SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS AMONG NURSES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Journal Title: IJAR-Indian Journal of Applied Research - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
Nursing is a highly stressful profession, because nurses provide help and support for people suffering from trauma, pain, disability, disease and even death. According to International Labor Organization Publication (1996), the nurse’s environment has a limited atmosphere, full of time pressures, excessive noise or extreme silence, unpleasant sights and sounds, long working hours and lacks any promotion to excellent positions and a second opportunity .Objectives: To identify the revalence of secondary traumatic stress among nurses and to associate with their socio demographic variables. Methodology: A descriptive study design where data was collected from 200 nurses who are working in Narayana Medical College Hospital using simple random sampling technique. Secondary traumatic stress scale was used to collect the data .Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: Among 200 nurses 86(43%) have absence of STS, 69(34.5%) have risk for STS and 45(22.5%) had have STS. Income, years of experience, area of living have significant association at p<0.05 level. Conclusion: The study has provided an insight that majority of the nurses experience traumatic stress .Strengthening the coping mechanism is vital.
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Rajeswari H, Dr. B. Sreelekha
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