Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing

A SURVEY ON WORKPLACE STRESS AMONG NURSING TEACHING FACULTIES- A SILENT KILLER: CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Prathima Prakasam

prathima_1978@ymail.com

Work Place stress, Nursing teachers, silent killer, Work Stress.

Stress is a multidimensional and multi-level phenomenon that is influenced by personal, situational, or structural factors. The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Survey estimates that by the year 2020, stress-related mental health conditions will be the second most prevalent after ischemic heart disease. In many countries, teaching is often considered one of the most stressful professions. According to evidence, school teachers are more likely to be affected by stress and burnout than any other public service professional. Methods: The objectives of this are to assess the level of workplace stress and its associating factors among nursing teaching faculties. Methods: A multisite cross-sectional study with conducted with 160 participants, who were selected by snowball sampling. The Workplace stress scale was used to meet the objectives. Results and Analysis: In total there were 160 participants. 78% of them were in the age group of 23-32, 57.5% were married and 42.5% were not. 41% of them were married and living with family and 4% were married but single. 44% were postgraduates, 46 % were having 2-5 years of experience, regarding current working experience, 40 % of them were having 2-5 years of experience. Concerning the level of stress in the workplace 24 % of them were having low-stress levels, 29% were fairly low levels, 17% of them were having moderate stress levels, 24% of them had severe stress levels, and unfortunately, 7 % were in potentially dangerous levels. Relate to the second objective Chi-square test found an association between stress level and living status as a p-value of 0.002 > 0.05. Conclusion: Poor working conditions, poor learning opportunities, poor organizational support, unfriendly working condition, high targets, and demands of inadequate staff are highly contributing factors for workplace stress with work-related stress. Teachers should have self-motivation to learn and adapt to the system, developing skills to utilize the working time in a quality manner may help to reduce workplace stress.