A STUDY ON STRESS MANAGEMENT AMONG NURSES IN SELECTED PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN CHENNAI

Nursing has been identified as an occupation that has high levels of stress. Job stress brought about hazardous impacts not only on nurses health but also on their abilities to cope with job demands. This study aimed at finding out the various factors causing stress, their coping strategies to overcome the stress. Data's were collected from 185 respondents on the basis of convenient sampling technique. Analysis used was Percent Analysis, Chi-Square, Weighted Arithmetic Mean and ANOVA. A statistical significance association (P < 0.000) between Experience Categories and Low Nurse-Patient Ratio, (P < 0.000) between Designation Categories and Issue of making mistakes. The main nurses occupational stressors were poor salary, too much of work, fear of making mistakes and so on. Thus, the hospital management should initiate strategies to reduce the amount of occupational stress and should provide more support to nurse to deal with the stress.