WORKING CONDITION, DUTY SHIFTS, MARITAL STATUS AND COMPUTER SKILL PREDICT OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND CLINICAL PERFORMANCE AMONG NURSES
Keywords:
Nursing, Occupational stress, Clinical PerformanceAbstract
Nursing is a highly demanding profession where occupational stress can directly affect nurses’ clinical performance and quality of patient care. Factors such as working conditions and duty shifts influence physical fatigue, mental health, and job satisfaction among nurses. Irregular or long duty shifts may disrupt sleep patterns and increase emotional exhaustion, leading to reduced efficiency at work. Marital status can also play a role by shaping social support systems and work–life balance. Understanding how these personal and workplace factors interact is essential for identifying nurses at higher risk of stress. Descriptive research design was used to conduct this quantitative study. Sample of study comprised on 864 nurses from public sector. Findings of the study reveal that the level of occupational stress was assessed higher among nurses of emergency room as compared to nurses of ICU. The level of clinical performance reported greater by the nurses of intensive care unit as compared to emergency unit nurses. Moreover, occupational stress level was found greater among the nurses who are on night shift duty as compared to day shift duty. Clinical performance is reported better among nurses of day shift duty than night shift duty. Evidences depict that married nurses show a greater level of occupational stressor as compared to those nurses who are single. In addition, there is no significant mean score difference found on clinical performance between single and married nurses. Results of the study suggest that the nurses who have computer skills showed a lower level of occupational stress as compared to those who have no computer skill. The nurses who have computer skills perform clinically better as compared to those who did not know the computer skill.
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