Estrés laboral en los profesionales de enfermería del área de emergencia y hospitalización en un hospital de Guayaquil.

Abstract

When the physical and emotional demands do not match the needs of the worker, it is called job stress. Study on Analysis of work stress in nursing professionals. Objective: to analyze work stress in nursing professionals. Research design: quantitative, descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional study. Population: 100 nursing professionals from the emergency and hospitalization areas. Technique: Survey. Instrument: The Nursing stress scale. Results: Characteristics: age: 27-31.29%; 32-36, 42%; 37-42.10%; 43-57, 19%. Sex: Men: 19% and women 81%. Position: coordinator, 0%; Supervisor, 0%; Assistance, 100%. Working time: 0-3 months, 1%; 6-9 months, 11%; 12-18 months, 23%; 18 months and over, 62%. Work shift: morning and night, 100%. Working hours: 8 hours, 0%; 12 hours, 0%; 16 hours, 0%; 24 hours, 100%. Sources of work: 1.91%; 2.9%; more than 2 sources, 0%. Stressful factors: Dying and death: 63% never listen to the patient speak; 47% the death of a patient, 32%. Sometimes: 39% performing care, 37% listening or talking to the patient in near death. 61% death of a patient with whom they were emotionally related, 26% seeing a patient suffer. Conclusion: work stress was evidenced in nursing professionals due to administrative tasks and patient care.