Investigating the Stress Level of Nurses Working at Emergency Care Services: A Pilot Study

The purpose of this descriptive study is to determine the stress level of nurses working at emergency care services. About 49 nurses working at the Emergency Care Services of four hospitals in Erzurum participated in the descriptive study that was conducted between April-May 2008. A questionnaire and Artan's Organisational Stress Resources Scale was used to gather data for this study. About 69.4% of nurses participating in this study were women, 55.1% were married, 51.0% were medical vocational high school graduates, and 87.8% had 0-5 years of Emergency Care Nursing experience. The average age of nurses was 30.1± 5.80. The Organisational Role sub-scale had the highest score mean of Organisational Stress Resources (OSR) and Organisational Discomfort (OD), the Nature of the Job sub-scale had the highest score mean of Organisational Stress (OS), the Organisational Relations sub-scale had the lowest score mean of OSR, the Career Development sub-scale determined the OS score mean, and the Nature of the Job sub-scale determined the OD score mean.