A Comparative Study to Assess the Level of Stress among Married and Unmarried Staff Nurses Working in Selected Hospital

“A Comparative Study to Assess the Level of Stress among Married and Unmarried Staff Nurses Working in Selected Hospital”.

Objectives

Primary Objective

1. To assess the level of stress among married staff nurses and unmarried staff nurses working in selected hospital.

2. To compare the level of stress among married staff nurses and unmarried staff nurses working in selected hospital. To find out the association between level of stress among married and unmarried staff nurses working in selected hospital with selected socio - demographic variables.

Material and Methods

The present study aimed to compare the level of stress among married and unmarried staff nurses working in selected hospital. Conceptual framework of the present study was based on Nola J. Pender‘s health promotional model. Quantitative research approach was considered appropriate for this study. Comparative Descriptive Research design was used for the study. The research settings selected for the present study were hospital. The Sample chosen for the study was staff nurses. Convenient sampling technique was been used. The sample size selected for the study was 30 married staff nurses and 30 unmarried staff nurses working in selected hospital. The data was collected by assessing the level of stress among married and unmarried staff nurses working in selected hospital. Through perceived stress rating scale.

Results

The assessment of level of stress among married staff nurses working in selected hospitals showed that, 23.33% of staff nurses had mild stress, 76.67% of them had moderate stress and no one of them had severe stress.

The average stress score was 13.70 with standard deviation of 2.08. The minimum score was 9 with the maximum score 18.

The assessment of level of stress among unmarried staff nurses working in selected hospitals showed that, 26.67% of staff nurses had mild stress, 73.33% of them had moderate stress and no one of them had severe stress. 

The average stress score was 13.36 with standard deviation of 1.62. The minimum score was 9 with the maximum score 16.

The average score of stress among married staff nurses was 13.70 with standard deviation of 2.09. The average score of stress among unmarried staff nurses was13.37 with standard deviation of 1.63.

The test statistics value of unpaired t test was 0.69 with p value 0.49. The p value more than 0.05, hence accept the null hypothesis. Concludes that, there was no significant difference in the average level of stress among married staff nurses and unmarried staff nurses working in selected hospital.

Association between demographic variables with stress among married staff nurses revealed that there are significant association between educational qualification are mode of journey to the hospital only others all demographic variables like age, gender, type of family, per capita monthly income, religion and mode of stay, are not significant with stress among married and unmarried staff nurses.

Association between demographic variables with stress among married staff nurses revealed that there is no significant difference between age, gender, type of family, per capita monthly income, religion, and mode of stay, mode of journey to the hospital, educational qualification.

Conclusion

The nurses commonly more prone to get stress while working in other department, for the reason of work load and shortage of nursing personnel, time pressure, death dying uncertainty of treatment, lack of knowledge in advancement of technology and equipment. It is clear from the results of this study that staff nurses are exposed to a variety of stressors from clinical perspectives. Effectively managing stress is a priority for staff nurses. Overall time management for the staff nurses will determine their ability to successfully negotiate their way through the remaining times of their job. Including holistic care studies for staff nurses have shown to result in the ability to study better, better sleeping habits and general health improvement. Requiring stress management within the nursing curriculum assists nurses with teaching coping techniques to clients and hospital visitors. An effective nursing program provides ongoing stress management workshops during the off-working time. There are unique interpersonal and environmental stressors for staff nurses. Administrators can address these with an assigned counselling management that supports at-risk of staff nurses. They are essential for managing the workload of nurses but can also directly contribute to the care of their clients. For staff nurses away from home, creating a support system may fall last in their list of priorities. Providing support within the hospital system may involve group and individual counselling as well as direct access to resources. Creating a support system with family and friends is a primary stress reduction technique because having the ability to enjoy time away from nursing and studies supports self-care. Nurses must prioritize their own care with the other care they are required to provide. A positive outcome of these study findings indicate that the coping strategies appeared to be more effective in reducing the level of stress for staff nurses.