بررسي تنيدگي شغلي پرستاران شاغل در بيمارستان هاي شرق استان مازندران در سال 1378

A Study on Job Stress among Nurses Working in Hospitals in Eastern Mazandaran Province in 1999

Studies show that job stress is the main reason of turnover, absence, burnout, depression and reduction in the quality of service. This study was performed to determine the rate of job stress in nurses employed in hospitals in eastern Mazadaran in 1999. This research was carried out on 339 nurses employed in different hospitals (private, state, educational and non educational). Data was collected randomly in a questionnaire by referring to different units of hospitals in Behshahr , Sari and Ghaemshahr. The results of this study indicated that job stress was moderate in 72.86% of the cases and there was a statistically significant correlation between work shifts and income sources and job stress (P<0/05). Considering the result of this study which showed that the majority of nurses have moderate job stress , we propose that social and professional support,should be provided in order to reduce job stress.