Abstract
The number of health workers exposed to Covid-19 is a big problem for medical staff, especially nurses who treat Covid-19 patients. This study aims to determine Factors that cause work stress for nurses in treating Covid-19 patients at Dharmais Cancer Hospital. This type of research is correlational descriptive with cross sectional study approach. The population in this study is all nurses who treat Covid-19 patients at Dharmais Cancer Hospital. Sampling technique random sampling with a sample of 191 respondents. The study was conducted July 2021 – September 2021. Statistical analysis used Chi-square with p-value (p<0.05). The results showed that the majority of nurses who treats Covid-19 patients at Dharmais Cancer Hospital tend to experience work stress at a severe level of 28.8%, moderate 51.3% and mild 19.9%, young adults (26-35 years) are 141 (73.8%), female 140 (73.3% ), married 125 (65.4%), Diploma 106 (55.5%), 1-5 years of service 82 (42.9%), years of service (p:0.001), interpersonal relationship factors (p: 0.043 ) and workload factor ( p: 0.030 ). It is recommended that nurses always maintain health during the pandemic and increase knowledge about Covid-19 to reduce the work stress load in dealing with Covid-19 patients.
 Keywords : Stress, Isolation Room and Covid-19 
 Keywords : Stress, Isolation Room and Covid-19
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