Short Synergic Breaks Program to Cope With Work Stress in Nursing Professionals

This research serves to raise awareness, motivate, and improve activities related to strengthening human capital and improving the work performance of nurses. Objective: To determine the effect of the short synergistic break program on coping with work-related stress among nursing professionals at Chancay Hospital, Peru 2024. Methodology: Sample: 52 nursing graduates who provide care in hospitalization areas. The research design was pre-experimental, applied, explanatory level with a quantitative approach. The effect of the intervention was measured by applying a pre- and post-test. Results: Before the program was implemented, nursing professionals reported high stress levels in 28.8%, medium in 61.5%, and low in 9.6%; after the program was implemented, no professionals showed high levels of stress, the medium level was reduced to 19.2%, and the low level rose to 80.8%. To measure the level of work-related stress before and after implementing the program, the Wilcoxon statistical test showed that the probability was less than the significance level (Z = -6.563, p < 0.05). Conclusions: Consequently, it is concluded that the implementation of the program has a positive effect on coping with work-related stress in nursing professionals.