Stress: risk factors on hospital nurse's work

This study aimed at describing the demographic-social features and the working of the studied population and to identify the variable that presents major risks for the stress. The populations was constituted of 85.1% of nurses workers from a hospital. They answered to the stress scale. Data were analyzed using distribution frequency, relative risk and test c(2) (p< 0.05). 87.5% of nurses are female, 33.4% work from 10 a 15 years and 45.8% have double vinculum of work. Facing critical situations was the variable with major risk for stress. It was verified that how bigger is the zone age of nurses bigger will be the stress for the personal management.