Abstract
Context: Jobs in the health sector such as nurses are often assumed to be jobs that have a high risk ofstress. This study aims to determine the relationship between workload, working conditions and dual roleconflict with nurses’ work stress. The study was conducted at the Abepura Regional Mental Hospital inOctober 2016 using a cross-sectional design. The research sample was nurses in Abepura Regional MentalHospital, amounting to 62 people who were selected using a simple random sampling technique. Bivariateanalysis was performed to show the relationship between the dependent and independent variables used thechi-square test with a significance level of p < 0.05. The results showed that the majority of respondentsexperienced heavy work stress (90.3%), heavy workloads (88.7%), non-conducive working conditions(54.8%) and severe dual role conflict (85.5%). Workload (p = 0.016), work environment (p = 0.022) anddual role conflict (p = 0.024) related to nurses’ work stress. It is necessary to re-arrange the workload andshift adjusted to the nurse’s ability, to create conditions that are conducive and comfortable and providecommunication space to discuss the role conflict felt by the nurse.
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