Job Stress and Quality of Nurse’s Work Life Download PDF

Background: In the health system, one of the objectives of managers is improving employee’s function and the quality of services provided for costumers. Few factors may improve these services. Among these factors, quality of work life has been introduced as an effective significant factor in the quality of services provided. However, the relationship between job stress and concepts such as quality of work life has not been determined truly. Thus, this study aimed to assess the relationship between job stress and quality of nurse’s work life. Material and Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, 300 personnel of the hospitals of Tabriz were recruited by stratified systematic random sampling. Instruments for gathering data were the Quality of Nurses Work Life (QNWL) and the Nurses Stress Scale (NSS). Data were analyzed by the SPSS version 13 software using descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient tests. Results: Findings indicate that most nurses were highly stressed and had a positive correlation with sex and type of employment and a negative correlation with age and work experience. Also, QNWL was moderate among participants. In this study, the relationship between nurse’s job stress and QNWL was negative and significant. Conclusion: Job stress is one of the most effective factors on nurse’s quality of work life that requires further deliberation regarding assessing other effective factors for making changes in nurse’s quality of work life.