A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF JOB STRESS AMONG STAFF NURSES WORKING IN CRITICAL CARE UNIT IN SELECTED HOSPITALS AT ERODE.

A descriptive study to assess the level of job stress among staff nurses working in critical care unit in selected hospital of Erode. The objective of study was to assess the level of job stress among staff nurses working in selected hospital of critical care unit and, to find out the association between level of job stress with selected demographic variables of staff nurses working in critical care unit. In this study a non-experimental research design was used to assess the level of job stress among the staff nurses working in critical care unit. The sampling method used for this study was non-probability purposive sampling technique from the critical care unit staff. The finding of the study showed that out of 50 samples taken for the study 10% staffs were calm and 8% staffs have low stress, 20% staffs have moderate stress and 6% were have severe stress and the staff nurses in highly dangerous stress were 6%.