A descriptive study to assess the levels of stress among the staff nurses working in ICUs and General wards in selected Hospital, Guwahati, Assam

Stress is an emotional and physical strain caused by our response to pressure from the outside world. Stress can be caused by both good and bad experience [1].Objectives of the study were to assess the level of stress among the nurses working in ICUs and general wards and to find out association between the levels of stress among the nurses working in ICUs and general wards with selected demographic variables.A descriptive research design and Non probability convenient sampling technique was used. Study was undertaken on 100 staff nurses working in ICUs and general wards in selected hospitals of Guwahati, Assam. The nurses were selected based on their inclusive criteria. The Level of stress was checked using Perceived Stress Scale.The study shows that among all the staff nurses, 7% nurses have low level of stress, 76% nurses have moderate level of stress and 19% nurses have high level of stress.