Sources of work stress among nurses working in some public hospitals in Benghazi

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the sources of work stress among nurses working in public hospitals in
Benghazi and to identify the statistical differences in the study sample answers about these sources according
to the following demographic variables (marital status, academic qualification, years of experience,
workplace). The current study used the analytical descriptive method and the questionnaire was used as a tool
to measure levels of work stress. The questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of (100) nurses from a
population of 1,800 nurses working in public sector hospitals in Benghazi. The results of the study showed that
the two factors of workload and bad teamwork are among the most sources of work stress for nurses working
in public hospitals in the study area, while the two factors of negative comments and a conflict of values are
among the lowest sources. The findings also found that there are no statistically significant differences
between the average response of nurses with regard to the sources of work stress attributable to (marital status,
academic qualification, and years of experience) in addition to this the existence of statistically significant
differences between the nurses ‟response averages due to the variable (workplace). Therefore, the study
recommended that the importance of making the nurses aware of the phenomenon of work pressure, its
consequences, and how to deal with it.