Study of Job Stress among Nurses Working in Teaching Hospitals

Introduction: There is occupational stress in every profession. Nursing is essentially recognized as a stressful job and it has caused that stress to be one of the issues considered by the nursing profession. Thus, current study aims at investigating job stress among nurses working in teaching hospitals. Method: This study was conducted as descriptive – analytical research on 180 nurses working in teaching hospitals affiliated to Zahedan University of Medical Sciences in 2016. Data were collected using HSE standard job stress survey. Data were analyzed using SPSS 19 software, and descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and independent t-test were used for data analysis. Findings: Findings indicated that average working experience of nurses was 7.31 ± 5.95 and their average age was 30.97 ± 6.49 and 136 nurses were female. Mean job stress score also was 115.79 ± 44, which is a moderate score. 142 nurses experienced moderate stress, 38 of them were experiencing high stress and none of nurses experienced poor stress. The relationship between age, gender and experience with job stress variable was not significant. Conclusion: Considering above findings it was found that job stress was among nurses working in teaching hospitals affiliated to Zahedan University of Medical Sciences in moderate level. Thus, it is suggested that in such jobs as nursing, which is recognized as stressful job, authorities act for eliminating stressful factors and calming work environment.