Job stress among the nursing staff working in Rural Health Care set up

This paper describes the level of job stress among the nursing staff working in rural health care set up. A cross sectional study was conducted aiming at assessment of job stress among staff nurses working in rural hospitals. 20 staff nurses were chosen by using purposive sampling technique. 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. Nurses are directly involved in patient care who may be seropositive, abusive or violent; these all situations are hazardous for the nurses. As they poses more threat to the nurses and are main factors in causation of stress. 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.