SURVEY OF STATUS STRESS AMONG NURSES THAT WORKING IN CRITICAL CARE UNITS AT HOSPITALS OF TEHRAN CITY, 2019

Hajiseyedrezaei, S.R and Zayeri, F and Alaee, N (2020) SURVEY OF STATUS STRESS AMONG NURSES THAT WORKING IN CRITICAL CARE UNITS AT HOSPITALS OF TEHRAN CITY, 2019. Nursing and midwifery journal, 18 (1). pp. 1-10.

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Abstract

Occupational stress in nurses, especially in critical care units, can affect their quality of work. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the stress level of nurses in critical care units of Tehran hospitals. Materials and Methods: This study is a descriptive-cross-sectional study conducted in 1398. In this study, 5 university hospitals in Tehran that had special care wards were selected by simple random sampling, then all nurses working in special care wards who were eligible and had conscious consent to participate in the research were counted as 235 people. Were examined. Data were collected using demographic questionnaires and developed Nursing Stress Scale (ENSS) and analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical methods with 23 SPSS software. Results: The results showed that nurses' stress level was moderate (138.45 ±29.58). The highest level of stress was according to the subscale of workload (55.98 ± 23.37), problems with supervisors (50.22 ± 21.34), death and dying (49.78 ± 23.34), and the least Stress was related to the subscale of discrimination (29.59 ± 28.15). From demographic characteristics, significant relationshipwas found between age and stress levels (P = 0.021) and the group aged above 35hasgained higher score in stress (143.28± 26.89). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, proper management to reduce the workload of nurses, reduce the problems associated with nurses and managers, as well as training strategies to reduce stress in the face of patients' death seems necessary

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