1Staff Nurse, Government Medical College Hospital, Calicut
2Lecturer, College of Nursing, JIPMER, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry
Nurses are the back bone of any health establishment. Working in the profession of Nursing is a demanding and often stressful occupation, which can have important consequences on the health and wellbeing of nurses. Coping strategies are key elements of nurses ’stress reactions. Coping strategies as a stabilizing factor may be as important as the stressful event itself.
A comparative and descriptive survey design was adopted. Using non probability convenience sampling 120 nurses (60 from corporate and 60 from government hospital) were selected those who met the sampling criteria. Instruments used for collecting the data consisted of Proforma for selected personal variables, Modified Expanded Nurses Stress scale, Modified Deakin Coping scale.
The results showed that nurses from both corporate and government hospitals were experiencing mild level of stress and they were using moderate level of coping. There is a significant difference in mean job stress scores of nurses working in government and corporate hospital but there is no significant difference in coping. Also it revealed that there is a relationship between job stress and coping.
The study concluded that majority of the nurses working in both corporate and government hospitals were experiencing mild level of stress and they were using moderate level of coping.
Job stress; coping; nurses; corporate hospital; government hospital
