DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2020.v08i09.002

Pages: 816-820

Stress is frequently described as ‘the black plague of the eighties or the modern epidemic’ has become an important feature and major problem of everyday life, threatening individual, organization and societal health. It has also been found that different nurses experience job stress differently. Some studies reported that senior registered nurses and charge nurses experienced a higher degree of stress than other ranks of nurses. Hence a study was conducted to assess the Occupational Stress among nursing officers from the selected hospitals in Sikar city with a View to Develop a stress management protocol.” A structured interview schedule was used to determine the Occupational Stress among nursing officers. Non Experimental descriptive design is used on 50 nursing officers from the selected hospitals in Sikar. The technique used in the study is Non probability convenient sampling technique and it shows that the overall mean stress score was found to be 39% in nursing officers. The mean stress score was found to be higher 64% in the aspect of safety and security, followed by 45.2% in work load, work organization and 35.2% in interpersonal relationship at work. Further, the less stress score (26.6%) found in the area of preparation, skills and knowledge and 30% in working with patients and their family.