Authors:
Liza Salawati
1
;
Rachmad Suhanda
1
and
Raudhatul Jannah
2
Affiliations:
1
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Aceh, Indonesia, Indonesia
;
2
Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Aceh, Indonesia, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Occupational stress, ICU, ICCU, RSUDZA
Abstract:
Occupational stress is the second largest health problem associated with work after musculoskeletal disease. Occupational stress can be caused by an imbalance between the personality characteristics of workers and aspects of their work, many work-related diseases are experienced by nurses who work in intensive care hospitals. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of occupational stress on nurses of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Intensive Cardiology Care Unit (ICCU) of Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Dr. Zainoel Abidin (RSUDZA) Banda Aceh. This research is an observational study, the sampling technique used was total sampling (54 respondents). The result showed that the ICU and ICCU nurses at RSUDZA Banda Aceh experienced mild occupational stress (62.96%), and 1.85% experienced severe occupational stress. 61.11% of nurses stated that a lot of work had to be done, only 38.52% of nurses were skilled at work, and 47.78% of nurses received an award for good work perfo
rmance. The conclusion of this study is that ICU and ICCU nurses at RSUDZA Banda Aceh experienced mild occupational stress. Nurses workload is quite high, there are still nurses who are less skilled at work and the majority of nurses have a working period of <5 years.
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