• Munira Akhter

Occupational stress is one of the key factors in reducing staff productivity in any organization with physical and psychological impacts on employees or staffs. Nursing is among the most stressful professions. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the extent of perceived level occupational stress and its association with work-related and non-work related variables as causes of stress and work ability among nurses in Bangladesh. Now a days there is increased demand and progress in the nursing profession. Along with these stress among the nurses has also increased. Purpose of the study was to explore the stress in nursing profession in Bangladesh, to find out the reasons of stress in nursing profession in Bangladesh and to provide the policy recommendations to overcome the stress in nursing profession in Bangladesh. Sampling method was simple random sampling. Data was collected by face to face interview with the help of semi-structured questionnaire and finally all data were analyzed using SPSS/ Excel software. Statistically significant difference was found between sex, occupational stress and religion, educational status, and type of work. Few nurses suffered from high stress but high level of stress were more in male, non Muslim, post graduate nurse and those who were engaged in administrative work. Nurse Managers should take appropriate actions to decrease stress helping their nurses to work efficiently and effectively. This review has identified multiple factors related to the experience of role stress in nurses. Role stress, in particular, work overload, has been reported as one of the main reasons for nurses leaving the workforce. It is therefore a priority to not only reduce workload by attracting more nursing staff into the workforce, but to find new and innovative ways of supporting nurses in their experience of role stress.

Stress, nursing profession, occupational stress, Bangladesh

"Study on Stress in Nursing Profession in Bangladesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.c401-c413, November-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311256.pdf

"Study on Stress in Nursing Profession in Bangladesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no. ppc401-c413, November-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311256.pdf