Abstract
Introduction: Among the list of stressful professions all over the world, Nursing Profession tops the list. In most tertiary care hospitals, nurses are the ones who are most stressed out due to conflict at the workplace though working at the bottom of the hierarchy. There is a lack of data on stress among nurses due to conflicts at work and other work-related issues, which led to this study. Method: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out on 102 randomly selected staff nurses working in a tertiary care teaching hospital of Delhi. Data were collected using a pre-tested and self-administered questionnaire. Socio-demographic profile, general job information, conflict at work, and work hazards were assessed. The data was fed and analyzed using SPSS 16 software. Results: Out of the total 102 nurses,80% of nurses were females, and 98% were married. The mean age of the study group was 38.52(7.107). Mean work experience in this profession was 16.40(5.880) years, and with the present employer is 4.57(1.680) years. Mean work duration per week is 49.90(7.976) hours. Out of the total nurses, 45.1% agreed that there were clashes between subgroups within their group.
Highlights
Among the list of stressful professions all over the world, Nursing Profession tops the list
Out of the total nurses, 45.1% agreed that there were clashes between subgroups within their group. 42.1 % agreed that there is ‘we' feeling among members of their group, 42.1% agreed on a difference of opinion among members of their group and 43.1% revealed that the fulfill the role of care-providers and act as managers and superiors of patients (4)
Nursing Staff acquires a substantial amount of Stress while fulfilling these roles at work (5), especially those working at the bottom of the Hospital pyramid (6) such as staff nurses and nursing brothers, who procure the maximum work burden
Summary
Introduction: Among the list of stressful professions all over the world, Nursing Profession tops the list. In most tertiary care hospitals, nurses are the ones who are most stressed out due to conflict at the workplace though working at the bottom of the hierarchy. Introduction: Among the list of stressful professions Factors such as work overload, conflict at work, no all over the world, Nursing Profession tops the list. Long working hours, abusive administration, tertiary care hospitals, nurses are the ones who are most poor relationship with coworkers, lack of promotions, stressed out due to conflict at the workplace though working at etc. There is a lack of data on stress among nurses due to conflicts at work and other work-related issues, which led to this study
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