A study on working environment as one of the stress factor among nurses in several public and private hospitals around Kota Kinabalu, Sabah / Moren Jacob

The aim of this study was to examine the work environment factor as one of the contributing stress factors amongst nurses as well as identifying the stress level for the each stressor factor. Besides, the research design will be cross-sectional survey; the research demands for information from sever...

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Main Author: Jacob, Moren
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/71412/1/71412.pdf
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/71412/
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Summary:The aim of this study was to examine the work environment factor as one of the contributing stress factors amongst nurses as well as identifying the stress level for the each stressor factor. Besides, the research design will be cross-sectional survey; the research demands for information from several of public and private hospitals around Kota Kinabalu. It includes the types of nursing unit/wards and age from the focus group within the hospital and the types of approach involving a questionnaire survey. The sample size for this study consists of 100 respondents which are the nurses of several the public and private hospitals around Kota Kinabalu. The stressor factor includes of dealing with death and dying patient, problems with peers, workload, uncertainty concerning treatment, and inadequate preparation. The involvement of this study already existed in the framework of stress as one of the factor especially in the working environment. Thus, it could recommend to the nurses to handle the stress as well as improving their customer service and organizing clinical performance improvement policies; the environment in which nurses' work has suffered with the hospital management would deal with the problems.