at assessment of job stress among staff nurses working in rural hospitals. Results of the study show that almost half of the nurses experience moderate level of job stress. This attributed to various situations in the ward over which nurses may or may not have direct control. Hazardous situations in the wards (1.40±0.22) causes more stress among nurses compared to any other areas. As nurses are directly involved in patient care who may be seropositive, abusive or violent; these all situations are hazardous for the nurses. Dealing with death and dying (0.84±0.062) is the second most stressful area for nurses; as over the period of time nurses may develop close and intimate relationship with the patients.

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Job Stress
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Authors

Ashok Jondhale
Lecturer,School of Bioscience Management
Deepak Anap
Asso. Professor, COPT, PIMS, Loni

Abstract


This paper describes the level of job stress among the nursing staff working in rural health care set up. A study was conducted aiming at assessment of job stress among staff nurses working in rural hospitals. Results of the study show that almost half of the nurses experience moderate level of job stress. This attributed to various situations in the ward over which nurses may or may not have direct control. Hazardous situations in the wards (1.40±0.22) causes more stress among nurses compared to any other areas. As nurses are directly involved in patient care who may be seropositive, abusive or violent; these all situations are hazardous for the nurses. Dealing with death and dying (0.84±0.062) is the second most stressful area for nurses; as over the period of time nurses may develop close and intimate relationship with the patients.

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Job Stress

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