Job Stress study of Female Nurses working for Private and Public Hospitals from Urban Area

Abstract

It is an important task of working women to handle two important tasks. These most important tasks involve, justifying the responsibilities at work place and handling the responsibilities at home front. Balancing these two roles at home and work is very challenging task and causes stress at different levels. Different dimension of working women's life involves in evolving the stress in working women's life. These stresses cause the imbalance at the front of and handling family responsibility. The study is focusing on the stress causes among female nurses working for private and public hospitals from urban area. A sample of 70 female nurses from urban area participated in this study. Out of this, 35 each are from private and public hospitals respectively. A non-experimental, cross-sectional survey design was conducted using Demographic information form. The inventory used is based on 5 point scale. Using correlation and regression analysis, the result shows that there was significant difference in stress level between female nurses working in public and private hospitals. The measurement of stress level of occupational stress among working female nurses indicates the impact and occurrence of justification of job duties. The result can be applied for further research on working married women, especially concerning the impact and occurrence of job stress on patient's service and health. These results can be further applied to the studies concerning to mental health among the working women.