A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Developments of Work Stress on Hospital Nurses

Abstract

Job stress is a person's response to conditions that are felt both physically and psychologically and that are excessive because of job demand both internally and externally. This work stress condition can reduce the performance of human resources and can also cause job dissatisfaction. In the short term, if stress is left unattended without any serious treatment, it will make employees uncomfortable and even depressed, and unmotivated to do work so that the work process becomes disrupted and not optimal. In the long term, if employees are not able to handle the work stress they experience, it can result in the employee getting sick and even resigning (turnover). This paper was prepared with the aim of finding out research on work stress in nurses in hospitals over the last ten years through analysis of related documents in the Scopus database search in 2010–2020, which totaled 296 documents. The data is exported in RIS format to obtain a map of research developments. The exported data is then processed and analyzed with the VOS Viewer application program to determine the bibliometric map. The development of research on work stress in nurses with the highest Scopus index occurred in 2020, reaching 41 publications (13.85%). This study will contribute to a better understanding of work stress so that it can help hospitals improve nurse performance.