Abstract
Nurse workload is all activities carried out by nurses while on duty in a nursing service unit. Working conditions include physical environment variables such as the distribution of working hours, physical conditions in the form of noise, regulations, and demands. Job stress is a condition of tension that causes an imbalance of physical and psychological conditions in employees sourced from individuals and organizations that affect the physical, psychological, behavior of employees. This research method uses analytic research, with a cross-sectional design. The population in this study were nurses on duty in the ICU. The sample in this study amounted to 36 respondents with a sampling technique using the total sampling method. Data is collected by using a questionnaire sheet. Analysis of the data used by using the Chi-Square test. In this study, the results were obtained that the workload was in the bad category of 20 respondents (55.6%) and the working conditions included in the category did not support as many as 22 respondents (61.1%) and the stress level in the moderate category there were 23 respondents (63, 9%). Based on the analysis that has been done using the Chi-Square test, there is a significant relationship between workload with stress levels with a value of P = 0.000 <0.05 and work conditions with nurses' stress levels with a value of P = 0.011 <0.05. There is a relationship between workload and working conditions with the stress level of nurses in the ICU. It is hoped that this research can be used as additional knowledge for the educational institutions of Stikes Panrita Husada Bulukumba.
Highlights
In Indonesia, research by the Indonesian National Nurses Association (PPNI) reported that as many as 50.9% of Indonesian nurses had experienced work stress, with symptoms of dizziness, feeling tired, less restful, and less friendly due to workload in 2006
The results were obtained that the workload was in the bad category of 20 respondents (55.6%) and the working conditions included in the category did not support as many as respondents (61.1%) and the stress level in the moderate category there were respondents (63, 9%)
There is a relationship between workload and working conditions with the stress level of nurses in the intensive care units (ICU)
Summary
In Indonesia, research by the Indonesian National Nurses Association (PPNI) reported that as many as 50.9% of Indonesian nurses had experienced work stress, with symptoms of dizziness, feeling tired, less restful, and less friendly due to workload in 2006. According to data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health in 2014 the number of nurses in Indonesia reached 237,181 people, the incidence of work stress on nurses was quite large (Herqutanto, Harsono, Damayanti, 2017). Job stress is caused by not being able to overcome the threats faced by both mental, physical, and emotional that will affect his physical health. Based on studies have shown that the inability to cope with environmental situations in the form of threats both mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual can cause work stress (Mutmainna, 2012)
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