@article{ref1,
title="Work-related injuries and stress level in nursing professional",
journal="International journal of medical science and public health",
year="2016",
author="Nayak, Sandeep and Mayya, Shreemathi and Chakravarthy, Kalyan and Andrews, Teddy and Goel, Kapil and Pundir, Prachi",
volume="5",
number="8",
pages="1693-1693",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Nurses form an essential constituent of the health-care system. During the fulfilment discharge of their duties, nurses experience various types of work-related injuries and stress, which harmfully impacts their health and nursing quality.   Objective: To estimate the prevalence of work-related injuries among nurses and to find the stress level among nurses.   Materials and Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted by selecting participants through simple random sampling technique. A total of 185 nurses with minimum 3 years of working experience in the same hospital were included in this study. The duration of work, type of injuries, time spent in direct patient-care activities within working hours, and various other factors such as job stress were assessed.   Result: Needlestick injury was reported in 5.4% of nurses while working in last 1 year, whereas 19.5% nurses experienced varicose veins. Hospital-acquired infections were encountered by 7.4% of nurses. Occasionally stressful situation was reported by 56.9% of nurses, followed by 35.9% nurses being frequently stressful while working in the hospital. The most stressful situation for the nurses was to &quot;deal with violence/abuse from patients&quot; with mean of 2.3 and standard deviation 0.91 measured on 4-point scale. Moreover, the least stressful situation was &quot;difficulty in working with a particular nurse,&quot; with mean of 1.56 and standard deviation 0.70.   Conclusion: Appropriate training and awareness should be given to the nurses to develop skills to deal with work-related injuries and stress during their nursing education.  Key words: Nursing professional, needlestick injuries, hospital-acquired infections, stress<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2320-4664",
doi="10.5455/ijmsph.2016.03122015288",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/ijmsph.2016.03122015288"
}