The relationship between workload and nurse stress levels

Abstract

Background: Hospitals are public health service providers, which have a very important position, so the services provided must be considered and taken into account. One of the professional human resources in accordance with their fields in providing services to patients is nurses.
 Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between workload and nurse stress levels in the Cempaka room of RS X.
 Methods: This study used a study correlation design, a Cross-Sectional approach. The study population was all nurses in the Cempaka room of the hospital. X as many as 44 nurses, using the total sampling technique, The independent variable is the workload, the dependent variable is the stress level. Data retrieval using questionnaire sheets, ordinal data scales. Analysis using spearman rank corelation test with alpha 0.05.
 Results: The results of the study found that most respondents (59.1%) had a moderate workload, and most respondents (61.4%) had moderate stress levels. The Spearman rank corelation test showed there was a meaningful relationship between workload and nurse stress levels (p = 0.001 < 0.05 then H0 was rejected).
 Conclusion: The workload is so much in meeting needs, handling problems and ultimately very draining energy both physical and cognitive abilities, which has an impact on the nurse's stressor