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A Study to Assess Occupational Stress among Staff Nurses at HSK Hospital and Research Centre, Bagalkot, with a View to Develop an Information Guide Sheet on Stress Management

Background: Stress is not inherently deleterious, however, each individual's cognitive appraisal, their perceptions, and interpretations, gives meaning to events and determines whether events are viewed as threatening or positive. Nurses regularly face emotionally charged situations and encounter intense interpersonal and inter professional situations and conflict in the workplace while trying to make appropriate and safe decisions. Therefore, this study help to assess the level of stress among staff nurses and Information Guide Sheet may be help to manage that occupational stress among them.
Aims: The aim of the study was to assess the occupational stress among staff nurses at HSK Hospital and Research Centre, Bagalkot.
Methodology: The occupational stress was measured using Expanded Nurses Stress Scale from a convenient sample of 50 staff nurses working at HSK Hospital and Research Centre, Bagalkot in a cross sectional survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: Result indicates that majority 70% of respondents had mild stress level, 30% moderate stress level. There is no presence of normal and severe stress. The overall mean stress score was found to be 56.82% with SD as 7.3%.The mean stress score was found to be higher 64.1% in the aspect of interaction, followed by 63.8% in professional status and 60.3% payment and 56.4% in organizational policies. Further, the less stress score (45.08) found in the area of autonomy and 51.28% in task requirement. Chi-square test was calculated to assess the association between socio- demographic variables and occupational stress among staff nurses, there is no significant relationship found between occupational stress of staff nurses and socio- demographic variables such as age, gender, religion, marital status, qualification, year of experience, family monthly income and number of beds.
Conclusion: The finding of the study concluded that most of the staff nurses having mild and moderate level of stress. This study is effective to identify the occupational stress among staff nurses and how to overcome the stress.

Keywords:Occupational stress, Staff nurses, HSK Hospital, Information Guide sheet.