Job-related Stress among Perioperative Nurses in a Super-tertiary Hospital in Bangkok

Abstract

This cross-sectional research aimed to examine the associations between the selected factors (individual characteristics, job characteristics, organizational climate, and stress management) and job-related stress and to examine its predictive factors among perioperative nurses. The samples consisted of 226 perioperative nurses. The research instrument was a 5-part questionnaire:- individual characteristics, job characteristics with the reliability of .86, organizational climate with the reliability of .92, stress management with the reliability of .74, and job-related stress with the reliability of .93. Data were collected from August to September, 2015. Statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, simple linear regression, and stepwise multiple regression.

The research results revealed that 1) an overall job characteristics was at a good level (60.70%); an overall organizational climate, stress management, and job-related stress were at the moderate level (57.70%, 76.10%, and 57.70%, respectively); 2) income, receipt of training about coping with stress, job characteristics, organizational climate, and stress management were found to be negatively correlated with the job-related stress among perioperative nurses with statistical significance; and 3) two factors were found to be capable of 16.80% predicting job-related stress among perioperative nurses:- organization policy and management and task identity (adj. R² = .168, p < .001).

This research suggests that the perioperative nurses should be offered opportunities to participate in the setting of policy and standards with impact on practice, including the holding of meetings for exchanges of opinions and learning to update operative procedures and devices to be identity of their works for the benefit of building motivation and retaining them in the organization.